Ever feel like January is like a month of Mondays? Suffering from Janxiety? Jannui getting to you? Well a cinema in Liverpool knows how you feel - it’s showing Groundhog Day 12 times in the space of 24 hours.
The 1993 film stars Bill Murray as a misanthropic weatherman who is forced to live the same day over and over again. Groundhog Day is a real life annual event in the tiny Pennsylvania town of Punxsutawney, where townspeople await the emergence of Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog who is said to predict the weather.
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The movie has become a comedy classic and certainly bears repeated viewings but now Liverpool's Small Cinema has set the ultimate Groundhog challenge. They’re holding marathon screenings of the movie over 24 hours and they hope a "hardcore" fan will try the challenge on February 2, which is the day depicted in the film.
The BBC reports that the cinema will provide cups of tea "to keep people going" and people will not be told off "for nodding off".
Christopher Brown says the idea was "a mixture of silliness and a genuine endurance challenge" adding that sitting through the movie twelve times would be like "trying to eat crackers without a glass of water [or] having a doughnut without licking your lips".
The marathon will run from 6.00am on February 2 until the same time the following day and will include a 20-minute break between each screening.
The 56-seat Small Cinema says people only have to pay for their ticket once.
