query: who is the author of the secret life of walter mitty

pos: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty The Secret Life of Walter Mitty "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1939) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, it first appeared in "The New Yorker" on March 18, 1939, and was first collected in his book "My World and Welcome to It" (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942). It has since been reprinted in "James Thurber: Writings and Drawings" (The Library of America, 1996, ), is available on-line on the "New Yorker" website, and is one of the most anthologized short stories in American literature. The story is considered one of Thurber's "acknowledged

pos: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 2013 American adventure comedy-drama film directed, co-produced by and starring Ben Stiller and written by Steve Conrad. The film also stars Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, and Sean Penn. This is the second film adaptation of James Thurber's 1939 short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 5, 2013. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" was theatrically released by 20th Century Fox, Samuel Goldwyn Films and New Line Cinema on

pos: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and the physically unimposing men Thurber often paired with larger women in his cartoons, Mitty is dominated and put upon by his wife. Like the man who saw the unicorn, he escapes via fantasies. A similar dynamic is found in the Thurber story "The Curb in the Sky", in which a man starts recounting his own dreams as anecdotes as an attempt to stop his wife from constantly correcting him on the details. In his 2001 book "The Man Who Was Walter Mitty: The Life and Work of James Thurber" (), author Thomas Fensch suggests that the character was largely

pos: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) what he imagines and what he does, it all just seemed to come together over that song." The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 2013 American adventure comedy-drama film directed, co-produced by and starring Ben Stiller and written by Steve Conrad. The film also stars Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, and Sean Penn. This is the second film adaptation of James Thurber's 1939 short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 5, 2013. "The Secret Life of

pos: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 1947 Technicolor comedy film, loosely based on the short story of the same name by James Thurber. The film stars Danny Kaye as a young daydreaming proof reader (later associate editor) for a magazine publishing firm and Virginia Mayo as the girl of his dreams. The film was adapted for the screen by Ken Englund, Everett Freeman, and Philip Rapp, and directed by Norman Z. McLeod. Walter Mitty (Kaye) is an "inconsequential guy from Perth Amboy, New Jersey". He is henpecked and harassed by

pos: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty to the musical's plot as having been "boldly extrapolated" from the short story, and called the result "a thoroughly pleasant musical evening". The Secret Life of Walter Mitty "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1939) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, it first appeared in "The New Yorker" on March 18, 1939, and was first collected in his book "My World and Welcome to It" (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942). It has since been reprinted in "James Thurber: Writings and Drawings" (The Library of America, 1996, ), is available on-line on the "New

pos: Walter Mitty Walter Mitty Walter Mitty is a fictional character in James Thurber's short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", first published in "The New Yorker" on March 18, 1939, and in book form in "My World and Welcome to It" in 1942. Thurber loosely based the character, a daydreamer, on his friend Walter Mithoff. It was made into a film in 1947 starring Danny Kaye, with a remake directed by and starring Ben Stiller released in 2013. Mitty is a meek, mild man with a vivid fantasy life. In a few dozen paragraphs he imagines himself a wartime pilot, an

pos: The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty listing the issues that arose during production and the amount of episodes produced as reasons why among others. The series has a total of just 13 episodes. In 1989, three episodes from "The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty" were featured on a VHS tape released by United American Video. The series was inspired by Walter Mitty, the main character in James Thurber's 1939 short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". Each episode began with live action footage of Waldo and Felicia, who were usually being bullied by Tyrone. Waldo would then daydream about being a superhero and coming to

pos: Liberty (general interest magazine) her working notes for "The Fountainhead", Ayn Rand mentioned the character Peter Keating as "the kind of person who occasionally reads "Liberty" magazine", though this reference did not enter the final version of the book. As Rand depicted Keating as a despicable, shallow opportunist and hypocrite, this was no recommendation for the magazine. In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", author James Thurber makes a reference to the magazine. In the Alvino Rey song, the female singer teasingly turns down her male caller with a songful of rejections: "I said no, no, no". The song's twist ending is that she

pos: Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy was shifted around and rewritten to become a story involving the Doctor. The premise is based on the short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber in which Walter Mitty daydreams heroic adventures while running an errand for his wife. The title of this episode is a reference to the 1974 spy novel "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" by John le Carré. Writer Joe Menosky describes the episode as "five days of scriptwriting paradise" because "the story itself becomes your friend and collaborator; it is rich enough to support you and keep feeding you ideas as you execute

pos: Tripura (Telugu author) Tripura very deftly brings out various human emotions of the prothagonists, pathos, insecurities, guilt, love, joy. The backdrops of his stories span at various places in India – soldiers life in cantonments and borders; revolutionary’s dilemma about his journey; etc. Tripura’s short story "Subbarayudu Rahasya Jeevitam" though inspired by James Thurber’s short story of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", retains the originality and nativity of a Telugu short story. Tripura’s short stories have been acclaimed by many well-known Telugu writers like Palagummi Padma Raju, Bhamidipati Ramagopalam, Vaddera Chandidas, Revolutionary poet Nikhileswar, Abburi Gopala Krishna, Chaganti Tulasi, Vegunta Mohana Prasad,

pos: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) even to him, Walter attempts to hide his double life from his mundane family and friends. Eventually, he acquires the courage to stand up to those who kick him around. Ken Englund and Everett Freeman reportedly began work adapting James Thurber's story in January 1945. According to Thurber, producer Samuel Goldwyn rejected the Englund and Freeman script in December 1945, and sent Englund to consult with Thurber, who worked with him for ten days. Thurber later complained that at one time the psychiatrist scene contained "a bathing girl incident which will haunt me all the days of my life." He

pos: Walter Mitty officer. In his book on selection for the Special Air Service, Andy McNab wrote that soldiers from other units who were applying to join, who give away the fact they were motivated by reasons of personal vanity were labelled as "Walter Mitties" and quietly sent home. The character was first played by Danny Kaye in the 1947 film version. Thurber opposed this 1947 production. Ben Stiller directed and starred in a 2013 adaptation of the Walter Mitty story. Walter Mitty is referenced in the lyrics of these songs: Walter Mitty Walter Mitty is a fictional character in James Thurber's short

pos: Teddy Temish constituted genuine espionage, and that Temish had most likely created his identity as a "spy" out of whole cloth. He was referred to a panel of Army psychiatrists, who determined Temish to be expressing symptoms of histrionic personality disorder and pathological delusion. They concluded that he had been "living in a dream" and that he had built up a "towering, fraudulent persona" as a secret agent to cope with what he saw as an uninteresting and pointless life, in the manner of Walter Mitty – a famous fictional character by James Thurber who imagines himself in various exciting scenarios to

