![]() The first time we see Phil kill himself is when he steals the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil and drives a pickup truck off a cliff, resulting in the vehicle’s explosion. More fascinating than even that, his failed attempts also reveal a fact that changes everything about this universe he’s in: The world doesn’t stop just because he dies. But then we come to an interesting addendum to this concept: Phil will continue to wake up every day on Groundhog Day even if he kills himself, which he tries to do numerous times and ways in one of the movies funniest montages. No matter what Bill Murray‘s Phil Connors does, he wakes up every morning on Groundhog Day-that much is made clear by the movie’s halfway point. And that calls into question much deeper issues than most movies-let alone comedies-ever ask about identity, parallel universes, infinite timelines, the afterlife, and the very nature of existence. ![]() Even though Phil Connors’ life resets every February 2 at 6:00 a.m., the movie also shows that for each Groundhog Day he experiences, the world still continues on for everyone else. Groundhog Day might be about a single man forced to relive the same day over and over, but one sequence raises philosophical questions that go well beyond a single individual.
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