While You Were Sleeping (1995)

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 | Christmas | Hospital | Coma | Train

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. June 10

5:15 AM

MAX

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
Bernie Landis	...	Doorman
James Krag	...	Dalton Clarke
Rick Worthy	...	Orderly
Marc Grapey	...	Intern
Joel Hatch	...	Priest
Mike Bacarella	...	Joe Fusco, Sr.
Peter Siragusa	...	Hot Dog Vendor
Gene Janson	...	Man in Church
Krista Lally	...	Phyllis
Kevin Gudahl	...	Cop at ICU
Ann Whitney	...	Blood Donor Nurse
Margaret Travolta	...	Admitting Nurse
Shea Farrell	...	Ashley's Husband
Kate Reinders	...	Beth
Susan Messing	...	Celeste's Friend
Richard Pickren	...	Lucy's Father
Megan Schaiper	...	Young Lucy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dobie Maxwell	...	Mailman
Robert Minkoff	...	Bit (uncredited)

Directed by
Jon Turteltaub

Writing credits (WGA)
Daniel G. Sullivan		(written by) &
Fredric LeBow		(written by)

Produced by
Steve Barron	....	executive producer
Roger Birnbaum	....	producer
Jonathan Glickman	....	associate producer
Elaine Johnson	....	associate producer
Joe Roth	....	producer
Arthur M. Sarkissian	....	executive producer (as Arthur Sarkissian)
Charles J.D. Schlissel	....	co-producer
Susan Stremple	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Randy Edelman

Cinematography by
Phedon Papamichael		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Bruce Green

Casting by
Amanda Mackey Johnson		(as Amanda Mackey)
Cathy Sandrich

Production Design by
Garreth Stover

Art Direction by
Chris Cornwell

Set Decoration by
Larry Dias

Costume Design by
Betsy Cox

Makeup Department
Deborah K. Dee	....	hair stylist (as Deborah Dee)
Whitney James	....	makeup artist
Elaina P. Schulman	....	key hair stylist
Pamela S. Westmore	....	makeup supervisor
Jamie Sue Weiss	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Katherine E. Beyda	....	production supervisor
Pat Rand	....	post-production manager: Caravan Pictures
Charles J.D. Schlissel	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bruce Franklin	....	first assistant director
Aiman A. Humaideh	....	second second assistant director
Sandra M. Middleton	....	second assistant director

Art Department
David J. Chamerski	....	assistant property master
Daniel B. Clancy	....	lead man
William Dambra	....	property master
Marcie Friedman	....	art department coordinator
Harry N. Haase	....	head painter
Amelia Hochberg	....	assistant set decorator
Aaron C. Holden Jr.	....	props assistant
Tyler Osman	....	construction coordinator
Suzan Wexler	....	set designer
Paul Allen	....	gang boss (uncredited)
Anthony Joseph Fatigato	....	painter (uncredited)
Troy Osman	....	construction foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Benjamin Beardwood	....	dialogue editor
James Beshears	....	adr supervisor
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dean Drabin	....	foley mixer
Joe Earle	....	sound effects editor
Curt Frisk	....	production sound
Ann Hadsell	....	foley recordist
John Haeny	....	sound effects supervisor
Robin Harlan	....	foley walker
J. Paul Huntsman	....	supervising sound editor
Stephen Janisz	....	adr editor
Gary Lewis	....	dialogue editor
Paul Massey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sarah Monat	....	foley walker
Gary Mundheim	....	foley editor
Rebecca Nicolaou	....	assistant sound editor
Jeanine Payne	....	first assistant sound editor
Jeff Rosen	....	foley supervisor (as Jeffrey Rosen)
Adam Sawelson	....	dialogue editor
Blair Scheller	....	boom operator
Blair Scheller	....	utility sound
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Jeffrey A. Williams	....	boom operator (as Jeff Williams)

Special Effects by
Paul H. Anderson	....	special effects foreman
Guy Clayton Jr.	....	special effects coordinator
Dieter Sturm	....	special effects snowmaker
Yvonne Sturm	....	snowmaker (uncredited)

Stunts
Stephan Choiniere	....	stunts
James Fierro	....	stunts (as Jim Fierro)
Rick Le Fevour	....	stunt coordinator
Carl Paoli	....	stunts
Linda Perlin	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Sam Bertone	....	electrician
Alphonse Blumenthal	....	best boy electric (as Al Blumentahl)
Fernando M. Briones	....	grip
Eugene F. Crededio	....	gaffer: Chicago
Chris Freres	....	best boy grip (as Chris J. Freres)
John P. Friday	....	electrician
John Hudecek	....	dolly grip
Robert Krzeminski	....	grip
Peter Kuttner	....	first assistant camera
Morgan Michael Lewis	....	key grip
Anthony J. Lullo	....	electrician
Hope A. Nielsen	....	second assistant camera
Wally Pfister	....	camera operator (as Walter Pfister)
Mark Purkart	....	grip
John S. Robertson	....	rigging key grip (as John Robertson)
Rafael E. Sánchez	....	gaffer
Michael P. Weinstein	....	still photographer
Frank Yario Jr.	....	video assist
Steven Silverstein	....	camera loader (uncredited)

