The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 & 2013)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

Two film adaptations based on James Thurber's 1939 short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, have been made.
The first movie was released in 1947 and starred Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo and was directed by Norman McLeod.

Rating: N/A.

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes.


The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

A second adaption of the short story was released in 2013.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a romantic fantasy/adventure movie directed by and starring Ben Stiller in the title role.
The movie also stars Kristen Wiig, Adam Scott, Shirley MacLaine, Kathryn Hahn, and Sean Penn.
The movie premiered at the New York Film Festival in October 2013 and was released to theaters in December of that year.
The film earned $188 million on a $90 million budget and was released to Blu-ray and DVD in April 2014.

Rating: PG for some crude comments, language, and action violence.

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes.


The Secret Lif of Walter Mitty Movie Poster
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

Category Severity Time Description Sentence Before
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

Category Severity Time Description Sentence Before
0:00:00-0:00:16 Mild animated descending view as part of 20th Century Fox logo. None
0:02:48-0:02:50 A mild elevated view is seen briefly. None
0:03:17-0:03:25 An elevated view is seen briefly. "In association with TSG Entertainment" appears on screen.
0:04:43-0:04:49 An elevated and rapidly descending view is seen. Todd: "Have you... done anything noteworthy, mentionable? ... Hello? You still there?" Walter: "Can you hang on a second?" ...
0:05:55-0:06:06 An elevated view looking down is seen. Walter: "Uh, a normal amount, I guess. Yeah ... I, uh, ... I got to run. Sorry." Todd: "O-Okay, but we... we need a lot more..."
0:13:56-0:14:25 A mild elevated view is seen multiple times. Toner Box Associate: "I just wanted to inform you all, uh, reluctantly, that..."
0:15:23-0:15:28 A mild elevated view is seen again. Ted: "Well, he broke his long silence and shared his thoughts with us through that... that old man."
0:16:20-0:16:22 A mild elevated view is seen again briefly. Walter: "Uh, it’s, uh, being processed." Ted: "All right, well, let’s do it. Let’s process some quintessence. Come on."
0:18:14-0:18:24 An elevated view looking straight down is seen. Walter: "They could give us a clue to where Sean is. Blow them up, all right?" Hernando: "Cool."
0:20:49-0:20:53 An elevated view is seen briefly. Walter: "Okay. Thank you." ... "Hey, Odessa. What?"
0:20:57-0:21:01 An elevated view looking straight down is seen. Walter: "Okay. Thank you." ... "Hey, Odessa. What?" ...
0:23:16-0:23:32 "Bee" is mentioned multiple times. Odessa: "You had a weird style." Walter: "That wasn't my style. That was a uniform - KFC."
0:23:32-0:23:36 An elevated view looking straight down is seen. Walter: "We're getting you into a villa situation, okay? Good, everybody?" Edna: "My worker bee and my performance artist bee."
0:25:02-0:25:23 A fight occurs. Walter: "You can't just take my stuff!" Ted: "It's mine! Give it to me! No!" Walter: "No!"
0:25:07-26:19 Bloody cuts are seen briefly multiple times. Walter: "You can't just take my stuff!" Ted: "It's mine! Give it to me!" Walter: "No!"
0:25:22-0:25:28 People fall out of a window and a rapidly descending view is seen. Ted: "Stop fiddling with sweets and little men!" Walter: "I'm trying to do my job!"
0:25:40-0:25:41 An elevated view is seen briefly. Ted: "Stop fiddling with sweets and little men!" Walter: "I'm trying to do my job!" ...
0:26:09-0:26:18 Two elevated views are seen briefly. Ted: "Stop fiddling with sweets and little men!" Walter: "I'm trying to do my job!" ...
0:35:50-0:35:55 A mild elevated view is seen briefly. Walter: "Any luck, Hernando?" Hernando: "I turned the place upside down - 25's not here. I searched Receiving, too, man."
0:36:50-0:36:53 An elevated view looking down is seen briefly. Hernando: "I mean, maybe he didn't even send it. Maybe it's still on him. Walter? ... Walter! ..."
0:37:22-0:38:17 An elevated view looking straight down & a descending view are seen. ♫ "Something filled up my heart with nothing. Someone..." ♫
0:41:35-0:41:57 A bloodless fight occurs. Pilot: "That sucked. Do your work." Walter: "You don't have to push." Pilot: "What if I poke you?" Walter: "Don't poke me." ...
0:46:45-0:46:59 Multiple ascending and elevated views are seen. Cheryl: ♫ "Check ignition and may God's love be with you." ♫ ...
0:47:00-0:49:30 Multiple elevated, steep, and flyover views are seen. ♫ "This is Ground Control to Major Tom. You've really made the grade..." ♫
0:49:38-0:49:50 Underwater/submersion sequence is seen. Pilot: "Yeah, but you got to go now. Go, go, go, go, go, go, go! No!"
0:49:55-0:49:58 An elevated view is seen briefly. Pilot: "I meant the other boat. The little boat!" ...
0:49:51-0:51:13 Multiple views in the water are seen. Pilot: "I meant the other boat. The little boat!" ...
0:54:35-0:54:47 A flyover view is seen. 1st mate: "Hey, I'll see you on Sesame Street, man." ...
0:56:04-0:56:07 Elevated views are seen briefly. 1st mate: "Stay gold, Pony Boy!" ...
0:57:50-1:04:43 A minor bloody cut is seen briefly multiple times. Walter: "Hey, Todd, I can't really talk right now. I'm on my way to a volcano." Todd: "What the..." ...
1:00:00-1:00:11 A mild elevated view is seen. Walter: "Yeah? Great, great, thank you." (Indistinct shouting)
1:00:20-1:00:31 An elevated view is seen. Walter: "It's all right! I know him!" ...
1:02:12-1:02:57 Multiple elevated and flyover views are seen. None
1:05:06-1:09:46 A mild bloody cut is seen again, briefly, multiple times. Walter: "Faster! Go faster! Holy s**t! Faster! Oh, my god!" ...
1:11:21-1:11:48 Two mild elevated views are seen. Hernando: "I told you, man, it's bad. ... Hey! That's my fern! Thank you."
1:19:26-1:20:07 Elevated and flyover views are seen. ♫ "...same-colored yellow uniforms, sky is burning but at least we know we're warm. Go and run yourself a million miles." ♫ ...
1:20:57-1:21:21 Elevated views and a flyover view are seen. None
1:21:22-1:22:38 Treacherous views and extreme elevated views are seen. None
1:23:41-1:23:50 An elevated view is seen in the background. Walter: "I just, uh, I've been looking for you." Sean: "Sit down."
1:27:09-1:27:13 A mild elevated view is seen. Sean: "It's a shame. It was a beauty." ...
1:28:55-1:28:58 A mild elevated view is seen again. Sean: "Yeah, right there. Right here. Now it's gone. It's gone."
1:33:58-1:34:02 An elevated view is seen briefly. Todd: "...it's like Indiana Jones decided to become the lead singer of the Strokes or something like that. It's nuts, I know."
1:40:13-1:40:17 A mild elevated view is seen briefly. Walter: "Walter Mitty. Severance package." ...
1:40:32-1:40:38 A mild elevated view is seen briefly. Walter: "Walter Mitty. Severance package." ...

Reviewed August 2019

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