While You Were Sleeping corrections

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While You Were Sleeping (1995) - 9 corrections

starring Bill Pullman, Sandra Bullock, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle

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Lucy and Jack end up walking back to Lucy's house when Jack's truck is blocked in at Peter's high-rise apartment. However, Peter's apartment is a very well-known building right off of Lake Michigan, and Lucy's apartment is in a style not found within about 4-5 miles of that spot. Lucy states she is planning to walk to her apartment (even before Jack offers to walk her) - no way would she have been planning to walk between 60-90 minutes in the winter cold. [If she didn't have any money on her and the truck was blocked, she wouldn't have had much choice, would she?] Corrected by Phixius

In the Christmas at Jack's house scene, the camera pans quickly to the Christmas tree where it's possible to see a long-haired, crew member trimming the tree who is obviously on the movie crew and accidentally caught on camera. [The tree trimmer is Saul in a gray sweater, not a crew member. At first glance it does appear he has long hair, but close inspection reveals that it is an illusion caused by the picture on the wall behind Saul. In the very next shot you see Saul, in the gray sweater, ready to have his picture taken.]

When Lucy drags the nurse in the hall after they meet the family, the camera goes back and forth from Lucy to the nurse. First Lucy has a sweater and a tee shirt on, then no tee shirt, then a tee shirt again. [The T-shirt is always there, just less visible sometimes and more visible other times]

When Lucy is in the back of the delivery truck with Jack when he comes by to drop off the loveseat, she sits in a rocking chair he had made. If you look before she sits in it (when she is getting up into the truck), there is a strap holding it in place so that it won't move around the truck. When she sits in it, the chair rocks...impossible if it's strapped to the side of the truck. [It isn't impossible for Lucy to rock in her chair, those straps are there to keep the furniture from moving around as the truck is moving. It does not bolt the furniture down, the chair would still be able to rock if force was used. That's why Lucy only rocks slightly.]

At the end, when Lucy first picks up the engagement ring it's on her thumb. When she lets Jack into the booth and kisses him it has suddenly moved to her index finger. [There was plenty of time for her to move the ring from her thumb to her index finger.]

In the scene when Peter is proving he remembers things. He states he was born in 1959, and he states he was senior class president of 1981. That makes him about a 22 year old senior. [He means that he was the senior class president in college - not high school.] Corrected by wolfchild

When Jack goes to tell his father that he doesn't want to take over the family business, he brings him donuts. According to the time frame of the film, it's just after New Years, but the donut box has colored leaves on the outside, suggesting it was bought in the fall. [Not really. It is May and I just bought a Coke with a Santa on it. A donut shop might just use their fall boxes right through to the next spring.]

When Sandra Bullock is sitting on her bed looking at Peter Gallagher's things, she dumps a can of cat food out of a paper bag. She turns it over, and you can see that there is nothing on either side. When she goes to his apartment to feed the cat, she pops the can open, but she would've needed a can opener. [There are cans that are like softdrink cans and you can just pull the ring and the lid will come off.]

Peter Callahan is in the hospital with amnesia after his accident. His old girlfriend from Portugal, Ashley Bartlett Bacon, comes to visit him. Peter tells Ashley that he`s getting married to 'Lucy'. Ashley asks 'Lucy who', and Peter clearly states that he can`t remember her last name. A little bit later in the scene, Ashley leaves, and Lucy comes to visit him. Peter says: 'My family loves you, I might as well love you. Lucy Eleanor Moderatz, will you marry me'. He addresses Lucy by her first, middle, and last name, after just having told Ashley moments earlier that he couldn't remember her last name. [He never said that he couldn't remember Lucy's name, he said that he couldn't remember Lucy. Ashley asked - "who's Lucy?", Peter said - "I don't remember. I have amnesia, you know".]