as an objective witness,
Just to see what happens.
This sounds
like a science project.
Concentrate.
You gotta want lt.
It's more in the wrist than the finger.
It's just gotta--
Be the hat! Come on! Go!
It would take me a year
to get good at this.
Six months. Four to five hours a day,
and you'd be an expert.
Is this what you do
with eternity?.
Now you know.
That's not the worst part.
What's the worst part?
The worst part is that tomorrow you
will have forgotten all about this...
and you'll treat me
like a jerk again.
- It's all right. I am a jerk
- You're not.
It doesn't make any difference.
I've killed myself so many times,
I don't even exist anymore.
Sometimes I wish
I had a thousand lifetimes.
I don't know, Phil.
Maybe It's not a curse.
It just depends on
how you look at lt.
Gosh, you're an upbeat lady!
- It's been a really nice day for me.
- Me too.
Maybe, if it's not too boring,
we could do It again sometime.
I hope so
You're still here.
I thought you were supposed
to disappear or I was or something!
Not until 6:00.
You rat!
I never said midnight.
- You knew I was waiting for midnight!
- Does this mean you're gonna leave?
Good.
I'm sorry.
It's all right.
You can fall asleep,
I promise
I won't touch you, much.
That's all right.
I'm not tired.
What were you saying?
I think the last thing
that you heard was...
"Only God can make a tree."
Really?.
What I wanted to say was...
I think you're the kindest, sweetest,
prettiest person...
I've ever met in my life.
I've never seen anyone...
that's nicer to people
than you are.
The first time I saw you...
something happened to me.
I never told you, but...
I knew that I wanted
to hold you as hard as I could.
I don't deserve someone like you.
But if I ever could...
I swear I would love you...
for the rest of my life.
Did you say something?
Good night.
Who wants coffee?
Get It while It's hot.
Thanks, Phil.
- Larry?. Skim milk, two sugars.
- Thanks, Phil.
- Pastry?.
- We're just setting up,
Take your pick.
Thanks. Raspberry. Great.
I was just talking with Buster Green,
the head groundhog honcho
He said if we set up over here,
we might get a better shot.
- What do you think?
- Sounds good.
What do you think?
Let's go for lt.
- Good work
- Maybe we'll get lucky .
Let me help you
with the heavy stuff..
You got your coffee.
I'll get lt.
We never talk.
Do you have kids?
I'd like a piano lesson, please.
I'm with a student now. If you come
back tomorrow, I can squeeze you in.
I kind of want to get started.
I could give you $1 ,000.
Come on in.
Good morning!
Off to see the groundhog?
You think It will be
an early spring?
"Winter slumbering in the open air...
wears on his smiling face...
a dream of spring."
How's she look?
- Great.
- Thank you.
Did you know
he could ice sculpt?
Not bad.
You say this is your first lesson?
My father was a piano mover.
I thought It was you.
I have missed you so much.
I don't know where you're headed,
but can you call in sick?
I gotta get going.
It's good to see you.
Hello, father.
Let's get you someplace warm.
Remember me?
Excuse me, sir. Are you the one
who brought the old man in?
How is he?
He just passed away.
What did he die of?.
He was just old.
It was just his time.
- I want to see his chart. Excuse me.
- Sir!
You can't come in here.
This is a restricted area.
Where's the chart?
Sometimes people just die.
Not today.
It's hard down there
at the bottom.
- Here you go
- Thank you.
Come on, Dad!
Come on, Pop!
Breathe, Pop!
When Chekhov
saw the long winter...
he saw a winter bleak and dark
and bereft of hope.
Yet we know that winter is just
another step in the cycle of life.
But standing here
among the people of Punxsutawney...
and basking in the warmth
of their hearths and hearts...
I couldn't imagine a better fate...
than a long and lustrous winter.
From Punxsutawney,
It's Phil Connors.
So long.