While You Were Sleeping
While You Were Sleeping is a 1995 American romantic comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub and written by Daniel G. Sullivan and Fredric Lebow. It stars Sandra Bullock as Lucy, a Chicago Transit Authority token collector, and Bill Pullman as Jack, the brother of a man whose life she saves, along with Peter Gallagher as Peter, the man who is saved, Peter Boyle and Glynis Johns as members of Peter's family, and Jack Warden as a longtime family friend and neighbor.
Plot
Lucy Eleanor Moderatz is a lonely fare token collector for the Chicago Transit Authority, stationed at the Randolph/Wabash station. She secretly loves Peter Callaghan, a handsome commuter, though they are strangers.
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| author | Daniel G. Sullivan |
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| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | Jon Turteltaub |
| editor | Bruce Green |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | amnesia answering machine chicago "l" chicago transit authority christmas doorman engage engagement ring fare token heart condition lacunar amnesia list of english words of yiddish origin married misunderstand new year new year\'s eve putz randolph/wabash station reject sleep token coin travel unconditional love wed |
| musicBy | Randy Edelman |
| producer | Joe Roth Roger Birnbaum |
| productionCompany | Caravan Pictures Hollywood Pictures |
| publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| recordedAt | Chicago |
| theme | romantic comedy transport |