Casting Department
Rick Boynton	....	casting associate: Chicago
Elizabeth Lang	....	casting associate
Regina Prokop	....	extras casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kimberly Guenther Durkin	....	costume supervisor (as Kimberly Guenther)
Kaye Nottbusch	....	set costumer
Heather Pollock	....	costumer

Editorial Department
John Axelrad	....	digital assistant editor
David Orr	....	color timer
Mark E. Phillips	....	apprentice editor
David Rennie	....	first assistant editor
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
John M. Vitale	....	apprentice editor
Steve Kraus	....	editing systems technician (uncredited)

Music Department
Elton Ahi	....	consultant: musical score
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Ralph Ferraro	....	orchestrator
John La Salandra	....	music editor (as John Lasalandra)
Dennis S. Sands	....	music recordist (as Dennis Sands)
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer (as Dennis Sands)
Joseph R. Thygesen	....	assistant music editor (as Joe Thygesen)
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist (uncredited)

Transportation Department
George DiLeonardi	....	transportation coordinator
James Hogan	....	transportation captain (as James A. Hogan)
Timothy J. Maxwell	....	transportation captain
Robert Wallace	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Alicia Accardo	....	script supervisor
Robin E. Agron	....	assistant location manager
Tony Alda	....	adr voice
Newell Alexander	....	adr voice
Patricia J. Amaral	....	first assistant accountant
Tom Amundsen	....	adr voice
Dana Armonda	....	production secretary
Julian Bratolyubov	....	supervising copyist
Mark Brunetz	....	assistant: Ms. Bullock (as Mark H. Brunetz)
Mitch Carter	....	adr voice (as Mitch David Carter)
Melissa K. Cooper	....	production coordinator
Robert Dawson	....	title designer
Deirdre De Tappan	....	assistant: Mr. Dowd, Caravan Pictures
Ned Dowd	....	head of production: Caravan Pictures
Wileen Dragovan	....	assistant location manager
Sidney Edwards	....	technical advisor
Ike Eisenmann	....	adr voice
Elisa Gabrielli	....	adr voice (as Elisa Pensler-Gabrielli)
Jack W. Haddox	....	production accountant
Julie Herman	....	production assistant
Peter Hollocker	....	production assistant
Don J. Hug	....	location manager
Adrienne King	....	adr voice
Patricia S. Kingery	....	assistant accountant
Marc Klein	....	assistant: Mr. Turteltaub
Donna Lynn Leavy	....	adr voice
Cheryl McHugh	....	assistant accountant
Leslie Mikol	....	production assistant
Mary Mooney	....	assistant: Ms. Stremple
Tawny Moyer	....	adr voice
Gerald F. Nichols	....	production assistant
Rosemary Orlando	....	assistant production coordinator
Kim Plant	....	assistant: Mr. Roth, Caravan Pictures
Dennis Tufano	....	adr voice
Marlena Wilkens	....	assistant: Mr. Birnbaum, Caravan Pictures
Braden Wright	....	unit publicist
Lynnanne Zager	....	adr voice
Moira Michiels	....	extras coordinator (uncredited)
Sian Rees-Cleland	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Thanks
Charles Geocaris	....	special thanks (as Charlie Geocaris)
Mike Himelstein	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Caravan Pictures
• Hollywood Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (Sweden) (1995) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (1995) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (1995) (France) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (1995) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (1995) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Hollywood Pictures Home Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Abril Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (1996) (Greece) (VHS)
• Hollywood Pictures Home Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Hollywood Pictures Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Laurenfilm (Spain)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1998) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)

Special Effects

• Sturm's Special Effects International (snow making)

Other Companies

• Astro Color Laboratories  film and video dailies
• Buena Vista Imaging  titles and opticals
• Digital Editing Systems  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Karen Peake Casting Inc.  extras casting
• L.A. Mad Dogs  adr group
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by (as Panavision Hollywood)
• Technicolor  prints
• Todd-AO Scoring Stage  score recording
• Todd-AO Studios  rerecorded at
• Tomkats Catering  catering
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• Victor Duncan  grip and electrical equipment (as Victor Duncan)

Also Known As:

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 | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | South Korea:All (cable rating) | Ireland:15 | Peru:PT | 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:

Revealing mistakes: When Peter is "pushed" onto the tracks, you can briefly see the mat he falls onto.

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.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: Episode #22.15" (2005)

Soundtrack:

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS

Essential Bullock

Warm and gentle comedy that shows Bullock to her best advantage, in her favorite role of shy closet beauty. Bullock obsesses about a man she sees briefly every day; when he is knocked unconscious she claims to be his fiancée. Then sparks begin to fly with the brother. Wonderful turns by Boyle and Warden as older family members. There's a great line by Boyle in this movie, something like you always imagine you'll have these long golden moments in life and then when you get there it lasts about a minute. I think Bullock was never better than in this movie, in later productions her shy modesty seems a little artificial. She and Pullman have just enough chemistry together to pull this through.