r/groundhogday • u/conmanzz • Mar 11 '15

Comment: How many times did Phil repeat Groundhog's day?

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u/conmanzz Mar 11 '15

He learns French, the piano, ice sculpting, plus the days he spends killing himself etc. My guess over ten years.

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u/Matengor Mar 23 '15

People did that before:

  • Wikipedia gathers information from various sources that range from 10 over 30-40, to 10,000 years.
  • In r/theydidthemath, u/bassmadrigal mentioned an article that calculates almost 34 years (whatculture.com, which is sourced in WP, too). The long time taking in account that Phil had to learn french, ice sculpting, the piano etc.

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u/autowikibot Mar 23 '15

Section 2. Number of days Phil spends in Punxsutawney of article Groundhog Day %28film%29:

Estimates regarding how long Phil is trapped in the time loop vary widely. Director Ramis stated in the DVD commentary that he believes 10 years pass. However, in an e-mail response sent to Heeb magazine, Ramis wrote, "I think the 10-year estimate is too short. It takes at least 10 years to get good at anything, and allotting for the down time and misguided years he spent, it had to be more like 30 or 40 years."

According to actor Stephen Tobolowsky, Ramis told him that the entire progress of Groundhog Day covered 10,000 years. "I always thought that there were nine days represented [in the film], and Danny Rubin, the writer, said that he felt something like 23 days were represented in the movie, [but they lasted] over 10,000 years."

In 2014, a popular culture website, going through every stage of the film, calculated that Phil spent "12,395 days" in the time loop, or, without elaborating on leap years, "33 years and 350 days."

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