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“Stop dreaming. Start living.”
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

Ben Stiller
Walter Mitty

Kristen Wiig
Cheryl Melhoff

Sean Penn
Sean O'Connell

Shirley MacLaine
Edna Mitty

Adam Scott
Ted Hendricks

Kathryn Hahn
Odessa Mitty

Patton Oswalt
Todd Maher

Adrian Martinez
Hernando

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Helicopter Pilot

Gunnar Helgason
Hotel Keeper
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy film released in 2013 exploring themes of himalaya mountain range, photographer, iceland, daydream, magazine, photograph. Directed by Ben Stiller, it stars Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn. 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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