Philadelphia Daily News – February 12, 1993
This behind-the-scenes feature focuses on director Harold Ramis and the practical process of shooting Groundhog Day in 1992. It shows the cast and crew at work, capturing multiple takes and weather conditions to craft the repeating scenes of Punxsutawney Square, and highlights how Ramis guided actors through the film’s unusual structure. You see examples of how several key scenes were filmed — sometimes repeatedly under different weather or staging — illustrating the logistical challenges of producing a time-loop comedy.
‘We bow at the altar of Groundhog Day’: concept copycats celebrate its 30th birthday — The Guardian
This piece looks at how the movie’s core idea has been repeatedly adapted and echoed in later films and shows, and includes a quote from Danny Rubin on why the concept endures.
My family calls this movie “Groundhog Dog.” I’m guessing that I recorded this video (which we can’t play in our house anymore because we don’t have a functioning VCR) sometime in the mid 90s, when the movie was first shown on HBO. The mislabeling of the tape was caused by a condition known as TD (Temporary Dyslexia).
According to The Critical Drinker, the online persona of Will Jordan, Groundhog Day marked the end of Bill Murray and Harold Ramis’s partnership—not just professionally, but personally. The film was the last project they completed as friends and creative collaborators. During production, they had ongoing disagreements over tone, script, and direction, with tensions reportedly escalating beyond normal creative friction. According to accounts from people close to the production, those conflicts hardened into a personal rift, and after filming ended the two men stopped speaking to each other for many years.