James Thurber

The first major documentary film on James Thurber's life and work includes a look at the humorist's accomplishments as a journalist, playwright, cartoonist and social critic.

자신의 꿈은 접어둔 채 16년째 ‘라이프’ 잡지사에서 포토 에디터로 일하고 있는 월터 미티. 해본 것도, 가본 곳도, 특별한 일도 없는 월터의 유일한 취미는 바로 상상! 상상 속에서만큼은 ‘본 시리즈’보다 용감한 히어로, ‘벤자민 버튼’보다 로맨틱한 사랑의 주인공이 된다. 어느 날, ‘라이프’지의 폐간을 앞두고 전설의 사진작가가 보내 온 표지 사진이 사라지는 일이 벌어진다. 당장 사진을 찾아오지 못할 경우 직장에서 쫓겨날 위기에 처하게 된 월터는 사라진 사진의 미스터리를 풀기 위해 연락조자 닿지 않는 사진작가를 찾아 떠나는데… 지구 반대편 여행하기, 바다 한 가운데 헬기에서 뛰어내리기, 폭발직전 화산으로 돌진하기 등 한 번도 뉴욕을 벗어나 본 적 없는 월터는 전혀 예상치 못한 곳에서 상상과는 비교도 안 되는 수 많은 어드벤처를 겪으면서 생애 최고의 순간을 맞이하게 되는데… 당신이 망설이고 있는 그 순간, 월터의 상상은 현실이 된다!

자신의 꿈은 접어둔 채 16년째 ‘라이프’ 잡지사에서 포토 에디터로 일하고 있는 월터 미티. 해본 것도, 가본 곳도, 특별한 일도 없는 월터의 유일한 취미는 바로 상상! 상상 속에서만큼은 ‘본 시리즈’보다 용감한 히어로, ‘벤자민 버튼’보다 로맨틱한 사랑의 주인공이 된다. 어느 날, ‘라이프’지의 폐간을 앞두고 전설의 사진작가가 보내 온 표지 사진이 사라지는 일이 벌어진다. 당장 사진을 찾아오지 못할 경우 직장에서 쫓겨날 위기에 처하게 된 월터는 사라진 사진의 미스터리를 풀기 위해 연락조자 닿지 않는 사진작가를 찾아 떠나는데… 지구 반대편 여행하기, 바다 한 가운데 헬기에서 뛰어내리기, 폭발직전 화산으로 돌진하기 등 한 번도 뉴욕을 벗어나 본 적 없는 월터는 전혀 예상치 못한 곳에서 상상과는 비교도 안 되는 수 많은 어드벤처를 겪으면서 생애 최고의 순간을 맞이하게 되는데… 당신이 망설이고 있는 그 순간, 월터의 상상은 현실이 된다!

A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous monologues with archival footage and the effect is a portrait of Fran's worldview and experiences.

This version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles Lindbergh's feat of nonstop flying around the world--with his own unique ways of conserving fuel and energy.

A scared kid starts all kinds of trouble. Kids' "horror" film based on the story by James Thurber.

A sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, averse to commitment, falls for a single mother of three — the only woman who can stand his strong anti-feminist opinions.

Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideas—and a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out.

Based on James Thurber's short-story about a mild, henpecked man who, while preparing his breakfast, looks out the window and sees a unicorn eating flowers in the garden. He rushes upstairs to inform his domineering wife, and she accuses him of being crazy and threatens to have him put away. He persists that he did see a unicorn in the garden, and she phones for the authorities to come take him away. But when they arrive, with strait-jackets, they find the wife rambling and raving about seeing the unicorn, and promptly take her away.

Shapely burlesque dancer Hot Garters Gertie aka Angela Gardner meets her future drama professor. Her new landlady proves to be the professor's wife. Angela helps breath life into the annual school stage show...but someone has discovered her secret past.

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality 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, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.

The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football star in the game