Date: Monday, January 25, 2010 - 7:00 PM
Location: Canyon TheaterBoulder Public Library - Main Branch
Description: Monday January 25 Find Your Way Back to Books
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod, with Danny Kaye, Roslind van Hoorn, Boris Karloff, Fay Bainter (1947). Walter Mitty, a daydreaming pulp-fiction writer with an overprotective mother and a grasping fiancée with a little spoiled dog that hates him, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. Each of his day dreams feature mechanizations that make the sound “tapucketa, tapucketa, tapucketa.” The milquetoast’s dream comes true when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon he finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy and has to admit that being a hero in real life isn't easy. Based on the story by James Thurber. Thurber is reported to have offered producer Samuel Goldwyn $10,000 not to film his classic short story. (110 min.)
Boulder Public Library - Main Branch
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