While You Were Sleeping (1995)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Jon Turteltaub

Writers (WGA):

Daniel G. Sullivan (written by) &
Fredric LeBow (written by)

Release Date:

21 April 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A story about love at second sight.

Plot:

Ticket collecting romantic pretends to be engaged to an unconscious man but can't fool his brother

Plot Keywords:

Love | Coma | Hospital | Christmas | Train

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Sandra Bullock	...	Lucy Eleanor Moderatz
Bill Pullman	...	Jack Callaghan
Peter Gallagher	...	Peter Callaghan
Peter Boyle	...	Ox Callaghan
Jack Warden	...	Saul
Glynis Johns	...	Elsie
Micole Mercurio	...	Midge Callaghan
Jason Bernard	...	Jerry Wallace
Michael Rispoli	...	Joe 'Joey' Fusco, Jr.
Ally Walker	...	Ashley Bartlett Bacon
Monica Keena	...	Mary Callaghan
Ruth Rudnick	...	Wanda
Marcia Wright	...	Celeste
Dick Cusack	...	Dr. Rubin
Thomas Q. Morris	...	Man in Peter's Room

MPAA:

Rated PG for some language.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | South Korea:All (cable rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Norway:7 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Brazil:12

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Caravan Pictures

Trivia:

The word "fiancée" has three acceptable pronunciations in English according to Webster, with the stress on the first, second, or final syllable. In the initial hospital room scene where the Callaghans discover Peter in a coma and meet Lucy, all three pronunciations of the word are given, and in consecutive order as far as the syllables. Nurse: "She's his FIancée!" Midge: "His fiANcée"? Doctor (a few lines later, to intern): "She's the fianCEE, you idiot!"

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the movie when Jack gives Lucy the ring, she puts it on her thumb. In the next shot, when she is kissing him, it has jumped to her first finger.

Quotes:

Doorman: You're not his fiancée.
Ashley: Huh?
Doorman: Huh?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Biography: Sandra Bullock: In the Driver's Seat" (2005)

Soundtrack:

WINTER WONDERLAND

So sweet it's almost delectable!

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!