What many probably don’t know is that Ben Stiller is not just a face that appears in many of your favorite comedy classics as he’s also an acclaimed director… well at least in my eyes. He directed The Cable Guy with Jim Carrey, Zoolander and Tropic Thunder and now returns to the director’s chair in what some are calling a film that may even be looking at Oscar nominations. Now, surprisingly enough, this wouldn’t strictly be the first time Stiller has lead his film to the Oscars as Robert Downey Jr. earned perhaps the strangest nomination of all time for his black-faced role as Australian Kirk Lazarus.

In his latest directorial star-vehicle, Stiller stars as the titular character in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Mitty (Stiller) is a timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams. When a film negative disappears, he embarks on a true-life adventure in the whirl of his delusions.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is directed by and starring Ben Stiller, it also features Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn, Adam Scott, and Patton Oswalt. It opens Christmas Day, 2013.

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