Bill Murray Battles Punxsutawney Time Warp

By JANET MASLIN
Published: February 12, 1993

In "Groundhog Day," playing a formerly smug weatherman who finds himself condemned to relive one Feb. 2 over and over again in Punxsutawney, Pa., Bill Murray explains his feelings to two bleary-eyed, beer-drinking locals. "What would you do if you were stuck in one place and everything was exactly the same and nothing that you did mattered?" he asks despairingly. The two strangers listen very sympathetically. They didn't have to be trapped by a magic spell to know what he means. ...

Note: The online article has additional film credits and a video preview, but omits a picture of a groundhog steering a car.