The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is a 1947 comedy film, loosely based on James Thurber's short story, about a mild-mannered man who escapes his humdrum life through vivid heroic daydreams.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10861265 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Context triple: [Virginia Mayo, notableWork, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty]
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 2013 adventure-comedy film about a daydreaming photo editor who embarks on a real-life global journey, directed by and starring Ben Stiller.
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The Land of Steady Habits
The Land of Steady Habits is a traditional nickname for the U.S. state of Connecticut, reflecting its reputation for conservatism and stable customs.
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C.
The Land of Steady Habits
The Land of Steady Habits is a 2018 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nicole Holofcener that follows a recently retired man in suburban Connecticut as he grapples with the fallout of abruptly abandoning his comfortable life.
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Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road is a 2008 drama film, based on Richard Yates's novel, that explores the disintegration of a suburban 1950s marriage and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
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E.
Big Eyes
Big Eyes is a 2014 biographical drama film directed by Tim Burton that tells the story of painter Margaret Keane and the legal battle over the credit for her distinctive big-eyed children paintings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Target entity description: "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is a 1947 comedy film, loosely based on James Thurber's short story, about a mild-mannered man who escapes his humdrum life through vivid heroic daydreams.
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A.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 2013 adventure-comedy film about a daydreaming photo editor who embarks on a real-life global journey, directed by and starring Ben Stiller.
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B.
The Land of Steady Habits
The Land of Steady Habits is a traditional nickname for the U.S. state of Connecticut, reflecting its reputation for conservatism and stable customs.
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C.
The Land of Steady Habits
The Land of Steady Habits is a 2018 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nicole Holofcener that follows a recently retired man in suburban Connecticut as he grapples with the fallout of abruptly abandoning his comfortable life.
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D.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road is a 2008 drama film, based on Richard Yates's novel, that explores the disintegration of a suburban 1950s marriage and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
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E.
Big Eyes
Big Eyes is a 2014 biographical drama film directed by Tim Burton that tells the story of painter Margaret Keane and the legal battle over the credit for her distinctive big-eyed children paintings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfOriginalWork | James Thurber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lee Garmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Norman Z. McLeod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | RKO Radio Pictures in the United States ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Monica Collingwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | live-action feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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fantasy ⓘ |
| hasRemake | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorPlays | Danny Kaye as Walter Mitty ⓘ |
| looselyAdaptedFrom | "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Walter Mitty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Roy Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a mild-mannered proofreader with vivid heroic fantasies ⓘ |
| notableFor | Danny Kaye's fantasy sequences ⓘ |
| notableSongPerformer | Danny Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
daydreaming
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escapism ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Goldwyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Samuel Goldwyn Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | August 13, 1947 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| runtime | 110 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayLooselyFollows | James Thurber's original story premise ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Everett Freeman
NERFINISHED
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Ken Englund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | New York City ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| starring |
Ann Rutherford
NERFINISHED
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Boris Karloff NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ Fay Bainter NERFINISHED ⓘ Florence Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ Konstantin Shayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Reginald Denny NERFINISHED ⓘ Thurston Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Description of subject: "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is a 1947 comedy film, loosely based on James Thurber's short story, about a mild-mannered man who escapes his humdrum life through vivid heroic daydreams.
Referenced by (2)
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