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Groundhog’s Day Movie Filming Location and Mural

Woodstock, Illinois

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil. 

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A mural commemorates the 1993 film.
A mural commemorates the 1993 film.
A plaque where Bill Murray stood.
Where Phil met “Ned... Ned Ryerson!”
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The 1993 Bill Murray film Groundhog Day may be set in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, but it was primarily filmed in Woodstock, Illinois. The public square that hosts the “Seer of Seer, Prognosticator of Prognosticators” is actually Woodstock Square and the bed and breakfast where Murray’s character Phil stays is still open to the public. Cinephiles can take a walking tour of most of the locations, or stop for a photo at this commemorative mural.

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