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While You Were Sleeping (1995) 6.5
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Metascore: 67/100
Reviews: 172 user | 53 critic | 20 from Metacritic.com Ticket collecting romantic pretends to be engaged to an unconscious man but can't fool his brother Director:Jon Turteltaub |
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Title: While You Were Sleeping (1995)
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Cast
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Lucy
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| Bill Pullman | ... |
Jack
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Peter
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Elsie
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Midge
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Jason Bernard | ... |
Jerry
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Joe Jr.
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Ashley Bacon
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Mary
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Wanda
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Celeste
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Dick Cusack | ... |
Dr. Rubin
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Thomas Q. Morris | ... |
Man in Peter's Room
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Lucy's life consists of constant loneliness that is until she saves Peter's life. Now she is a part of his family, and with a strong heart and fate on her side, others begin to realize what a terrific person she is, especially Jack, Peter's brother. An extraordinarily true-to-life sequence of events begin to take place as Lucy and Jack become closer and learn more about each other and themselves than one would ever expect from such coincidental, yet believable events. Written by Michael Lee Pollock <gt4250a@prism.gatech.edu>
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A story about love at second sight.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 April 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Mientras dormÃas See more »Box Office
Budget:
$17,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
£4,534,913 (UK) (15 September 1995)Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Lucy: He would get these far-off looks in his eyes and he would say 'Life doesn't always turn out the way you plan'. I just wish I'd realized at the time, he was talking about MY life.
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Written by Ed Williams, James Young and Bruce Iglauer
Performed by Li'll Ed and The Blues Imperials
Courtesy of Alligator Records
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Images of the world and Sleeping Beauty recur in the film: the young version of Lucy in the beginning is being read "Sleeping Beauty" by her father (the film is a role reversal of "Sleeping Beauty": Peter is the beauty, and Lucy the Prince); Lucy has a globe in her apartment (visible after talking to Jack), and of course the gift of her mother to her father, the light up globe lamp recurs as well. See more »Goofs
In the scene when Lucy tells Jerry that she likes Jack, the leaves on the trees behind them are all green, even though it is just a few days after Christmas. See more »Quotes
[referring to her father]Lucy: He would get these far-off looks in his eyes and he would say 'Life doesn't always turn out the way you plan'. I just wish I'd realized at the time, he was talking about MY life.
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Soundtracks
"I'M YOUR SANTA"Written by Ed Williams, James Young and Bruce Iglauer
Performed by Li'll Ed and The Blues Imperials
Courtesy of Alligator Records
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You have to be THE most die-hard, unrelenting cynic not to enjoy this movie. I love it when television networks play this film around wintertime because for some reason it doesn't suit any other time of year. In winter you like to have a comfort zone and this film is it!
It tells the story of lonely singleton Lucy who daydreams of better things while working at a ticket booth and drooling over the secret crush of a local commuter (Peter Gallagher) One morning she saves him from a coming train and while he lies comatose she gets reluctantly cosy with his family. The deceit is understandable and by no means menacing, as it's Christmas the younger brother Jack (Bill Pullman) returns home and subsequently falls for Lucy.
While you were sleeping is beautiful and sweet in so many ways: You are reminded of the more old-fashioned romances of the 40's and 50's. There is not one hint of sexuality or lust in this as the love blossoms between Jack & Lucy is honest, pure and all together endearing.
We all relate to Lucy on some level (a dream trip to Paris, Rome or in this case Florence) So it's hopeful to us all when she gets her happy ending. I absolutely loved it!