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While You Were Sleeping [1994] (1 disc) ... |  | |
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Length: | 103 minutes (1 hour 43 minutes) | MPAA Rating: | PG | Suggested Event Use: | Valentines Day | Sorting Category: | RomCom | Sorting Tub: | Foxtrot |
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Synopsis: Lucy is mistaken for the fiancée of the man she saved from the train tracks, and she doesn't know how to break the news to his family.
Reaction: Very cute and very funny. Pullman and Bullock are great together.
Personal Rating: 9/10 |
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Random Trivia For This Title: - Harrison FordHarrison Ford and Geena DavisGeena Davis were initially offered this film, as were Pierce BrosnanPierce Brosnan and Dennis QuaidDennis Quaid.
- In a transition scene, a paper boy is shown slipping off his bike. This was actually an accident, but they decided to keep it in the movie. In fact, the paper boy actor broke his wrist.
- Chris ColumbusChris Columbus was at one point considered to direct.
- The film's working title was Coma Guy.
- A then-unknown Matthew McConaugheyMatthew McConaughey tested for the role of Jack, but was dropped because of his Texas accent. The director rejected offers to cast Russell CroweRussell Crowe in the same role.
- Julia RobertsJulia Roberts turned down the role of Lucy Moderatz. Nicole KidmanNicole Kidman auditioned to for the role. The director had considered [?] Jami Gertz for the role.
- Patrick SwayzePatrick Swayze was considered to play Jack when Demi MooreDemi Moore was in negotiations to play Lucy.
- James SpaderJames Spader and [?] Dylan McDermott were considered for the role of Jack Callaghan.
- The film wasn't originally supposed to be a Christmas movie. The studio wanted it set during the holidays as it would be easier to sell.
- At the Callaghans' Christmas party, Glynis JohnsGlynis Johns says, "I don't drink anymore. I don't drink any less, either!" Co-star Jack WardenJack Warden, who was also in that scene, delivered the same line 31 years earlier in a Season 1 episode of [Bewitched] ({It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog}).
- The original screenplay was about a woman in a coma and a man pretending to be her fiancé. Many studio executives thought this to be too predatory, but one suggested reversing the roles. Once the script was rewritten, the movie was picked up by Hollywood Pictures.
- The role of Lucy was written for Demi MooreDemi Moore. Sandra BullockSandra Bullock took the role, saying she could relate to it having just broken up from a four year relationship.
- The word "fiancée" has three acceptable pronunciations in English according to Webster, with the stress on the first, second, or final syllable. In the initial hospital room scene where the Callaghans discover Peter in a coma and meet Lucy, all three pronunciations of the word are given, and in consecutive order as far as the syllables. Nurse: "She's his FIancée!" Midge: "His fiANcée"? Doctor (a few lines later, to intern): "She's the fianCÉE, you idiot!"
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