The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Page #3

Synopsis: The manager of the negative assets sector of Life magazine, Walter Mitty, has been working for sixteen years for the magazine and has a tedious life, not going anywhere but from his home to his job and vice-versa. He is an escapist, daydreaming into a world of fantasy many times a day. Walter has a crush on the recently hired Cheryl Melhoff but he is too shy to invite her on a date and he is trying to contact her via online dating. The magazine is preparing to release its last printed edition and the loathsome manager of transition Ted Hendricks is preparing an inevitable downsizing over the next few days. Walter has been the liaison between the magazine and the mysterious independent photographer Sean O'Connell who has sent to him a package of negatives and a wallet as a gift for his work. Sean also suggests to the senior management the use of negative 25 for the cover of the last edition. However, Walter cannot find the negative that is missing. Walter has no means to contact Sean an
Director(s): Ben Stiller
Production: 20th Century Fox
  5 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
PG
Year:
2013
114 min
$33,223,430
Website
10,026 Views


That's a big deal.

Yeah, it's... there's a...

we have a glitch.

Mini, on that one right now.

I wanted to say, to you...

do you maybe have an address

for Sean O'Connell?

Um... It's not really

that easy with him.

He moves around so much. I don't.

Yeah, he's on a freelance.

I don't know where and

he doesn't have a phone.

No phone? He's old school.

Yeah.

But, you know, why don't

I check with Peg?

I know she just processed

a check for him.

And we could track his pay-out maybe.

Find him that way?

Cool. Very cool.

Okay.

Walter.

Yes.

I'm on it.

Thanks.

Yes. Are you coming?

Yes, I'm not.

Yes, I have to stay.

Here's the contact sheet.

What do you see?

This photo cluster.

These three.

They're the only printable ones.

He took them around the

same time he took 25.

They could give us a clue

to where Sean is.

Blow them up, all right?

Cool.

Hey.

Walter, right?

Yeah.

So, I called Peg about Sean.

She's gonna get back to me.

Oh! Hey, thanks.

Cool glasses, very Sand People.

These? No,

these are loupes.

They're for work.

They magnify the...

Is that 25? Can I see?

That's... No.

I can't quite find 25...

just now.

You can't find it?

Yeah. That's why

I'm trying to find Sean.

I'm trying to track him down

somehow with these other images.

His whereabouts?

Yeah.

I take this class,

Writing the Mystery Novel.

Anyway, they say the key

is to work backwards.

You connect the clues and then

scatter them so they seem unrelated.

There's like a whole

science to it.

May I?

Sure.

Okay. Thumb.

Yeah. It's an unknown thumb.

Okay. Water?

Just water, I guess?

Yeah, just water.

Okay.

And...

like a curved piece of...

some kind of, part of a thing.

But the thing with clues,

my teacher says...

is you really only need one good

one, and then they'll connect...

and you'll be like, "Oh, yes, of

course, unknown thumb, water...

"I should have seen this

the whole time. Ahh!"

Yeah, yeah, I'll be like...

Well, anyway, I should get

back and try not to get fired.

Hey, Cheryl.

I have something creative

I've been working on, too.

Oh.

Little side project.

Walter, it's amazing!

Walter?

I was just saying I'll let you

know when I hear back from Peg.

Okay. Thank you.

Okay.

Hey, Odessa.

What?

Is there a larger apartment

available the piano could fit in?

Because it's a memento of our mom's.

That's a really big...

Most people sell their really big

mementos before they move here.

My dad bought it for her

the year they were married.

It means a lot to her.

That's a villa. It's a

little more costly...

but it has a more generous, piano kind

of size living room for you though.

Yeah. Yeah,

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