First Draft

First Draft: 15 Outside-the-Box Screenplays That Found Box Office Success

Published by
Ken Miyamoto

9. Groundhog Day

Written by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis

A weatherman finds himself inexplicably living the same day over and over again.

Why It’s Innovative: Yet another example of a gimmick that could have resulted in mere laughs, but instead the writer used the gimmick to explore themes of existentialism and fate.

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