pos: Elton Hotel Elton Hotel The Elton Hotel is located on West Main Street in downtown Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. It is an early 20th-century building by local architects Griggs & Hunt in the Second Renaissance Revival architectural style. It was built in 1904 to replace a lavish hotel lost in a fire that destroyed much of downtown Waterbury two years earlier. To the surprise of its investors, mainly prominent local businessmen, it turned a profit within a year of its opening. F. Scott Fitzgerald was a guest, and James Thurber is said to have written "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", during

pos: The Golden Argosy lady or the tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton • "Monsieur Beaucaire" by Booth Tarkington • "The secret life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber • "The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain • "The other wise man" by Henry Van Dyke • "Chickamauga" by Thomas Wolfe The Golden Argosy The Golden Argosy: The Most Celebrated Short Stories in the English Language is an anthology edited by Charles Grayson and Van H. Cartmell, and published by Dial Press in 1955. It is famous for being the favorite book of novelist Stephen King. • "I'm a fool" by Sherwood

pos: Many Moons Many Moons Many Moons is a children's picture book written by James Thurber and illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. It was published by Harcourt, Brace & Company in 1943 and won the Caldecott Medal in 1944. Princess Lenore becomes ill, and only one thing will make her better: the moon. Unlike much of Thurber's other work, including "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and his fables, this story shows a crisis between males and females that ends happily for all. Despite winning the Caldecott Medal with Slobodkin's original illustrations, a reprint in 1990 by Harcourt featured the text accompanied by new

pos: My World and Welcome to It None of these stories, however, feature any of Thurber's "Monroe Family" characters. The tone of these pieces ranges from lighthearted wordplay and dialect ("What Do You Mean It "Was" Brillig?") to literary satire ("The Macbeth Murder Mystery") to psychological horror ("The Whip-Poor-Will" and "A Friend to Alexander"). The most famous story is "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," which bears little resemblance to the 1947 film of the same name. My World and Welcome to It My World... and Welcome to It is an American half-hour television sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber. It starred William

pos: Sparks (Fiction Plane album) over time to its current incarnation. The only released recording of "Cut Your Breaks" appeared on Fiction Plane's live album "Paradiso". "Russian LSD" is based on the 1966 Russian novel "The Master and Margarita", by Mikhail Bulgakov. The novel tells the story about what happens when the Devil pays a visit to a Soviet Union that is largely composed of atheists. "Humanoid" was inspired by the short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", by James Thurber. "Sadr City Blues (acoustic)" was recorded in August 2008 and was intended to be on an acoustic EP the band hoped to release

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) December 25, 2013 in North America to generally mixed reception, but was a moderate box office success. The film was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2013. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" was released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 15, 2014 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Walter Mitty is a negative assets manager at "Life" magazine who daydreams of adventures and has a crush on a coworker named Cheryl. Mitty works with photojournalist Sean O'Connell, whose images are highly regarded. O'Connell has sent Mitty his latest negatives and

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) with Kaye and Mayo in their original film roles. Plans to remake "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" arose in the early 1990s, with producer Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. considering actor Jim Carrey for the starring role. After development that spanned over two decades, the film finally came to fruition with Ben Stiller as the lead actor and the director. The film was released in the US on December 25, 2013. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 1947 Technicolor comedy film, loosely based on the short story of the same name

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) a fey women's milliner whose inspiration for the ridiculous chapeaux he creates is in actuality his loathing of women. The Anatole character is based on "Antoine de Paris," a women's hair-salon professional of the era, known for creating preposterous hairstyles. The lyrics to the song "Anatole of Paris" were written by Kaye's wife, Sylvia Fine. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" ranks 479th on "Empire" magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" was dramatized as a half-hour radio play on the November 3, 1947 broadcast of "The Screen Guild Theater"

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) readers to choose their top 10 Ben Stiller movies. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" came in at number 3 as his third best film ever. The song "Space Oddity" by David Bowie plays a significant role throughout the film. Walter Mitty is referred to mockingly as "Major Tom" by his new boss, Hendricks, in reference to the astronaut Major Tom in "Space Oddity", due to his frequent daydreaming: the boss interprets the line "ground control to Major Tom" as akin to "Earth to Walter; come in Walter". Cheryl later tells Walter that Hendricks misunderstands the song, as "it’s about

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty that at the end he cleverly avoids being shot. The original cast for the sketch was as follows: The story was again adapted for the stage in 1964, this time by Joe Manchester. This musical version of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" depicts Mitty at age 40, tempted by "would-be chanteuse" Willa De Wisp to leave his wife Agnes and really live "the Secret Life". It features 17 songs, with lyrics by Earl Shuman and music by Leon Carr. The musical opened off-Broadway at the Players Theatre on October 26, 1964, and ran for 96 performances. "Time magazine" referred

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) New York. For failing to recover the negative, Mitty is fired. He learns that Cheryl, who was let go earlier, seems to have reconciled with her estranged husband. Mitty returns home discouraged and visits his mother, throwing away the wallet he received from O'Connell. To his surprise, Mitty recognizes the curve of the piano in his mother's house while looking at the last photograph. When asked, she mentions having met O'Connell. She told Mitty earlier, but he was daydreaming and failed to hear her. Mitty discovers O'Connell is in the Himalayas, and finds him photographing a rare snow leopard. When

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) Line was forced to revert the film rights back to Goldwyn, who won his lawsuit and took the property to Paramount Pictures. During pre-production discussions between Paramount and DreamWorks on "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" (which starred Carrey), Steven Spielberg, head of DreamWorks, rekindled interest in working with Carrey; the duo previously considered "Meet the Parents", but the outing fell apart. In May 2003, Spielberg agreed to direct, and brought in DreamWorks to co-finance "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" with Paramount (which would acquire DreamWorks in 2006). By November, Zach Helm was rewriting the script, but Spielberg

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) a wallet as a gift in appreciation of Mitty's work. O'Connell believes negative #25 captures the "quintessence of life" and that it should be used for the cover of the magazine's final print issue as it converts to online status. The negative is missing, forcing Walter to stall for time with corporate transition manager Ted Hendricks, who is handling the downsizing. While he views the other negatives, Cheryl suggests that Mitty think of the negatives as clues to Sean's location. They look at three of them, including one of a person's thumb with a unique ring on it, and another

