One-Shot Wednesday
On Wednesdays, guess the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot.
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
This close-up shot of an engagement ring falls at the end of While You Were Sleeping, a 1995 romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, and Peter Gallagher.
The movie follows a lonely Chicago transit worker named Lucy (Bullock) who pretends to be the fiancée of a comatose man (Gallagher), only to find herself entangled in a web of misunderstandings with his family and brother, Jack (Pullman).
(It's a cute movie, and it helped catapult Bullock into movie stardom.)
In lieu of a subway token, Jack has just dropped an engagement ring into Lucy’s token booth. The point-of-view (POV) shot is from Lucy’s perspective, which is why it’s filmed at a high angle (she’s looking down at the ring).
As you can see from the sign in the background, the scene was filmed at Chicago's Randolph/Wabash ‘L’ station.
Unfortunately, for While You Were Sleeping fans, the station is no longer there. Shortly after Randolph/Wabash closed in 2017, its replacement, Washington/Wabash, opened. You'll recognize the new station when you come across its canopies echoing waves of nearby Lake Michigan.
Welcome to One-Shot Wednesday!
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