11 MP3 Audio clips from Groundhog Day (1993)

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Clip 1

Rita is a little bit besotted with Punxsutawney but her enthusiasm washes over Phil who just can't get into the spirit of small town celebrations.

Rita

You're missing all the fun. These people are great. Some of them have been partying all night long. They sing songs 'til they get too cold and then they go sit by the fire and they get warm and then they come back and they... sing some more.

Phil

Yeah. They're hicks, Rita!

Clip 2

Given the choice of freezing to death on a highway or spending one more night in Punxsutawney, Phil has to think about his options very, very carefully.

Cop

Pal, you've got that moisture on your head. Now you can go back to Punxsutawney or you can go ahead and freeze to death. It's your choice... so what's it going to be?

Phil

I'm thinking!

Clip 3

Mrs. Lancaster runs a B&B in Punxsutawney. It's what we might nowadays refer to as "boutique" but back in the 1990s, it'd be considered a bit of a time capsule.

Phil

Do you ever have deja vu, Mrs. Lancaster?

Mrs. Lancaster

I don't think so, but I could check with the kitchen.

Phil

No, that's okay. Thank you.

Clip 4

Larry doesn't like Phil. Phil doesn't like Larry. They tolerate each other. Just about.

Rita

Where've you been?

Phil

Rita? Do me a favour. I need someone to give me a good hard slap in the face.

[She obliges]

Rita

How's that?

Phil

Good.

Larry

You need any help with the other cheek, let me know. I'm right here!

Clip 5

Phil doesn't have time for Gus or his ridiculous jokes about Punxsutawney Phil. Not that you'd notice his frustration at all.

Rita

Want my advice? I think you should get your head examined if you expect me to believe a stupid story like that, Phil.

Gus

Phil? Like the Groundhog Phil?

Phil

Yeah! Like the Groundhog Phil!

Gus

Look out for your shadow there, pal!

Phil

Morons, your bus is leaving!

Clip 6

Phil has crashed a car containing its owner and Gus following a short but spirited police chase. And now it's time to face the music as the police close in.

Phil

Let me handle this...

[A COP approaches car]

...yeah, uh, three cheese burgers, two large fries, uh two chocolate shakes and one large coke!

Gus

And some flapjacks!

Phil

Too early for flapjacks?!

Clip 7

Imagine starting every day having a conversation with Ned Ryerson. It'd be awful, right? Well, Phil soon realises he doesn't have to tolerate it. There's an alternative.

Ned

Hey! Phil? Phil? Hey! Phil Connors!

Phil

Ned?!

[PHIL punches NED clean out]

Clip 8

What sort of a man is Rita looking for and is Phil that man? Well, no. Not initially. Despite his lies and bluster, he's not the man for Rita. Not yet.

Phil

Who is your perfect guy?

Rita

Well, first of all, he's too humble to know he's perfect.

Phil

That's me!

Rita

He's intelligent, supportive, funny...

Phil

Intelligent, supportive, funny... me, me, me...

Rita

He's romantic and courageous.

Phil

Me, also.

Rita

He's got a good body but he doesn't have to look in the mirror every two minutes.

Phil

I have a great body and sometimes I go months without looking.

Rita

He's kind and sensitive. Gentle, he's not afraid to cry in front of me.

Phil

This is a man we're talking about, right?

Rita

He likes animals and children and he'll change poopy diapers.

Phil

Does he have to use the word, "poopy"?

Rita

Oh, and he plays an instrument and he loves his mother.

Phil

I am really close on this one. Really, really close.

Clip 9

Oh, Phil. Scoffing at a date's choice of college course is NOT going to get you laid. It IS, however, going to get you an early night having picked up the tab for the meal.

Rita

'Course, this is about a million miles from where I started out in college.

Phil

You weren't, uh... in broadcasting or journalism?

Rita

Uh uh. Believe it or not, I studied nineteenth century French poetry.

Phil

[Scoffs]

What a waste of time! I mean for someone else, that would be an incredible waste of time. So bold of you to even choose that. It's incredible. You must be a very, very strong person.

Clip 10

Phil has just driven a stolen pick-up off a cliff with Punxsutawney Phil in the cab with him. If you listen carefully, you can hear the poor little creature scream during the second explosion.

[The pick-up somersaults in mid-air and lands on its roof at the bottom of the quarry]

Rita

Phil!

Larry

He might be okay.

[The pick-up explodes in a fiery ball of flames]

Larry

Well, no. Probably not now.

Clip 11

How to prove to Rita that he's stuck in a time-loop and has spent months re-living the same day over and over? How about introducing her to the people in the diner with very personal details?

Phil

This is Doris. Her brother-in-law, Carl owns this diner. She's worked here since she was seventeen. More than anything else in her life, she wants to see Paris before she dies.

Doris

Oh, boy, would I!

Rita

What are you doing?

Phil

This is Debbie Kleiser and her fiancé, Fred.

Debbie

Do I know you?

Phil

They're supposed to be getting married this afternoon, but Debbie is having second thoughts.

Fred

What?!

Rita

Lovely ring.

Debbie

Thanks.

Phil

This is Bill. He's been a waiter for three years, since he left Penn State and had to get work. He likes the town, he paints toy soldiers and he's gay.

Bill

I am.

Phil

This is Gus. He hates his life here, he wishes he'd stayed in the Navy.

Gus

Well, I could've retired on half pay after 20 years.

Rita

Excuse me. Is this some kind of trick?

Phil

Well, maybe the real God uses tricks. You know, maybe he's not omnipotent, he's just been around so long he knows everything.

Rita

Oh, okay. Well, who's that?

Phil

This is Tom. He worked in the coal mine till they closed it down.

Rita

And her?

Phil

That's Alice. Came over here from Ireland when she was a baby. She lived in Erie most of her life.

Alice

He's right.

Rita

And her?

Phil

Nancy. She works in the dress shop, and makes noises like a chipmunk when she gets real excited.

Nancy

Hey!

Phil

It's true.

Rita

How do you know these people?

Phil

I told you, I know everything. In about five seconds, a waiter's gonna drop a tray of dishes. Five, four, three, two, one...

[A tray of dishes crashes to the floor]

Rita

This is nuts.

Phil

Okay?

Rita

Okay, that's enough.