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) of a curved piece of wood. A third picture of a boat leads Mitty to ascertain that O'Connell is in Greenland. Mitty flies there to find him. A bartender in Nuuk explains that O'Connell left on a ship. To find him, Mitty would need to go on the postal helicopter, and the pilot is drunk. Mitty recognizes the pilot's thumb with the unique ring. After he imagines Cheryl singing "Space Oddity", Mitty gains a new confidence and boards the helicopter despite misgivings. Mitty learns the helicopter cannot land upon the ship. Misunderstanding the pilot, Mitty falls into the ocean rather

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty masterpieces". It was made into a 1947 movie of the same name, with Danny Kaye in the title role, though the movie is very different from the original story. It was also adapted into a 2013 film, which is again very different from the original. The name Walter Mitty and the derivative word "Mittyesque" have entered the English language, denoting an ineffectual person who spends more time in heroic daydreams than paying attention to the real world, or more seriously, one who intentionally attempts to mislead or convince others that he is something that he is not. Warner Brothers studio

neg: James Thurber Years with Ross" (1959). A number of his short stories were made into movies, including "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947). Many of his short stories are humorous fictional memoirs from his life, but he also wrote darker material, such as "The Whip-Poor-Will", a story of madness and murder. His best-known short stories are "The Dog That Bit People" and "The Night the Bed Fell"; they can be found in "My Life and Hard Times", which was his "break-out" book. Among his other classics are "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", "The Catbird Seat", "A Couple of Hamburgers", "The

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) asked about the negative, O'Connell explains that the message on the gift wrapping to "look inside" was literal; the negative was in the wallet. When pressed to reveal the image on the negative, O'Connell dismisses the question and joins in a high-altitude football (soccer) game with some locals. Mitty flies to Los Angeles but is detained by airport security during a misunderstanding. Mitty calls the only person he knows in Los Angeles: Todd Maher, a representative at eHarmony who has kept in contact during Mitty's adventures. While helping his mother sell her piano, Mitty recounts his story but mentions he

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) know what negative #25 shows. Mitty and Cheryl see the final issue of "Life" at a newsstand, with its cover dedicated to the staff. It is accompanied by the photograph from negative #25, showing Mitty sitting outside of the "Life" building, examining a contact sheet. Mitty and Cheryl continue their walk down the street holding hands. Producer Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., whose father produced the 1947 film adaptation, conceived the idea of doing a remake in 1994 with Jim Carrey in mind for the title role. Walt Disney Pictures was enthusiastic to purchase the remake rights, but Goldwyn instead chose New

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) awards speculation. The film made its world premiere as the Centerpiece Gala presentation at the New York Film Festival on October 5, 2013. It was also selected to serve as the Centerpiece Gala presentation at the 2013 AFI Film Festival. 20th Century Fox hired filmmaker Casey Neistat to make a promotional video based on the theme of "live your dreams" but Neistat suggested instead to spend the budget on bringing disaster relief to the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Fox agreed and gave him a budget of $25,000. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" was released on DVD

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) and Blu-ray on April 15, 2014 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The film received polarized reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 51% based on reviews from 182 critics, with an average rating of 6/10. The site's consensus reads: "It doesn't lack for ambition, but "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" fails to back up its grand designs with enough substance to anchor the spectacle." Metacritic gives the film a normalized score of 54/100 based on reviews from 39 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Oswalt, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, and Sean Penn also appear in the film. Filming took place in Manhattan and the Bronx in May 2012 and in Iceland from July to September 2012. The film was released on December 25, 2013 in the US and in other countries. The film had a production budget of $90 million. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" was adapted for the stage by Thurber as part of the 1960 Broadway theater revue "A Thurber Carnival". The sketch, which closed the show except for "Word Dance Part II", was nearly identical to the short story, except

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) Line Cinema, which held a positive working relationship with Carrey on "Dumb and Dumber" and "The Mask" (both 1994). The studio bought the rights in 1995 with the understanding that The Samuel Goldwyn Company would be involved in creative decisions. Babaloo Mandel and Lowell Ganz turned in the first draft of the screenplay in July 1997. Ron Howard entered negotiations to direct the same month, and to cover producing duties with Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment. Howard and Imagine Entertainment eventually left the project in favor of "EDtv", and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" languished in development hell over

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty surgeon performing a one-of-a-kind surgery, then as a deadly assassin testifying in a courtroom, and then as a Royal Air Force pilot volunteering for a daring, secret suicide mission to bomb an ammunition dump. As the story ends, Mitty imagines himself facing a firing squad, "inscrutable to the last." Each of the fantasies is inspired by some detail of Mitty's mundane surroundings: Mitty is very much a Thurber protagonist, so much so that he has been called "the archetype for dreamy, hapless, Thurber Man". Like many of his male characters, such as the husband in "The Unicorn in the Garden"

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) "Walter Mitty" began to falter after Paramount failed to cast a female lead to star opposite Wilson. Scarlett Johansson had reportedly emerged as the front-runner after screen testing with Wilson earlier in October, but a deal was never signed with the actress. Paramount executives Brad Grey and Gail Berman decided to put "Walter Mitty" in turnaround in November 2005. Goldwyn found favor at 20th Century Fox and, in May 2007, it was announced that Mike Myers was attached to star in the title role. Jay Kogen was hired to write a new script that would be specifically tailored for Myers.

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) than jumping into a dinghy boat. He splashes down into ice-cold, shark-infested waters, losing a box of ship-to-shore radio components before being brought aboard. Mitty learns that O'Connell departed the ship earlier. The crew offers him clementine cake O'Connell left behind; Mitty discovers O'Connell's destinations in the wrapping paper. The itinerary directs Mitty to Iceland, where O'Connell is photographing the volcano Eyjafjallajökull. He arrives at the village of Skógar near the volcano using a longboard, and notices O'Connell on a plane flying near the volcano. An eruption forces Mitty to flee, and he obeys a text message recalling him to

neg: A Thurber Carnival the characters John (Second Man), Nellie (Second Woman), and Lou (First Woman), updating classic poetry to be more cheerful. The prose version of the piece, which was a humorous essay rather than a short story, originally appeared in "The Bermudian", and was collected in "Thurber Country". "Fables (Part 2) " consists of two more Thurber fables, originally staged by James Starbuck. They are: "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" - narrated by Fourth Man. This adaptation of Thurber's most famous short story features the characters Walter Mitty (First Man), Mrs. Mitty (First Woman), First Voice (Fifth Man), Lieut. Berg (Fourth

