He Is Not God. The Heartbreaking, Tear Jerker Scene from Groundhog Day (1993) #90svibes ▸ #groundhogday is the perfect movie a 1993 American #fantasy#comedy#film directed by #haroldramis starring #billmurray#andiemacdowell#chriselliott ▸ It tells the story of Phil Connors (Murray), a cynical television weatherman covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, who becomes trapped in a time loop, forcing him to relive February 2 repeatedly. ▸ Phil learns the #fragility (and preciousness ) of life through his repeated and futile attempts to save a dying, homeless old man whom he was mean to in the first years of his stay on Groundhog Day. ▸ This is especially heartbreaking because the old man looks happy and grateful from the very first moment Phil meets him in the evening. ▸ I learned that the movie execs originally wanted this subplot dropped because it was too much of a downer for a comedy. ▸ However the director insisted that it stay in, and rightly so; because it shows the egotistical Phil that he is not in fact "a god", and it was the pivotal step to him learning how to genuinely and unselfishly love #humanity. ▸ The last act of the film reminds us to focus on three areas that bring us closer to happiness if we can muster the effort: ▸ “Do not do great things,” the writer, teacher, and pacifist Colman McCarthy said. “Do small things in a great way. ▸ It’s the little things that can also be sources of profound joy ▸ Variety is the spice of life. As Phil gleefully says when he finally wakes up to the day after Groundhog Day: “Anything different is good.” 🔻 ▸ I do not own any of this audio or video (if any is shown) ▸ All and any of the video or audio are copyrighted to its owner(s), and I made this for personal home use and educational and non-profit purposes only 🔻 #90s#90snostalgia#nostalgia#nostalgic#movies#quote#quotes#fyp#foryou#worldpeace#rhapsody on a Theme By #paganini
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He Is Not God. The Heartbreaking, Tear Jerker Scene from Groundhog Day (1993) #90svibes
▸ #groundhogday is the perfect movie a 1993 American #fantasy #comedy #film directed by #haroldramis starring #billmurray #andiemacdowell #chriselliott
▸ It tells the story of Phil Connors (Murray), a cynical television weatherman covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, who becomes trapped in a time loop, forcing him to relive February 2 repeatedly.
▸ Phil learns the #fragility (and preciousness ) of life through his repeated and futile attempts to save a dying, homeless old man whom he was mean to in the first years of his stay on Groundhog Day.
▸ This is especially heartbreaking because the old man looks happy and grateful from the very first moment Phil meets him in the evening.
▸ I learned that the movie execs originally wanted this subplot dropped because it was too much of a downer for a comedy.
▸ However the director insisted that it stay in, and rightly so; because it shows the egotistical Phil that he is not in fact "a god", and it was the pivotal step to him learning how to genuinely and unselfishly love #humanity.
▸ The last act of the film reminds us to focus on three areas that bring us closer to happiness if we can muster the effort:
▸ “Do not do great things,” the writer, teacher, and pacifist Colman McCarthy said. “Do small things in a great way.
▸ It’s the little things that can also be sources of profound joy
▸ Variety is the spice of life. As Phil gleefully says when he finally wakes up to the day after Groundhog Day: “Anything different is good.”
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▸ I do not own any of this audio or video (if any is shown)
▸ All and any of the video or audio are copyrighted to its owner(s), and I made this for personal home use and educational and non-profit purposes only
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#90s #90snostalgia #nostalgia #nostalgic #movies #quote #quotes #fyp #foryou #worldpeace #rhapsody on a Theme By #paganini
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