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Today the part of Bill Murray will be played by I don’t even know what.

By Burbanked on Feb 4, 2008 in DVD, Movie Marketing 101, Movies, Newest | 649 views |

Adam at DVD Panache is right on the money when he wonders about the vaguely Bill Murray-like thing pictured on the Groundhog Day 15th Anniversary Edition DVD (click the picture for a larger view). It’s pretty hilarious that a “special” edition for a movie that’s been released on DVD several times already can’t seem to come up with some kind of cover art that positions it as “exclusive” or “clever” or perhaps “not an abomination”. Who in their right mind would approve something this awful? Murray’s face is bad enough and MacDowell doesn’t fare much better - but what’s with the freakishly Photoshopped hands?

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Adam R | Feb 4, 2008 | Reply

Thanks for the link. Someone more clever than me thought of this, but wouldn’t it be appropriate for a “new” special edition of Groundhog Day to come out every year? Multiple times per year?
Burbanked | Feb 4, 2008 | Reply

If by “appropriate” you actually mean “designed to make me want to kill myself”, then I’d say “yes.”

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