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) discarded the wallet. His mother gives him the wallet, which she retrieved from the trash. Finding the negative, an emboldened Mitty delivers it to "Life" magazine, telling management that it was the photograph O'Connell wanted for the final issue, and berates Hendricks for disrespecting the staff that made the magazine so honored before walking away from the office. Mitty reunites with Cheryl, telling her that he has been thinking about and inspired by her, and learns that Cheryl's ex-husband was only at her house to repair the refrigerator. Mitty tells Cheryl of his adventures and admits that he does not

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty in another letter that Thurber approved of it. A 1947 radio adaptation of the movie, with Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo reprising their roles, was performed on "The Screen Guild Theater". Because the show was a half hour, including commercials, Kaye's extraneous routines are minimized, making it more like the original story. Even closer to the original story is a 1944 radio adaptation from "This Is My Best", with Robert Benchley as the daydreaming Mitty. 20th Century Fox produced and Ben Stiller directed an adaptation of the book in 2013, with Stiller starring as Mitty. Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Patton

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) set in Stykkishólmur were actually filmed in Seyðisfjörður. The sequences where Walter Mitty follows Sean to Afghanistan were also filmed in Iceland, at the Skogafoss waterfall and in Vatnajökull National Park. During the skateboarding scene in Central Park, skateboarding legend Rodney Mullen served as Ben Stiller's stunt double. When Ben Stiller's character lands at Nuuk in Greenland, he asks the man in the airport booth: "Do you have any cars available?" "Yeah, we have a blue one and a red one", the man replies. "I'll take the red one", says Walter. "The choice between the red and blue car at

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) courage and venturing into the unknown". The song is featured in a crucial scene in which Mitty decides to leap onto a helicopter after imagining Cheryl singing the song. Director Ben Stiller has talked about the importance of "Space Oddity" in that scene during an interview in which he said that, "I felt like the way it fits into the story, we got to this point and this scene which was sort of how the fantasy and reality come together for Walter, and that was what that came out of. That song, and what he mentioned in his head, and

neg: Leon Carr Coffee", "Most People Get Married", "Clinging Vine", "Marriage Is for Old Folks", "The Secret Life" and "Confidence". The list of artists who have recorded Carr's songs includes a veritable who's who of popular music: Brook Benton, Teresa Brewer, Vic Damone, Roy Hamilton, Tom Jones, Dean Martin, Tony Martin, Johnny Mathis, Guy Mitchell, Patti Page, Gene Pitney, Louis Prima, Buddy Rich, Nina Simone, Mel Tormé and Bobby Vinton. In 1938, Jimmie Lunceford's orchestra recorded Carr's instrumental composition "Frisco Fog", which prefigured Duke Ellington's celebrated 1940 "Ko-Ko". Carr also composed the off-Broadway musical "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", based on the

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) that. [Richard] worked for 10 months on umpteen drafts, and he solved it." In March 2005, Paramount hired Mark Waters to direct LaGravenese's script for "Walter Mitty", but Carrey had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. He was soon replaced by Owen Wilson. Despite not having a final budget, Paramount scheduled a December 12, 2005 start date because their option on the remake rights was to end one week later; they would lose the rights if they did not start filming before December 20. Wilson dropped out in October 2005 over creative differences. "The Hollywood Reporter" also speculated that

neg: Elton Hotel his wife to run errands. Those trips inspired his short story, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", later published in "The New Yorker", widely reprinted and considered a classic of American literature. In it, the title character and his wife visit Waterbury to run errands. Thurber describes Mitty as, having completed his errands, returning to a hotel lobby where they have agreed to meet. While sitting in a leather chair, he lapses into one of his daydreams about being a combat air pilot, until his wife returns. It is believed that the hotel described was the Elton. On October 10,

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty head Jack L. Warner in his autobiography "My First Hundred Years in Hollywood", described the actor Errol Flynn in the following way: ""To the Walter Mittys of the world he was all the heroes in one magnificent, sexy, animal package"". The short story deals with a vague and mild-mannered man who drives into Waterbury, Connecticut, with his wife for their regular weekly shopping and his wife's visit to the beauty parlor. During this time he has five heroic daydream episodes. The first is as a pilot of a U.S. Navy flying boat in a storm, then he is a magnificent

neg: Walter Mitty use of the services of military psychiatrists were "Walter Mitty" characters who fabricated or exaggerated their experience. Terry Gilliam described his film "Brazil" as "Walter Mitty Meets Franz Kafka". Individuals who impersonate serving or retired members of the armed forces are known as "Walts" in the British Armed Forces, a shortened form of the name "Walter Mitty". In the United Kingdom it is an offence under the Armed Forces Act 2006 to wear real or replica military decorations with intent to deceive. Such an example of this is Alan Mcilwraith, who falsely claimed to be a highly decorated British Army

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) awakened from this daydream by his mother, who orders him to come to dinner. Believing he is still a British fighter pilot, he salutes, and places a red-hot poker under his arm—only to burn a hole in his suit jacket. Things become much more complicated when he runs into a mysterious woman, Rosalind van Hoorn (Mayo), who just happens to perfectly resemble the girl of his dreams. Rosalind is working with her uncle, Peter van Hoorn, to help secure some Dutch crown jewels hidden from the Nazis during World War II. Caught up in a real-life adventure that seems unbelievable

neg: Adam Scott (actor) on G4's "Attack of the Show!" program on April 21, 2011, he confirmed that this was due to his and Hamm's friendship with producer Shauna Robertson, who put their names in the credits as an Easter egg. He played Ted Hendricks, Walter Mitty's detestable corporate boss, in the 2013 remake of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". Scott appeared in the films "Our Idiot Brother" (2011) as Jeremy and "Bachelorette". He also starred as Jason Fryman in "Friends with Kids" (2012). He starred as Caleb Sinclaire in the 2010 film "The Vicious Kind", a more dramatic role than his previous

neg: Sogni mostruosamente proibiti Sogni mostruosamente proibiti Sogni mostruosamente proibiti ("Monstrously Prohibited Dreams") is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. The film is loosely inspired by "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". Paolo Coniglio is a naive and bumbling writer in a publishing house of comics, bullied by the director and by his future mother-in-law. To escape the dreary daily routine, he finds himself the protagonist of very vivid daydreams in the company of Dalia, the beautiful heroine of the comic books who is responsible of translating. In the course of his visions plays with effects tragicomic popular heroes of the

