SCREEN TEST: 20 years of GROUNDHOG DAY
It seems like yesterday that GROUNDHOG DAY entered America’s consciousness in director Harold Ramis’ poignant 1993 comedy starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. And it still seems like yesterday that GROUNDHOG DAY entered America’s consciousness in director Harold Ramis’ poignant 1993 comedy starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. Thanks to the magic of the movies, we found ourselves in an all-too-familiar rut. In this romantic scene, written by Ramis and Danny Rubin, weatherman Phil and his producer Rita are snowbound in Pennsylvania.
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PHIL I know all about you. You like producing, but you hope for more than Channel 9 Pittsburgh. RITA Well, everyone knows that! PHIL You like boats, but not the ocean. You go to a lake in the summer with your family up in the mountains. There's a long wooden dock and a boathouse with boards missing from the roof, and a place you used to crawl underneath to be alone. You're a sucker for French poetry and rhinestones. You're very generous. You're kind to strangers and children, and when you stand in the snow you look like an angel. RITA How are you doing this? |
CUT! How is he doing this? From these four possibilities, choose the next lines of dialogue spoken by Phil in the movie.
PLEASE CHOOSE AN ANSWER:
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Correct! Incorrect. The correct answer is #4 |
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GROUNDHOG DAY was filmed in Woodstock, Illinois, not Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Bill Murray’s home town, the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, is about 45 miles away. |