It comes from a Germanic folk festival but few people know anything about it.

Thought it was only 30 something yrs.?

Most people 'agree' that its more like 30-50 based on what he did, said, learned etc.

Generally people think decades, I think the director said over 10 years when he was asked to speculate. Centuries? Not sure about that...

I love "Frequency."

My dad liked to say, "If the groundhog sees his shadow, it means 6 more weeks of winter. If not, it's only a month and a half."

It wasnt just the Homeless man. He was allowed to pass, only when he really became Honest, and Selfless. When he enjoyed helping others, and never expected anything in return, for himself. Why he changed, would be a lot more speculative. Phil, as stated himself... didnt even like himself. And if you dont like yourself... others are typically not going to like you either. Over the course of advancing his knowledge and skills... and growing as a person... he would have changed internally, to start to value and respect himself. And once that happened... he started looking well beyond his own little bubble... and into the lives of others. Surely, as he had more and more positive interactions... due to his new internal changes... he was rewarded with a great feeling of goodness and satisfaction, within his heart. But before all of that, he was still stuck in his old ways... thinking about the best ways to "Hook Up", "Get Rich Quick", and even attempting to end the life.. that he never really fully enjoyed much, in the first place. Its only when he exhausted these options... and realized that Self Pity wasnt going to change things... that he decided to put some effort into various other things / options. I think one of the more Important messages within the film, is the idea that a Single good man, can make a world of different in many peoples lives. And that being such a man, provides its own rewards. Phil was seen as being completely Alone, Self Hating, and mostly Miserable... when he was still within his own toxic Narcissistic mindset.

At first, he kept failing to sleep with Rita, - and fails to break the loop -- because he kept trying to be a perfect man. Finally, he gives up on that, and instead, tries to be a genuinely “better man.”

"The Man Who Knew Too Little" was one of his funniest.

It was also my grandfather's.

What about the groundhog?

Rita like him, so he must be from her side of the fence - but not yet sure of his position in the hierarchy. @@andrescastro5520

the original screenplay is the answer

@yt45204 that's what I mean cuz in the beginning before the movie started he said groundhog Day means getting stuck in a loop and that's what I said what I said

Very interesting.

I have a hunch you may be overthinking the movie. It's about a self-centered man getting punished by the universe until he genuinely, honestly becomes a better, selfless person. At the beginning of his journey he was a fake and still only thinking of what this godlike ability could do for him (money, women, fame, etc.) by using people. He did not truly care about Rita and she could sense it. Then he had an epiphany after many years of being stuck in a loop that he could do good things for others without thinking of himself. Then he could simply love Rita honestly, and the universe rewarded him and finally released him.

@@dan_hitchman007 you essentially described the same thing, only in my description he died in the blizzard. I don't think him dying is overthinking anything.

@@greenpeasuit But he didn't die at the beginning. There is nothing particularly religious or spiritual about this film. The story is a simple morality play. A bad guy (an obnoxious jerk) gets his comeuppance until he learns the error of his ways and is then allowed to continue his life much improved with someone he can love honestly. He's not dead at the end either. Phil is just a better individual than where he started. Everything is simply amplified for comedic effect.