Page One: “Groundhog Day” (1993)

Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis, story by Danny Rubin

The movie version of the opening:

No groundhogs in the movie’s opening, but here are some gophers from another movie which starred Bill Murray:

Download the script here.

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