From The New Yorker Archive
If you go to the movies this weekend, check out:
If you have HBO on demand, watch the full 12 minute sneak preview.
Otherwise, check out this extended trailer:
The original 1947 Trailer
Here's a recent remake of the trailer from 1947
Slate Review:
I commend Ben Stiller for trying something in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty—an adaptation of the 1939 James Thurber story, written by Steve Conrad and directed by and starring Stiller as the daydreaming office worker of the title—that few American comic directors would attempt. He chooses to frame Thurber’s story not as a raucous action comedy (or, like the 1947 adaptation starring Danny Kaye, as a lighthearted romantic musical) but as a mournful, possibly mystical voyage of self-discovery...
I still haven't seen either movie, but I just really want to point out how amazing of an effect the music of the trailer has on the viewer. It's really incredible how just a certain song can leave the viewer with an idea of what the movie is going to be like. For example, in the Secret Life of Walter Mitty's trailer, the song makes me feel like it's going to be a really emotional movie that touches the viewer. The effect that the trailer's music has on you really is cool.
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