neg: Sue Casey known as the female lead in the 1965 cult classic "The Beach Girls and the Monster," and the notorious 1968 film, "Catalina Caper." Sue Casey Sue Casey (born April 8, 1926) is an American actress and Hollywood extra who appeared in over 85 productions between the years 1945 and 2002. When Casey was in high school, a talent agent saw her and began interviewing her at studios. While still a teenager, Casey appeared in her first film, "Holiday in Mexico" (1946). Some of her more famous films include "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947), "Neptune's Daughter" (1949), "Annie Get

neg: Sue Casey Sue Casey Sue Casey (born April 8, 1926) is an American actress and Hollywood extra who appeared in over 85 productions between the years 1945 and 2002. When Casey was in high school, a talent agent saw her and began interviewing her at studios. While still a teenager, Casey appeared in her first film, "Holiday in Mexico" (1946). Some of her more famous films include "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947), "Neptune's Daughter" (1949), "Annie Get Your Gun" (1950), "Show Boat" (1951), "Rear Window" (1954), "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961), "Camelot" (1967) and "Paint Your Wagon" (1969). Casey appeared in

neg: Life (magazine) provide significant contemporary photography. They approached Getty Images, the world's largest licensor of photography. The site, a joint venture between Getty Images and "Life" magazine, offered millions of photographs from their combined collections. On the 50th anniversary of the night Marilyn Monroe sang "Happy Birthday" to John Kennedy, Life.com presented Bill Ray's iconic portrait of the actress, along with other rare photos. The film, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (2013), starring Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig, portrays "Life" as it transitioned from printed material toward having only an online presence. Life.com is now a redirect to a small photo

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty sounds vaguely like a horrible medical condition. The story was made into a 1947 movie starring Danny Kaye as a young daydreaming editor of pulp magazines. The film was adapted for the screen by Ken Englund, Everett Freeman, and Philip Rapp, and directed by Norman Z. McLeod. It was filmed in Technicolor. Thurber was repeatedly consulted about the film's script, but his suggestions were largely ignored by producer Samuel Goldwyn, who had the writers alter the original story to showcase Kaye's talents. In a letter to "Life" magazine, Thurber expressed his considerable dissatisfaction with the script, even as Goldwyn insisted

neg: Talk box dead person during a seance. The Sonovox was used in films such as "A Letter to Three Wives" (1949), "Possessed" (1947), "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947), "The Good Humor Man" (1950), the voice of Casey Junior the train in "Dumbo" (1941) and "The Reluctant Dragon" (1941). It was heard on the piano in "Sparky's Magic Piano", and the airplane in "Whizzer The Talking Airplane" (1947). The Sonovox was also used to give the impression instruments "talking" in the children's album "Rusty in Orchestraville" (1949). British rock band The Who included a piece on their 1967 album, "The Who

neg: Rogue Wave (band) featured in a 2015 sketch featuring Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake and Will Ferrell for "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". Rogue Wave's song "Lake Michigan" is featured in the movie "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and its soundtrack. Rogue Wave (band) Rogue Wave is an indie rock band from Oakland, California, and headed by Zach Schwartz (a.k.a. Zach Rogue) who created the band after losing his job in the dot-com bust. Their first album was "Out of the Shadow" which was released privately in 2003 and re-released in 2004. In the fall of 2004 they went on a national

neg: American Authors on EA Sports game, "FIFA 14". Their song "Best Day of My Life" was used in an MLB Fan Cave commercial and is the title music of Sky Sports News' My Special Day feature. It has also been featured in a television spot for the movie "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", in an episode of the television show "The Vampire Diaries" and in 2013 Boston Red Sox World Series championships. The song was ranked number one on Billboard's chart of Adult Pop Songs for 2014. Their song "Home" was featured in a movie trailer for the movie "This Is

neg: Branko Ćopić an avid reader, a painting lover and praised film and theatre, even penning several screenplays. He liked Italian neorealism, movies like "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", "The Wages of Fear" and Disney's animated movies. He admired Cervantes, Maxim Gorky, Miloš Crnjanski, Ivan Cankar, Miroslav Krleža, Isidora Sekulić, Oskar Davičo, Mihailo Lalić and called himself "Lički Bosanac" ("Lika Bosnian"). Ćopić said that the loneliness is hard and that life is short so it should be spent in love, concord and understanding. He received numerous awards from his early writing days: Academy of seven arts award (1938), Rakić award (1939), Serbian

neg: Kristen Wiig was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her role as Cynthia Morehouse in the miniseries "The Spoils of Babylon" (2014). Her other notable roles include "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (2013), "The Skeleton Twins" (2014), "The Diary of a Teenage Girl" (2015), "The Martian" (2015), and "Ghostbusters" (2016). In 2020, she will play the villain Cheetah in the DC Extended Universe sequel to "Wonder Woman". Wiig was born on August 22, 1973, in Canandaigua, New York, the daughter of Jon Wiig, who ran a lake marina in

neg: James Thurber Olivia de Havilland. His short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" has been adapted for film twice, once in 1947 and again in 2013. Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Charles L. Thurber and Mary Agnes "Mame" (née Fisher) Thurber on December 8, 1894. Both of his parents greatly influenced his work. His father was a sporadically employed clerk and minor politician who dreamed of being a lawyer or an actor. Thurber described his mother as a "born comedian" and "one of the finest comic talents I think I have ever known." She was a practical joker and,

neg: Katherine Chappell Katherine Chappell Katherine "Kate" Chappell (December 19, 1985 – June 1, 2015) was an American film visual effects editor who worked on "Game of Thrones". On June 1, 2015, she died after being attacked by a lioness in Johannesburg. Chappell was born on December 19, 1985. She lived with her parents, Jonathan and Mary Elaine Chappell, two sisters and a brother in Westchester County, New York. She graduated from Hofstra University in Long Island. Chappell had lived in Vancouver since 2013. She was a visual effects editor of "Game of Thrones, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, , Divergent", and

neg: Ted Billings Frankenstein", starring Boris Karloff; the 1937 version of "The Prince and the Pauper", Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, and Billy and Bobby Mauch; "Stagecoach" (1939), starring John Wayne and Claire Trevor; "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon; the Bob Hope comedy, "The Princess and the Pirate"; and the 1947 classic comedy, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo. His final screen appearance was in a small, unnamed role in Otto Preminger's "Forever Amber", starring Linda Darnell and Cornel Wilde; the film was released in October 1947, three months after Billings' death on July

