It unfolds so inevitably, is so entertaining, so apparently effortless, that you have to stand back and slap yourself before you see how good it really is. Groundhog day thank you to josh biggers for telling me about the location where they play chicken with the train 0. A reader named jeff grew up there and told me about the victorian they used for the cherry street inn. None of the scenes from the 1993 film groundhog day, starring bill murray and andie macdowell, were filmed in punxsutawney, pa. The movie was actually filmed in woodstock, illinois so during our tour through mchenry county, illinois we actually got our very own private groundhog day movie set walking tour. Groundhog day has been used as an illustration by an economist in an article arguing the impossibility of the economics concepts of perfect information and perfect competition. Bill murray, actor, comedian and part owner of the charleston riverdogs, was in woodstock, ill. Every february 2 you can celebrate groundhog day where groundhog day was filmed. Two others are screenplays for a 1993 marlee matlin thriller and a 1994 film called s. Visitpa watch the live groundhog day ceremonies on this live webcam on february 2, 2010. The main woodstock willie groundhog prognostication takes place early in the morning that day usually around 7am in the park in the town square, complete with a band and reenactment of the movies scene. Worksheet that is to be used after viewing the film groundhog day.
During groundhog day in the video game animal crossing, a character mentions that groundhog day was good enough to have a movie made after it. Take for instance the 1993 holiday classic groundhog day. About those famous groundhog days filming locations. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. On november 9th, we were in woodstock, illinois to revisit groundhog day. Groundhog day ar en amerikansk komedifilm fran 1993, med manus och regi av harold ramis. William charles construction employees recall groundhog. In honor of groundhog day last week when punxsutawney phil predicted an early spring so we got that going for us and, yes, i am mixing my bill murray movie references gallagher pinpointed the exact number of groundhog days murrays phil connors endures in groundhog day. Was the movie groundhog day filmed in punxsutawney.
Ever since the making of groundhog day in 1992, each year woodstock residents still get together to celebrate groundhog day. Other activities include a groundhog day story time, a welcoming of the groundhog ceremony, trivia nights, movie screenings, breakfast with willies woodland friends, a walking tour of filming sites, and a groundhog day dinner dance at the woodstock moose where the bachelor auction and dance scenes were filmed. Royal victorian manor, fremont street, woodstock, illinois groundhog day location. One of them is the story credit for the italian remake of groundhog day stork day. The cherry street inn from the movie groundhog day. It stars bill murray, andie macdowell, and chris elliott. Why wasnt the movie ground hog day filmed in punxsutawney. This time we got it on video, especially important since bob. When chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak. Following the map, any visitor can take this tour year round.
Woodstock groundhog day movie walking tour adventures in. Tom hanks was busy, and figured if he starred in the film audiences would just expect him to. Murray portrays phil connors, a cynical tv weatherman covering an annual groundhog day event in punxsutawney, pennsylvania, who becomes trapped in a time loop forcing him to endlessly repeat the day of february 2. Bill murray and andie macdowell in groundhog day 1993.
Poppy was filmed sitting shotgun, riding in a bicycle basket, and accompanying murray to dinner. See parts of the town of punxsutawney where the movie groundhog day was filmed. Most of the film was shot in woodstock, il, which is close to chicago, the home base of director harold ramis. The film locations for groundhog day are supposedly in pennsylvania, but most of the film was shot in illinois theres a brief moment of scene setting in pittsburgh, with an aerial shot of the city wedged between the the allegheny and monongahela rivers, as cynical tv weatherman phil connors bill murray and his crew head off to punxsutawney, pa to cover the annual groundhog day.
Woodstock has its own groundhog day festival, complete with a dinner dance, free showings of the movie, and a walking tour of some of the sites where the movie was filmed. The inn from groundhog day bill murray plays a weatherman who goes to punxsutawney, pennsylvania, to cover the annual groundhog day festival, but the movie was actually filmed in woodstock, illinois, about an hour northwest of chicago. The movie groundhog day may be set in punxsutawney, but it was filmed almost entirely in the town of woodstock, illinois, about 61 miles northwest of chicago. Filming locations 15 filming dates 1 filming locations. Ive been told, and think i mightve stumbled upon a similar story on the web, that they scouted punxsutawney with the hopes of filming there, but the tow. I have the students watch it after finishing with my lesson plan dealing with weather. Groundhog day 25th anniversary filming locations youtube.
Eight films you may not know were filmed in illinois. A bunch of other actors almost played phil connors. With bill murray, andie macdowell, chris elliott, stephen tobolowsky. The strange story of a bill murray super bowl ad and a. Go see the groundhog see his shadow or not where its a. The movie is filmed around north london, southbank and the french riviera. Groundhog day is a 1993 american fantasy comedy film directed by harold ramis and written by ramis and danny rubin. Even though part of the movie was filmed in pennsylvania, the location for most of the shooting of groundhog day was actually woodstock. Reading and writing exercises but could also be done orally with the students.
The movie takes place in the midst of groundhog day. How groundhog day changed dramatically during development. Groundhog day is a film that finds its note and purpose so precisely that its genius may not be immediately noticeable. One week out of a year, the tour is guided during groundhog days. I live in punxsy part of the year, and grew up around those parts, so hope i get this right. The city has been celebrating the furry animal and its socalled weatherpredicting capabilities since the movie groundhog day was filmed there back in the 1990s. A weatherman, bill murray, finds himself inexplicably living the same day over and over again. The bill murray movie groundhog day was filmed in woodstock, which will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of the film with a live groundhog prognostication at 7 am on feb. They were traveling south and, of course, the sign was made for the movie and has since been taken down. Bill murray returns to woodstock square to film jeep. Groundhog days festival coming to woodstock abc7 chicago. Groundhog day filming locations in woodstock, illinois.
The precise number of groundhog days in groundhog day ifc. The movie groundhog day may be set in punxsutawney, but it was filmed almost entirely in the town of woodstock, illinois, about 61 miles. Exactly where we see pr party queen eddie monsoon and her best friend. On sunday, millions of super bowl viewers saw poppy, cared for by volunteers at the raven ridge wildlife center in lancaster county, featured alongside bill murray in a jeep commercial revisiting the 1993 movie groundhog day, of course. The core idea would sit at the heart of the movie, right through its development. Groundhog day filming locations in woodstock, illinois silly. Story behind bill murrays groundhog day super bowl ad.