While You Were Sleeping
by Jon Turteltaub
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Actor: Bill Pullman, Jack Warden, Peter Boyle, Peter Gallagher, Sandra BullockDirector: Jon Turteltaub
Brand: BULLOCK,SANDRA
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-02-04
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Hollywood Home Video
Movie Reviews of While You Were Sleeping
Movie Review: One Of My Favorites
Summary: 5 Stars
I knew this film was great when my husband sat through the entire film with me and genuinely enjoyed it.
Lucy is a lonely young woman living in the big city with her pet cat. For a living, she sits in a booth day after day and collects tolls. One day, she sees a tall, dark handsome man (Peter) who seems to resemble her now dead father. She falls in love with him but he's oblivious to her.
Because Lucy lives alone, her boss gets her to work Christmas Day. Amazingly, the man of her dreams rushes by on the Holiday, drops some coins in her booth, and wishes her a merry Christmas. It happened so fast that poor Lucy never even got the chance to speak to her would-be lover. As fate would have it, though, he ends up getting mugged and is pushed onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train. Lucy bolts from her booth and jumps onto the tracks. As she lies on top of him, she rolls him and herself out of the path of the oncoming train, thus saving his life.
At the hospital, the personnel block her from going to him. As they do, she stares through the glass doors at his prone form lying on a gurney and says, "I'm going to marry him." A nearby nurse oversees what happens and hears what Lucy says.
When the family arrives, they rush into Peter's room anxious to see how he is doing. Lucy is pointed out to them and they are told that she saved Peter's life. And that's when the nurse tells everyone that Lucy is his fiance - and the fun begins.
There's much said about the predictability of this film. Whether you feel it is predictable or not, it's handled in such a way that you're anxious to see the story unfold and to watch how everything turns out. Sandra Bullock gives a terrific performance as the sweet, lonely, and lovable Lucy; Bill Pullman plays, Jack, Peter's brother. A cast of great character actors make up Peter's family. I honestly believe it's the combined performance of the stellar cast that make this film so memorable.
If you're thirsting for something wholesome, funny, and that doesn't get old with repeated viewings, then this is the movie for you! You won't regret it!
Summary of While You Were Sleeping
If you don't mind a heavy dose of schmaltz and sentiment, this romantic comedy has a gentle way of seducing you with its charms. While You Were Sleeping was the first starring role for Sandra Bullock after her blockbuster success in Speed. In a role that nicely emphasizes her easygoing appeal, Bullock is the reason the movie works at all. She plays Lucy Eleanor Moderatz, a Chicago Transit tollbooth clerk who's hopelessly smitten with a daily commuter, Peter Callaghan (Peter Gallagher). She saves the object of her affection from certain death after he's mugged and falls onto the train tracks. While Peter is in a coma, she lets his family believe that she is his fianc?e, and surprisingly finds herself drawn to his brother (Bill Pullman), for whom the attraction is definitely mutual. How Lucy gets out of this amorous predicament is what makes this pleasant movie less predictable than its familiar ingredients would initially indicate. It's feel-good fluff, with characters and performances that keep you smiling through the drippy plot mechanics. --Jeff ShannonIn Chicago, a subway employee is in love with a stranger she only sees from a distance. But when she rescues him from a mugging in which he is knocked into a coma, his family mistakes her for his fiancee. When she falls for his charming brother, the mix-u
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG
Release Date: 4-JAN-2005
Media Type: DVD
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