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) everyone in his life including his bossy mother, his overbearing, idea-stealing boss Bruce Pierce, his dimwitted fiancée Gertrude Griswold, Gertrude's obnoxious would-be suitor Tubby Wadsworth and her loud-mouthed mother, Mrs. Griswold. His escape from their incessant needling is to imagine all sorts of exciting and impossible lives for himself, fueled by the pulp magazines he reads every day as an editor at the Pierce Publishing Company. But his dreams only seem to land him in more trouble. In one scene, while stoking the heating boiler, he dreams what it would be like to be an RAF fighter pilot. He is

neg: Best Day of My Life The song was used in a Ford sales event commercial It appears in the movie trailer for the films "Delivery Man", "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" in addition to the TV spots for "St. Vincent" · A portion of "Best Day of My Life" can also be heard in the animated film "" and in the 2015 film, "". ·The song was used in the 2015 film "Top Cat Begins", and also plays during the credits. It was also used in the US version of the adult animated film "Bad Cat." The song has also been used in the

neg: Jack Pierce (make-up artist) job on a major production such as "Joan of Arc" (1948) or the Danny Kaye version of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", for which he made up Karloff as the Frankenstein Monster for a daydream sequence, cut from the film. Primarily, Pierce's post-Universal employment was on low-budget independent westerns and horror films. Notable Pierce creations during this period include the hirsute halfwit in "Teenage Monster", played by 40-ish stuntman Gil Perkins, who had doubled Bela Lugosi in Pierce's Monster make-up in "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man"; "Beyond the Time Barrier", with a clutch of bald, scarred atomic mutants and

neg: Walter Mitty automaker Ford stated that it had to exclude from the list of potential bidders "Walter Mitty" types who had dreams but no experience, prior to the sale of their Aston Martin British GT car brand to a consortium of business interests from America and the Middle East, headed by Prodrive founder and world rally championship owner David Richards. "The Guardian" reported on 20 April 2009 that a leaked British National Party training manual described some members as "liars, oddballs, and Walter Mitty types". "The Guardian" reported on 23 Jan 2016 that up to 10% of servicemen and ex-servicemen who made

neg: Snow leopard trilogy "His Dark Materials", Lord Asriel's dæmon is a snow leopard named Stelmaria. Tai Lung, the main antagonist of the 2008 film "Kung Fu Panda", is an anthropomorphized snow leopard. In the 2013 film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", photojournalist Sean O'Connell (played by Sean Penn) is shown photographing snow leopards in Afghanistan. Snow leopard The snow leopard or ounce ("Panthera uncia") is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because the global population is estimated to number less than

neg: Borgarnes are mix of Birch woods and native conifers. These forests are Vatnshorn, Norðtunga, Selskógar, Stalpastaðir and Jafnaskarð. Borgarnes has the oldest and tallest of the birch trees in Iceland. The Safnahús Borgarfjarðar is a civilization museum that displays cultural artifacts and historical photos. Safnahús Borgarfjarðar was one of Iceland's first collections to receive the formal recognition of the Saga Council in (2013). Borgarnes is also one of the filming locations in the Hollywood film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. The Geirabakari Kaffihus, which is featured in the film, was transformed into Papa John's during the filming. Borgarnes' commerce is

neg: Buzkashi film "Buzkashi Boys" depicts a fictional story centered on the game, and has won awards at several international film festivals. On January 10, 2013, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated "Buzkashi Boys" for an Oscar in the category of Short Film (Live Action) for the 85th Academy Awards. Buzkashi is mentioned in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty where it is translated as 'Goat Hockey' and is a clue to the location of 'Sean O'Connell'. Composer Scott Fields recorded a track called Buzkashi on the Clean Feed Records guitar compilation "I Never Meta Guitar" (2010). Buzkashi Buzkashi

neg: Dirty Paws Dirty Paws "Dirty Paws" is a song written and recorded by Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men for their debut studio album, "My Head Is an Animal". It is the opening track and the title of the album comes from a line in the song, and was released as its second single in April 2012 in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe. It was featured in the trailer and soundtrack to "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". A lyric video to the song was released in 2014. The video features a large two-legged creature carrying a flag through an Icelandic

neg: Beautiful Dreamer Quilt" (1995); "Batman" (1989); "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947); the animated "An American Tail"; "Drop Dead Gorgeous"; "Friends 'Til the End"; "Office Space"; the Marx Brothers's" Go West" (1940); "The Old Chisholm Trail"; "The Naked Spur"; and "Domino Kid" (1957);. In "Young Frankenstein" (1974), the song is also referenced, when the ghoulish Marty Feldman, hearing a shrill and anguished female wail from a remote dungeon, smiles and (almost) sings "beautiful screamer...". In "Kansas Raiders" (1950) the song is played on harmonica around the campfire in one scene. The song is used as a recurring theme in "Winchester" (2018).

neg: Paul Fitzgerald (actor) Paul Fitzgerald (actor) Paul Fitzgerald (born October 14, 1970) is an American actor, director and writer. Fitzgerald is best known for directing, writing and starring in the film "Forgiven" and for his roles in the films "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "Arbitage." Fitzgerald is also known for his appearances in the television series "Younger", "Veep, Treme" and "Guiding Light," and for playing Garry LeJeune in the Broadway production "Noises Off". Born in New York City, New York, and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, Fitzgerald graduated from Northwestern University in 1993 and obtained his Master's degree

neg: Rodney Mullen of what it is to be a skateboarder." Mullen has appeared in the "Tony Hawk Pro Skater" series of video games: "Pro Skater 2", "Pro Skater 3", "Pro Skater 4", "Underground", "Underground 2", "American Wasteland", "Project 8", "Proving Ground", "", and "Pro Skater HD". Mullen doubled for Christian Slater in the 1989 skateboarding film, "Gleaming the Cube". He also doubled for Ben Stiller for the skateboarding scenes in the 2013 film, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". In 2010 Mullen stated that "skating is one of the greatest blessings I could have," but also expressed concern about the popularity of

