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While You Were Sleeping

7.0

Released April 21, 1995Runtime 1h 43min

A story about love at second sight.

A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Caravan Pictures

Hollywood Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $17,000,000
Revenue: $182,100,000
Profit/Loss: $165,100,000

Stream

Rent

Buy

Videos

Cast

Sandra BullockLucy Eleanor Moderatz

Bill PullmanJack Callaghan

Peter GallagherPeter Callaghan

Peter BoyleOx Callaghan

Jack WardenSaul

Glynis JohnsElsie

Micole MercurioMidge Callaghan

Jason BernardJerry

Michael RispoliJoe Jr.

Ally WalkerAshley Bacon

Monica KeenaMary Callaghan

Ruth RudnickWanda

Marcia WrightCeleste

Dick CusackDr. Rubin

Thomas Q. MorrisMan in Peter's Room

Bernie LandisDoorman

James KragDalton Clarke

Rick WorthyOrderly

Marc GrapeyIntern

Joel HatchPriest

Mike BacarellaMr. Fusco

Peter SiragusaHot Dog Vendor

Gene JansonMan in Church

Krista LallyPhyllis

Kevin GudahlCop at ICU

Ann WhitneyBlood Donor Nurse

Margaret TravoltaAdmitting Nurse

Shea FarrellAshley's Husband

Kate ReindersBeth

Susan MessingCeleste's Friend

Richard PickrenLucy's Father

Megan SchaiperYoung Lucy

Crew

Jon TurteltaubDirector

Bruce FranklinFirst Assistant Director

Sandra M. MiddletonSecond Assistant Director

Aiman A. HumaidehSecond Second Assistant Director

Alicia AccardoScript Supervisor

Daniel G. SullivanScreenplay

Fredric LeBowScreenplay

Roger BirnbaumProducer

Joe RothProducer

Amanda MackeyCasting

Cathy Sandrich GelfondCasting

Jonathan GlickmanAssociate Producer

Elaine JohnsonAssociate Producer

Charles J.D. SchlisselCo-Producer

Susan StrempleCo-Producer

Arthur M. SarkissianExecutive Producer

Steve BarronExecutive Producer

Charles J.D. SchlisselUnit Production Manager

Katherine E. BeydaProduction Supervisor

Melissa K. CooperProduction Coordinator

Rosemary OrlandoAssistant Production Coordinator

Dana ArmondaProduction Secretary

Peter HollockerProduction Assistant

Julie HermanProduction Assistant

Leslie MikolProduction Assistant

Gerald F. NicholsProduction Assistant

Mary MooneyProducer's Assistant

Don J. HugLocation Manager

Robin E. AgronAssistant Location Manager

Wileen DragovanAssistant Location Manager

Jack W. HaddoxProduction Accountant

Patricia J. AmaralFirst Assistant Accountant

Cheryl McHughAssistant Accountant

Patricia S. KingeryAssistant Accountant

Elizabeth LangCasting Associate

Rick BoyntonLocale Casting Director

Randy EdelmanOriginal Music Composer

Phedon PapamichaelDirector of Photography

Bruce GreenEditor

Betsy CoxCostume Design

Garreth StoverProduction Design

Rick LeFevourStunt Coordinator

Stephan ChoiniereStunts

Linda PerlinStunts

Carl PaoliStunts

James FierroStunts

Chris CornwellArt Direction

Suzan WexlerSet Designer

Larry DiasSet Decoration

Amelia HochbergAssistant Set Decoration

Marcie FriedmanArt Department Coordinator

Daniel B. ClancyLeadman

Kimberly Guenther DurkinCostume Supervisor

Kaye NottbuschSet Costumer

Heather PollockCostumer

Pamela S. WestmoreMakeup Supervisor

Whitney JamesMakeup Artist

Elaina P. SchulmanKey Hair Stylist

Deborah K. DeeHairstylist

Wally PfisterCamera Operator

Peter KuttnerFirst Assistant Camera

Hope A. NielsenSecond Assistant Camera

Michael P. WeinsteinStill Photographer

Frank Yario Jr.Video Assist Operator

Curt FriskProduction Sound Mixer

Jeffrey A. WilliamsBoom Operator

Blair SchellerBoom Operator

Blair SchellerUtility Sound

David RennieFirst Assistant Editor

Paul MasseySound Re-Recording Mixer

Chris DavidSound Re-Recording Mixer

John LaSalandraMusic Editor

J. Paul HuntsmanSupervising Sound Editor

Jeanine PayneFirst Assistant Sound Editor

Rebecca NicolaouAssistant Sound Editor

Adam SawelsonDialogue Editor

Benjamin BeardwoodDialogue Editor

Gary LewisDialogue Editor

James BeshearsADR Supervisor

Stephen JaniszADR Editor

Joe EarleSound Effects Editor

Bruce TanisSound Effects Editor

Jeff RosenFoley Supervisor

Gary MundheimFoley Editor

Dean DrabinFoley Mixer

Ann HadsellFoley Recordist

Rafael E. SánchezGaffer

Eugene F. CrededioGaffer

Alphonse BlumenthalBest Boy Electric

Anthony J. LulloElectrician

Sam BertoneElectrician

John P. FridayElectrician

Morgan Michael LewisKey Grip

John S. RobertsonRigging Grip

Chris FreresBest Boy Grip

John HudecekDolly Grip

Fernando M. BrionesGrip

Robert KrzeminskiGrip

Mark PurkartGrip

William D'AmbraProperty Master

David J. ChamerskiAssistant Property Master

Guy ClaytonSpecial Effects Coordinator

Tyler OsmanConstruction Coordinator

Harry N. HaaseLead Painter

Mark BrunetzActor's Assistant

Braden WrightUnit Publicist

George DiLeonardiTransportation Coordinator

Timothy J. MaxwellTransportation Captain

James HoganTransportation Captain

Sidney EdwardsTechnical Advisor

Dennis SandsScoring Mixer

Ralph FerraroOrchestrator

Robert DawsonTitle Designer

David OrrColor Timer

Theresa Repola MohammedNegative Cutter

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Reviews

Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This feels like a classic watch, like a movie that started a trope...but I can't think of a single other movie that did what this movie does. Sure there are movies about comas, amnesia, lying, but they don't do it in the same way, and I h...

Insanely cheesy and overtly sentimental... yet, I kinda like 'While You Were Sleeping'. Sandra Bullock is probably the main reason for the latter, as she gives a near perfect performance for this sorta role. The rest of the cast are good too, from Bill Pullman to Peter Gallagher to Jason Bernard...

by The Movie Mob

**While You Were Sleeping is about more than just romance. It’s about finding family and, in this case, an adorable but crazy and entertaining family.** While You Were Sleeping is a heartwarming romantic comedy with the lead falling in love with a quirky but sincere family as much as their charm...

by Filipe Manuel Neto

**A good and really funny romantic comedy.** I don't consider myself a fan of romantic comedies, so I feel free to talk about them with complete dismay. And what I want to say about this romantic comedy is that it manages to be much better than we might expect at first glance. In fact, this f...

Sandra Bullock does almost all of the heaving lifting in this engaging, if slightly far-fetched love story. She works in the token booth at her local Chicago train station where every morning she sees that cashmere-coated "Peter" (Peter Gallagher). She's got a bit of a crush on him, but after he ge...