Daily Dialogue — November 27, 2014

Jack: [Lucy’s sitting in the booth at the station taking tokens for the train. Suddenly someone drops a ring, making her look up] Lucy? I have to ask you a question.
Elsie: Get down on one knee, it’s more romantic.
Saul: Elsie, if he’s proposing let him do it!
Elsie: I am letting him do it.
Jack: Can I come in there please?
Lucy: I can’t. Not without a token.
Jack: [he hands one in and goes into the booth] Marry me.
Lucy: Yeah. I love you.
Jack: I love you back.

— While You Were Sleeping (1995), written by Daniel G. Sullivan, Fredric LeBow

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Proposal, suggested by Aamir Mirza. Today’s suggestion by James Schramm.

Trivia: 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.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by James: “ I really like this scene because it is the whole family that is proposing to Lucy. She told them all, in a very public manner, that she had been lying the whole time and yet they all came with when Jack proposes. Very nice scene.”