neg: Junip the backing soundtrack to the last scenes of 'Frequency' Season 1 Episode 3. Their song "Walking Lightly" was featured in the TV series 'Lethal Weapon' at the end of Season 1 Episode 15 "As Good As It Getz". Junip Junip is a Swedish folk rock band. The band is made up of the duo of José González (vocals, guitars) and Tobias Winterkorn (organ, Moog synthesizer) with various accompanying musicians in recordings and in live gigs. Their songs "Far Away" and "Don't Let it Pass" have been used in the film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and an acoustic version

neg: Junip Junip Junip is a Swedish folk rock band. The band is made up of the duo of José González (vocals, guitars) and Tobias Winterkorn (organ, Moog synthesizer) with various accompanying musicians in recordings and in live gigs. Their songs "Far Away" and "Don't Let it Pass" have been used in the film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and an acoustic version of "Far Away" has been used in the video game "Red Dead Redemption". The band was formed in 1998 by childhood friends José González and Elias Araya along with Tobias Winterkorn. The group was formed as a hobby

neg: Adrian Martinez (actor) Adrian Martinez (actor) Adrian Martinez is an American film and television actor and comedian, known for "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and "Focus". He also worked in the theatre. He is also known for his role as the "Discount Double Check" guy in a series of State Farm commercials starring Aaron Rodgers. Martinez debuted his acting career with the series "America's Most Wanted" in 1993, and since then he has acted in several television series. He has also worked in the theater, and a member of LAByrinth Theater Company. In 2009, Martinez appeared in "" as Brian Jeremy, the

neg: Morgan Taylor Reid old. On December 17, 2013, the soundtrack to the film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty was released, it featured a cover of Hall & Oates's "Maneater" performed by Mitchell and produced by Reid. At the age of seventeen, Mitchell released her debut album; Design – EP, on Universal Republic Records. Reid's solo album is called "Simply Human". It is an acoustic album. The single "Stay Where You Are" was used in a Levi's campaign. The album's songs "Brighter" and "Where Do I Even Start?" were used on "Grey's Anatomy". After being featured on "Grey's Anatomy", "Where Do I Even

neg: Adrian Martinez (actor) Angeles, being directed by Mark Cullen and Robb Cullen. Adrian Martinez (actor) Adrian Martinez is an American film and television actor and comedian, known for "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and "Focus". He also worked in the theatre. He is also known for his role as the "Discount Double Check" guy in a series of State Farm commercials starring Aaron Rodgers. Martinez debuted his acting career with the series "America's Most Wanted" in 1993, and since then he has acted in several television series. He has also worked in the theater, and a member of LAByrinth Theater Company. In

neg: Gore Verbinski for several years, undergone rewrites and budget cuts, and gained controversy for the casting of Johnny Depp as the Native American Tonto. The film grossed $260 million against a $215–225 million budget, plus an estimated $150–160 million marketing campaign. That same year, he was also the executive producer of the Ben Stiller adaptation of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty." He has been announced to produce and direct a remake of the film "Clue", based on the board game. His future project will be an adaption of William Monahan's novel "", which is a story about an artist running away

neg: Virginia Mayo reports from the late 1940s, the Sultan of Morocco declared her beauty to be "tangible proof of the existence of God." Eagle Lion Films borrowed her to play the lead in "Out of the Blue" (1947), a comedy with George Brent. Mayo was reunited with Kaye in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947), another big success, and "A Song is Born" (1948), a box office disappointment. In between, Warners borrowed her for the lead in a film noir, "Smart Girls Don't Talk" (1948). Warner Bros ended up taking over her contract from Goldwyn. They starred her in another film

neg: Clementine cake use of orange in baked goods. In addition to its Iberian flavors, the cake also has North African and Spanish roots. Clementine cake played a minor part in the plot of the 2013 film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", and was included in the opening scene of the film and in a couple of additional scenes. British celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has devised a recipe for clementine cake. Clementine cake Clementine cake is a cake prepared with clementine fruit as a primary ingredient and other typical cake ingredients. Additional ingredients can be used, and some preparation variations exist. It

neg: Stykkishólmur Stykkishólmur before his sudden death in early 2008. Stykkishólmur is the main setting in the short story "Tussenlanding" ("Transfer") from the 1991 short story collection "De Matador en andere verhalen" by Tim Krabbé. The story features a Dutchman coming to Iceland in hope to start a relationship with an Icelandic woman he barely knows. Stykkishólmur was one of the destinations in the 2013 movie "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". Stykkishólmur features a true subpolar oceanic climate, the least cold of all the polar climates, with cool summers (<10 °C, considered by most as the limit of polar climates) but

neg: Ben Stiller Secret Life of Walter Mitty", "Zoolander", "The Cable Guy", "There's Something About Mary", the "Meet the Parents" trilogy, "", "Tropic Thunder", the "Madagascar" series, and the "Night at the Museum" trilogy. In addition, he has had multiple cameos in music videos, television shows, and films. Stiller is a member of a group of comedic actors colloquially known as the Frat Pack. His films have grossed more than $2.6 billion in Canada and the United States, with an average of $79 million per film. Throughout his career, he has received multiple awards and honors, including an Emmy Award, multiple MTV Movie

neg: Frank Reicher Case for Becky" and would go on to work in over two hundred motion pictures. He is probably best remembered for playing the character of Captain Englehorn in "King Kong" and "The Son of Kong", and for his work in such films as "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947) and "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" (1950). His last Hollywood role was in the very first theatrical Superman movie, "Superman and the Mole Men", in 1951. Frank Reicher married his wife Ella sometime around 1899 prior to his coming to America. Ella Reicher, a native of Oldenburg, joined him there the following

neg: Helen Jerome Eddy died of heart failure on January 27, 1990, in Alhambra, California, at the age of 92. Eddy's first movie was "The Discontented Man" (1915). Soon after, she left Lubin and joined Paramount Pictures. At this time she began to play the roles for which she is best remembered. Other films in which the actress participated include "The March Hare" (1921), "The Dark Angel", "Camille", "Quality Street", "The Divine Lady" (1929) and the first "Our Gang" talkie "Small Talk" (1929). She made "Girls Demand Excitement" in 1931 and her final film, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", in 1947. Even as

neg: Eyjafjallajökull eruption. The Icelandic Meteorological Office updates its website with reports of quakes at both Eyjafjallajökull and Katla. On 8 July 2011 there was a jökulhlaup that destroyed a bridge on the Ring Road and caused cracks to appear on Katla's glacier. James May drove a Toyota Hilux up the volcano in a 2010 episode of the television show "Top Gear". May reached the summit mere hours before the eruption began, although he and his camera crew had left the volcano by that time. Eyjafjallajökull was featured in the 2013 film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". Eyjafjallajökull is featured as

