The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Directed by Ben Stiller
A daydreaming photo archivist at Life magazine leaves New York to track down a missing negative, following a globe-trotting photographer through Greenland, Iceland and the Himalayas.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Life magazine offices≈ 00:02:00New York City, New YorkStated on screen
Walter learns the negative for the final cover is missing and decides to find photographer Sean O'Connell.
- 2Bar and helicopter≈ 00:32:00Nuuk, GreenlandStated on screen
At a Nuuk bar Walter hears Sean is on a ship and boards a helicopter piloted by a drunk to reach it.
- 3Arrival in Iceland≈ 00:45:00Stykkishólmur, IcelandStated on screen
After reaching the ship, Walter follows clues to a small Icelandic town where Sean had been.
- 4Road to the volcano≈ 00:52:00Eyjafjallajökull, IcelandInferred
Walter longboards and runs toward the volcano where Sean went, but misses him as it erupts.
- 5Back in New York≈ 01:01:00New York City, New YorkStated on screen
- 6Himalayan trek≈ 01:14:00AfghanistanStated on screen
- 7Airport detention≈ 01:28:00Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)Stated on screen
- 8Life offices and newsstand≈ 01:34:00New York City, New YorkStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 36,104 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 4
- Stops
- 8
- Plane: 26,255 km
- Not shown: 8,477 km
- Helicopter: 1,372 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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