While You Were Sleeping
Comedy, Romance
Disney / Buena Vista  (1995) 103 mins PG

6.4 (22,111 votes)
A story about love at second sight.

Sandra Bullock is Lucy, a lonely subway worker, she becomes smitten with a handsome stranger. But when she saves his life after he's been mugged and fallen into a coma, his hilariously offbeat family mistakes her for his fiancée! Soon the mix-ups escalate as Lucy fabricates a life between herself and a man she's never met! And when Lucy falls for his charming brother the situation really gets uproarious-as she's forced to make a choice between the two!...

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Cast and Crew
Bill Pullman  ......  Jack Callaghan
Peter Gallagher  ......  Peter Callaghan
Sandra Bullock  ......  Lucy Eleanor Moderatz
Glynis Johns  ......  Elsie
Jack Warden  ......  Saul
Peter Boyle  ......  Ox Callaghan
Director  .....  Jon Turteltaub
Producer  .....  Roger Birnbaum; Joe Roth; Steve Barron
Writer  .....  Fredric Lebow; Daniel Sullivan; Daniel G. Sullivan
Notes
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Peter is in hospital in ICU, he is wearing nasal prongs delivering oxygen. He is breathing on his own. The sound track has the sound of a mechanical ventilator. (more)

Trivia:
The Callahan's house is located in LaGrange, a suburb of Chicago. (more)

Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA (more)

Quotes:
[last lines]
Lucy: Peter once asked me when I fell in love with Jack. And I told him, "It was while you were sleeping."
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations (more)