Groundhog Day (1993)

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Wikidata Q488655, film, IMDb tt0107048, TMDB 137: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Bill Murray as actor (‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan); 3 more episodes agree.

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Edge of Tomorrow: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Groundhog Day ⇒ Edge of Tomorrow (the host's read). The pitch is Groundhog Day as sci-fi action, and it keeps the loop while adding war stakes.
    “Doug Lyman is doing like an sci-fi action movie groundhog day with Tom Cruise”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:11:26 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Connected to

Edge of Tomorrow: 5 lines contrast ×2 lineage ×1 theme ×1 craft ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Edge of Tomorrow → Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day hits an inflection point where Bill Murray tries suicide and then just lives through it; Edge is about repeated violent deaths and the hope of advancing.
    “Groundhog Day hits the inflection point about halfway through where he's like, let me kill myself.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:40:20 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

As Good as It Gets: 2 lines contrast ×1 verdict ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): As Good as It Gets → Groundhog Day. A host argues Groundhog Day's redemption of a jerk is more commendable than Melvin's.
    “but look at Groundhog Day, another one, but in a way that I think actually is more commendable.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:37:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Alfonso Cuaron: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Alfonso Cuaron → Groundhog Day. Cuarón's repeated thanks to the same Roma actors in each speech is compared to the alarm clock in Groundhog Day.
    “it was that sort of the alarm clock going off in Groundhog Day.”
    The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show (Ep. 131) · 0:53:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Avengers: Infinity War: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (joke): Avengers: Infinity War → Groundhog Day. Joke: Thanos should wake to a clock radio and say it's Groundhog Day.
    “it's Groundhog Day.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:38:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Bill Murray: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career phase): Bill Murray → Groundhog Day. Bill's three-phase Murray: What About Bob?, Groundhog Day and Quick Change form the adult phase after Ghostbusters.
    “he has, what about Bob and Groundhog Day pretty close together? And quick change”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:04:59 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

My Cousin Vinny: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → Groundhog Day. The whole town seems to attend the trial each day.
    “Groundhog Day is a thing that came out for me watching this too.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:50:19 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)

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career (1)

  1. career (career phase): Bill Murray → Groundhog Day. Bill's three-phase Murray: What About Bob?, Groundhog Day and Quick Change form the adult phase after Ghostbusters.
    “he has, what about Bob and Groundhog Day pretty close together? And quick change”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:04:59 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

contrast (3)

  1. contrast (contrast): As Good as It Gets → Groundhog Day. A host argues Groundhog Day's redemption of a jerk is more commendable than Melvin's.
    “but look at Groundhog Day, another one, but in a way that I think actually is more commendable.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:37:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Edge of Tomorrow → Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day's loop is unexplained and mystical (a witch after a bad date); Edge gives a rule-based answer, the aliens' reset ability as competitive advantage.
    “the wise decision that Groundhog Day was supposed to be like a witch curses him after a bad date.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:35:06 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Edge of Tomorrow → Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day hits an inflection point where Bill Murray tries suicide and then just lives through it; Edge is about repeated violent deaths and the hope of advancing.
    “Groundhog Day hits the inflection point about halfway through where he's like, let me kill myself.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:40:20 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Edge of Tomorrow → Groundhog Day. The choreography of the repeated day (dodging people, counting it off) is what Groundhog Day does.
    “It's what Grandhog Day does.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:25:57 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Edge of Tomorrow → Groundhog Day. The pitch is Groundhog Day as sci-fi action, and it keeps the loop while adding war stakes.
    “Doug Lyman is doing like an sci-fi action movie groundhog day with Tom Cruise”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:11:26 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (3)

  1. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → Groundhog Day. The whole town seems to attend the trial each day.
    “Groundhog Day is a thing that came out for me watching this too.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:50:19 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Alfonso Cuaron → Groundhog Day. Cuarón's repeated thanks to the same Roma actors in each speech is compared to the alarm clock in Groundhog Day.
    “it was that sort of the alarm clock going off in Groundhog Day.”
    The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show (Ep. 131) · 0:53:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): Edge of Tomorrow → Groundhog Day. Both are about depression and being stuck; Edge adds the stakes that you keep dying, and it stays hopeful.
    “Groundhog Day, I would say is also like about depression.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:40:05 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (joke): Avengers: Infinity War → Groundhog Day. Joke: Thanos should wake to a clock radio and say it's Groundhog Day.
    “it's Groundhog Day.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:38:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): As Good as It Gets → Groundhog Day. Doubts Melvin's growth compared with Phil Connors's growth.
    “I don't know that I buy Melvin's growth.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:39:25 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

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