
In How to Write Groundhog Day (a highly entertaining book about how the film came into existence and was shepherded by many parents), Danny Rubin says, “Phil couldn’t be stuck in the time loop for longer than two weeks because it was simply too much for the audience to handle.” Phil was stuck in Groundhog Day for how long? In Groundhog Day, why did the days stop repeating?


Surprisingly, the tumultuous time equals 12,395 repetitions of the same day. Phil Connors spent about 20 years in limbo at in 2013 to commemorate the film’s 20th anniversary.

