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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

"Stop dreaming. Start living."

2013

1h 54m

7.2(8365 votes)

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Overview

A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

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Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Films

Red Hour

New Line Cinema

Ingenious Media

20th Century Fox

TSG Entertainment

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller

Walter Mitty

Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig

Cheryl Melhoff

Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Sean O'Connell

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Edna Mitty

Adam Scott

Adam Scott

Ted Hendricks

Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn

Odessa Mitty

Patton Oswalt

Patton Oswalt

Todd Maher

Adrian Martinez

Adrian Martinez

Hernando

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Helicopter Pilot

Gunnar Helgason

Gunnar Helgason

Hotel Keeper

Creative team

Directed by: Ben Stiller
Written by: Steven Conrad
Produced by: Ben Stiller
John Goldwyn

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