While You Were Sleeping Page #2

Synopsis: Lucy's life consists of constant loneliness that is until she saves Peter's life. Now she is a part of his family, and with a strong heart and fate on her side, others begin to realize what a terrific person she is, especially Jack, Peter's brother. An extraordinarily true-to-life sequence of events begin to take place as Lucy and Jack become closer and learn more about each other and themselves than one would ever expect from such coincidental, yet believable events.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jon Turteltaub
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
PG
Year:
1995
103 min
5,043 Views


lts an express!

Oh, god!

Hi.

-All right, bring him down here.|-Bring him through here.|-l need a doctor here.

Dr. Stevens.|Dr. Jessica Stevens.

Hi, um, excuse me.|About two seconds ago, a guy--

- A man was brought in.|l-l, l dont know it.|- All right. Whats his name?

- l need to know his name.|You dont know his name?|- Hes right-- Hes right there.

-Why dont you--|-Okay. No, no, you cant go in--|-Ho, ho, you cant go in there.

- No, no, you,|you dont understand.|- Are you family?

- Family only.|- No, you dont understand,|cause l was--

You wait there.

Okay, guys,|what do we got here?

- Oh, l was gonna marry him.|- Get Dr. Ortiz here.

Dr. Memrack, l.C.U. West.

- Dr. Memrack, l.C.U. West.|- Come on, come with me. Over here.

- Let him hear your voice, hon.|- Okay.

Hi.

Um--

Everything is gonna be okay.|l know it.

- lts gonna be fine.|- Excuse me. ls that the woman|that saved his life?

- Yeah.|- Whoa.

lt gets even better than that.|Shes his fiancee.

Excuse me, maam. lm sorry,|but l need to ask you a few questions.

- O-Okay.|- Officer, may l interrupt you?|- Oh, sure. lll be right over there.

Thank you. Thank you.|lm Dr. Rubin.

- Hi, lm Lucy.|- Dont tell me about passes!

- Where the hell is he?|- Dad, dont embarrass me.|- Ooh, hes so pale. My god!

- What is this?|- This is my son. How is he?|- How depressing!

- You cant come bursting|into this unit!|- Hell be all right, right?

-Right?|-What happened? Whats going on?|-Hes in a coma.

- On Christmas day.|- Jesus!

- His vital signs are strong.|His brain waves are good.|- Brain waves.

- l think hes gonna get through this.|- Are you a specialist?

- How did this happen?|- Um, he was pushed from the|platform at the train station.

- Whos she?|- Shes his fiancee.

- His fiancee?|- Yeah.|- Peters fiancee?

- Peters engaged?|- Yeah, l thought--

- No, you dont understand.|- Wait. Wait.|- Hold it.

- He wouldve told us, right?|- Now, please. Please.|- He shouldve told us.

- Maybe he was busy.|- Too busy to tell his own|mother hes getting married?

- No, no, no, dont yell at him.|- lm not yelling at him.|lf only Jack were here.

- Grandma?|- ls she okay?

Shes got a little heart problem.|Shes had three attacks already.

- They werent attacks.|They were episodes.|- Oh, geez!

-Nothing wrong with her hearing.|-Excuse me, Doctor.|What is she doing in here?

-Hey, buddy. She saved his life.|-You saved his life?

- Yeah, yeah, but, l--|- l thought he was pushed off|a train platform.

- She jumped on the tracks.|- You jumped on the tracks?

- Yeah.|- Doctor, its supposed|to be family only.

- She is family.|- Shes the fiancee, you idiot!

- Okay, look, l-lm sorry. You,|you, you dont understand.|- lm awfully sorry. We havent...

Rate this script:5.0 / 1 vote

Daniel G. Sullivan

Daniel G. Sullivan is an American screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay for While You Were Sleeping (1995) with Frederic Lebow, but while it was acclaimed by many it did not receive any awards. He is currently still screenwriting and lives in a small Massachusetts town with two children and wife Patty. more…

All Daniel G. Sullivan scripts | Daniel G. Sullivan Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "While You Were Sleeping" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Apr. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/while_you_were_sleeping_23357>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    While You Were Sleeping

    Browse Scripts.com

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.