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. Other major cast members include 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 long-time family friend and neighbor.
Plot
Fare token collector Lucy Eleanor Moderatz works for the Chicago Transit Authority at the Randolph/Wabash station. She is secretly infatuated with regular commuter Peter Callaghan, though they are strangers. On Christmas Day, Lucy rescues Peter after muggers push him onto the train tracks. She accompanies the unconscious Peter to the hospital where she is mistaken for his fiancée.
More details
| author | Daniel G. Sullivan |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | Jon Turteltaub |
| editor | Bruce Green |
| genre | comedy romance |
| keywords | amnesia answering machine cheat chicago transit authority christmas engage engagement ring fare token first time florence heart condition italy lacunar amnesia misunderstand new year new year\'s eve pregnant putz randolph/wabash station reject sleep snow globe token coin train tracks 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 |