neg: Sogni mostruosamente proibiti literature and comics, like Parsifal, Superman and Tarzan. Every time his awakening is increasingly more abrupt, when one day, doing the grocery shopping, he meets a charming blonde girl identical to Dalia that, against his will, involves him in a shady intrigue. Sogni mostruosamente proibiti Sogni mostruosamente proibiti ("Monstrously Prohibited Dreams") is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. The film is loosely inspired by "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". Paolo Coniglio is a naive and bumbling writer in a publishing house of comics, bullied by the director and by his future mother-in-law. To escape the dreary

neg: Of Monsters and Men the album originated, was featured in a trailer for the 2013 film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and the iPhone 5 introduction video released in September 2012. They contributed the track "Silhouettes" to "" soundtrack. Their song "Sinking Man" is featured on "". The band began working on a new album in August 2013. In an interview published on 6 May 2014, Nanna stated that the album was forthcoming, but that the band had not decided on a release date yet. They officially began recording on 3 November 2014. At a listening session in February 2015, the band announced

neg: Kathryn Hahn Kathryn Hahn Kathryn Hahn (born July 23, 1973) is an American actress, fashion model and comedian. She began her career on television, playing Lily Lebowski in the NBC crime drama series "Crossing Jordan" (2001–07). Hahn went on to appear as a supporting actress in a number of major comedy films, including roles in the films "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" (2003), "" (2004), "Step Brothers" (2008), "Our Idiot Brother" (2011), "We're the Millers" (2013), and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (2013). As a lead actress, Hahn starred in the 2013 comedy-drama film "Afternoon Delight," directed by

neg: Grace Mitchell Grace Mitchell Grace Mitchell is an American singer and songwriter. She was born in Australia, moved to the United States at age three and raised in Portland, Oregon. She has released two EPs, titled "Design" and "Raceday". She performed the Hall & Oates track "Maneater" for the soundtrack of the film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". Grace plays keyboards, drums, and guitars. She signed with Casablanca Records in 2013 and moved to Los Angeles. Her debut EP "Design" was released in October 2014 and was produced by Morgan Taylor Reid. Her follow-up EP "Raceday" was released in November 2015

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) the rental car lot is worthy of mention, if only because it almost candidly pulls the idea from the red pill of "The Matrix". Two jelly bean, or pill, shaped cars , red and blue; the only thing missing is Lawrence Fishburne working the counter". "The passage connecting reality to illusion is often visualised using tangible things and physical environments [as] Neo took the red pill in "The Matrix"." In April 2013, nearly 20 minutes of footage was presented by Fox at CinemaCon in Las Vegas followed by a theatrical trailer release in July, both of which began to spark

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) his uniquely funny and unexpectedly tender movie, Stiller takes us on a personal journey of lingering resonance." Joe Neumaier of "New York Daily" awarded the film five out of five stars, saying "The story Stiller tells manages to float in a most peculiar, satisfying way." Political radio show host and film critic Michael Medved was also positive concerning the film, calling it "one of the feel-good movies of the year." The film was criticized for the product placement of several brands which featured prominently in the storyline, including Papa Johns, eHarmony, Time-Life and Cinnabon. In 2016, "Rolling Stone" magazine asked

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) film "The Public Life of Danny Kaye". Goldwyn also briefly changed the film's title to "I Wake Up Dreaming" in response to a Gallup poll he had commissioned, a title that was actually a word play on the 1941 Steve Fisher novel "I Wake Up Screaming" (and the 1941 film of the same name). However, Goldwyn soon changed it back to Thurber's title in response to the angry protests of Thurber fans, as reporting in a May 1947 article in "Collier's Weekly". The film includes many of Kaye's trademark patter-songs and one of his best-remembered dream characters, "Anatole of Paris,"

neg: Asleep at Heaven's Gate Asleep at Heaven's Gate Asleep at Heaven's Gate is the third album by American indie rock band Rogue Wave. It was released to average reviews on September 18, 2007. It was produced by Roger Moutenot (Yo La Tengo). "Lake Michigan", the first single from the album, was featured in a TV commercial for Microsoft's second-generation Zune music players. It was also featured as one of the daily free songs available to Starbucks customers through iTunes in October 2007. It is also included in the original soundtrack of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film). "Electro-Socket Blues" is a bonus

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) was repeatedly consulted by Goldwyn, but his suggestions were largely ignored. In a letter to "Life" magazine, Thurber expressed his considerable dissatisfaction with the script, even as Goldwyn insisted in another letter that Thurber approved of it. Thurber also mentioned that Goldwyn asked him not to read part of the script, because it was "too blood and thirsty." Thurber said that he read the entire script anyway, and was "horror and struck". In moving away from Thurber's material, Goldwyn instead had the writers customize the film to showcase Kaye's talents, altering the original story so much that Thurber called the

neg: Perth Amboy, New Jersey remember the name of this New Jersey community. He wakens his father and demands that he start naming towns in New Jersey. When the startled father names several towns with single-word names, Thurber replies that the name he is seeking is "two words, like helter skelter". This convinces his father that Thurber has become dangerously insane. Thurber also wrote the story later made into the film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", about an "inconsequential guy from Perth Amboy, New Jersey". Perth Amboy's water pumping station is located in Old Bridge Township. According to the United States Census Bureau, the

neg: Walter Mitty emergency-room surgeon, and a devil-may-care killer. Although the story has humorous elements, there is a darker and more significant message underlying the text, leading to a more tragic interpretation of the Mitty character. Even in his heroic daydreams, Mitty does not triumph, several fantasies being interrupted before the final one sees Mitty dying bravely in front of a firing squad. In the brief snatches of reality that punctuate Mitty's fantasies the audience meets well-meaning but insensitive strangers who inadvertently rob Mitty of some of his remaining dignity. The character's name has come into more general use to refer to an

neg: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) B+ rating. Peter Debruge of "Variety" magazine criticized the film for lacking the satirical tone of the original story, comparing the film to "a feature-length 'Just Do It' ad" for the middle-aged audience the film is targeting. Debruge notes that the script downplays the comedy, and that a scene inspired by "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" shows the film could have been made funnier, but that the more serious emotional dimension ultimately makes the film feel more substantial. The film had its share of admirers, however. Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" gave the film a positive review, saying "In