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Actor Stephen Tobolowsky recalls
how´Ground Hog Day´ went
from good to great
Seattle Times, by Moira MacDonald
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Posted By:maggie2u, 2/2/2013 12:53:21 PM
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| When longtime character actor Stephen Tobolowsky first read the script to “Groundhog Day,” he thought it was just another comedy; nothing special. Then the movie changed, even as they were shooting it 20 years ago in Woodstock, Ill. — and it became, in Tobolowsky’s words (and mine), “one of the greatest comedies ever created.” Tobolowsky, who played persistent insurance man Ned “Needlenose Ned, Ned the Head” Ryerson, will host a special Groundhog Day screening of the film at SIFF Cinema at the Uptown.On the phone last month, he remembered the winter chill of Woodstock —
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Comments:
Ground Hog Day is one of those movies I´ll watch again and again.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Rafter, 2/2/2013 1:02:49 PM (No. 9154464)
Great post, OP!
Yep, this is a fun flick.
And it has its own National Day of Observance, every year!
Take that!
George Washington, Martin Luther King, etc etc...
I mean, Punx. Phil has Lincoln waaaaay beat!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
freightdog, 2/2/2013 1:08:58 PM (No. 9154478)
Groundhog Day is a great movie about redemption.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
truthfetish, 2/2/2013 1:10:51 PM (No. 9154481)
It´s locked and loaded for tonight, 4 kids and I will enjoy it again.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
wilarrbie, 2/2/2013 1:31:33 PM (No. 9154523)
One of my all time favs. Great for adults , strong and interesting plot. Wonderful for kids - no violence, sex, swearing. Really Hollywood. It CAN be done, and we WILL pay to watch it.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
NancyD, 2/2/2013 1:36:50 PM (No. 9154528)
Ground Hog Day is one of those movies that I must watch when it´s on, we have the DVD too.
I really wish Hollywood would make more movies like GHD.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
tc rider, 2/2/2013 1:38:25 PM (No. 9154533)
I´m watching the marathon on AMC now..
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Topic Thunder, 2/2/2013 1:56:31 PM (No. 9154562)
Then there´s the "Groundhog Day" of living in Obama´s America where things go from bad to worse every morning when you wake up.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 2/2/2013 2:44:13 PM (No. 9154627)
Don´t drive angry!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
plex, 2/2/2013 3:08:51 PM (No. 9154656)
Don´t forget to read Jonah´s take on the movie at
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/228088/movie-all-time/jonah-goldberg
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
philly_patriot, 2/2/2013 3:12:09 PM (No. 9154661)
It´s on at this moment ............. even as we ´speak´ .......... I just watched the pencil scene a few minutes ago.
The film goes from slapstick to sublimely about life in a little over 2 hours .......... and yes a lesson on how to live and learn to enjoy life.
NOTE
But I had to almost be almost forced to watch it the first time because Bill Murray was such a jerk when the film opens.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
LouD, 2/2/2013 4:55:31 PM (No. 9154764)
I once went to a movie that only told a story. No hidden meanings or philosophical treatise; just plain entertainment. Don´t see many of them any more.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
TOOTALL, 2/2/2013 5:18:26 PM (No. 9154789)
´That about sums it up for me!´
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
HPmatt, 2/2/2013 5:37:11 PM (No. 9154814)
Ned ´the head´ Tobolowsky is in the same rarified level of actors as Fred Stoller - the phone booth guy in Dumb & Dumber.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
TunnelRat, 2/2/2013 6:06:13 PM (No. 9154856)
I wake up and watch this every morning. It seems as though it´s been years, but it´s still the same day...
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Udanja99, 2/2/2013 7:18:15 PM (No. 9154951)
Watching it right now on AMC. One of the best conservative movies of all time.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
TeapartyM, 2/2/2013 7:48:52 PM (No. 9154977)
...you can´t even SPELL espresso.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Lucky4, 2/2/2013 8:32:32 PM (No. 9155019)
I rarely watch movies twice, but if this is on the tv and I walk by I am sucked right in.
I love this movie. I also love What about Bob.
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When longtime character actor Stephen Tobolowsky first read the script to “Groundhog Day,” he thought it was just another comedy; nothing special. Then the movie changed, even as they were shooting it 20 years ago in Woodstock, Ill. — and it became, in Tobolowsky’s words (and mine), “one of the greatest comedies ever created.” Tobolowsky, who played persistent insurance man Ned “Needlenose Ned, Ned the Head” Ryerson, will host a special Groundhog Day screening of the film at SIFF Cinema at the Uptown.On the phone last month, he remembered the winter chill of Woodstock —
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