33 Years 358 Days

That's how long it has been estimated Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray in Groundhog Day) is stuck repeating the same day. To see how that estimate was arrived at, click here. It's a very in depth look at clues gathered throughout the movie to lead to a pretty spot on guess at just how long he spends reliving the same day.

This really is one of my favorite movies. I especially love that Buddhists recognize it as a cinematic version of the teachings of Buddhism. To read a great article on that titled "Groundhog Almighty" click here. If you're too lazy to read a whole entire article, here is the gist of what the article is saying:

"'Groundhog Day' perfectly illustrates the Buddhist notion of samsara, the continuing cycle of rebirth that Buddhists regard as suffering that humans must try to escape. 'Groundhog Day' is a cinematic version of the teachings in Mahayana Buddhism, known as 'the greater vehicle'. In Mahayana, nobody ever imagines they are going to escape samsara until everybody else does. That is why you have bodhisattvas, who reach the brink of nirvana, and stop and come back and save the rest of us. Bill Murray is the bodhisattva. He is not going to abandon the world. On the contrary, he is released back into the world to save it."