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CAST · THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY

Faces & feelings

Per-character screen time, dialogue and emotion breakdown — derived from face recognition + expression classifier across every frame.

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Faces detected

22,160

across full runtime

Named matches

15

actors identified

Close-up shots

18.8%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

8.0%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

80%

20%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 40%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Patton Oswalt

79% non-neutral

Lead screen share

54%

15 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

8.0%

1,768 frames

Surprise

3.3%

739 frames

Neutral

39.7%

8,791 frames

Fear

5.7%

1,258 frames

Sad

12.1%

2,672 frames

Angry

25.2%

5,587 frames

Disgust

6.1%

1,345 frames

Screen time by actor

15 named · 83m tracked of 114.6m

01

Ben Stiller

as Walter Mitty · 6445 scenes

44.8min · 54% of cast

angry

02

Kristen Wiig

as Cheryl Melhoff · 1554 scenes

10.8min · 13% of cast

sad

03

Adam Scott

as Ted Hendricks · 803 scenes

5.6min · 7% of cast

angry

04

Sean Penn

as Sean O'Connell · 674 scenes

4.7min · 6% of cast

happy

05

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

as Helicopter Pilot · 405 scenes

2.8min · 3% of cast

sad

06

Shirley MacLaine

as Edna Mitty · 363 scenes

2.5min · 3% of cast

sad

07

Adrian Martinez

as Hernando · 356 scenes

2.5min · 3% of cast

angry

08

Alex Anfanger

as Ted's Toner Box Associate · 332 scenes

2.3min · 3% of cast

neutral

09

Kathryn Hahn

as Odessa Mitty · 242 scenes

1.7min · 2% of cast

happy

10

Jon Daly

as Tim Naughton · 226 scenes

1.6min · 2% of cast

neutral

11

Patton Oswalt

as Todd Maher · 221 scenes

1.5min · 2% of cast

happy

12

Terence Bernie Hines

as Gary Mannheim · 211 scenes

1.5min · 2% of cast

neutral

13

Gunnar Helgason

as Hotel Keeper · 53 scenes

0.4min · 0% of cast

angry

14

Gary Wilmes

as Walter's Dad · 23 scenes

0.2min · 0% of cast

happy

15

Gurdeep Singh

as Cab Driver · 2 scenes

0.0min · 0% of cast

neutral

Dialogue by character

words spoken · WPM · share of total dialogue

NOTE — speaker matching uses face-detection overlap; actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Actor / Character	Words spoken	WPM	% of dialogue
Ben Stiller as Walter Mitty	2,677	168.4	33.8%
Kristen Wiig as Cheryl Melhoff	1,174	120	14.8%
Patton Oswalt as Todd Maher	673	210.1	8.5%
Alex Anfanger as Ted's Toner Box Associate	660	117.2	8.3%
Sean Penn as Sean O'Connell	562	68.2	7.1%
Adrian Martinez as Hernando	508	155.7	6.4%
Shirley MacLaine as Edna Mitty	441	224	5.6%
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Helicopter Pilot	405	185.3	5.1%
Kathryn Hahn as Odessa Mitty	367	218.4	4.6%
Gunnar Helgason as Hotel Keeper	250	229.4	3.2%
Jon Daly as Tim Naughton	117	71.4	1.5%
Adam Scott as Ted Hendricks	50	226.2	0.6%
Unidentified speakers	32	—	0.4%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

BS

Ben Stiller

AS WALTER MITTY

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

44m 48s

Scenes

6445

First seen

0:48

Last seen

106:36

Volatility

30 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0028m57m85m114.6m

4%

Happy

1%

Surprise

16%

Neutral

4%

Fear

8%

Sad

58%

Angry

10%

Disgust

KW

Kristen Wiig

AS CHERYL MELHOFF

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

10m 48s

Scenes

1554

First seen

1:19

Last seen

106:11

Volatility

41 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0028m57m85m114.6m

21%

Happy

1%

Surprise

13%

Neutral

3%

Fear

44%

Sad

3%

Angry

16%

Disgust

AS

Adam Scott

AS TED HENDRICKS

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

5m 35s

Scenes

803

First seen

7:25

Last seen

106:31

Volatility

35 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0028m57m85m114.6m

10%

Happy

8%

Surprise

17%

Neutral

1%

Fear

1%

Sad

54%

Angry

8%

Disgust

SP

Sean Penn

AS SEAN O'CONNELL

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

4m 41s

Scenes

674

First seen

12:32

Last seen

107:01

Volatility

28 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0028m57m85m114.6m

30%

Happy

2%

Surprise

2%

Neutral

0%

Fear

26%

Sad

29%

Angry

10%

Disgust

ÓD

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

AS HELICOPTER PILOT

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

2m 49s

Scenes

405

First seen

39:43

Last seen

106:52

Volatility

44 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0028m57m85m114.6m

7%

Happy

12%

Surprise

25%

Neutral

4%

Fear

35%

Sad

16%

Angry

1%

Disgust

SM

Shirley MacLaine

AS EDNA MITTY

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

2m 31s

Scenes

363

First seen

21:56

Last seen

95:13

Volatility

28 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0028m57m85m114.6m

8%

Happy

13%

Surprise

8%

Neutral

2%

Fear

68%

Sad

0%

Angry

1%

Disgust

AM

Adrian Martinez

AS HERNANDO

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

2m 28s

Scenes

356

First seen

11:10

Last seen

106:48

Volatility

24 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0028m57m85m114.6m

3%

Happy

0%

Surprise

25%

Neutral

5%

Fear

16%

Sad

47%

Angry

3%

Disgust

AA

Alex Anfanger

AS TED'S TONER BOX ASSOCIATE

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

2m 19s

Scenes

332

First seen

10:12

Last seen

106:30

Volatility

28 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0028m57m85m114.6m

4%

Happy

7%

Surprise

66%

Neutral

2%

Fear

15%

Sad

2%

Angry

4%

Disgust

KH

Kathryn Hahn

AS ODESSA MITTY

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

1m 41s

Scenes

242

First seen

6:32

Last seen

106:34

Volatility

31 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0028m57m85m114.6m

39%

Happy

6%

Surprise

7%

Neutral

1%

Fear

22%

Sad

3%

Angry

21%

Disgust

JD

Jon Daly

AS TIM NAUGHTON

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

1m 34s

Scenes

226

First seen

6:25

Last seen

71:13

Volatility

34 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0028m57m85m114.6m

7%

Happy

16%

Surprise

47%

Neutral

8%

Fear

4%

Sad

14%

Angry

4%

Disgust

PO

Patton Oswalt

AS TODD MAHER

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

1m 32s

Scenes

221

First seen

91:46

Last seen

106:42

Volatility

51 High

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0028m57m85m114.6m

24%

Happy

4%

Surprise

21%

Neutral

0%

Fear

20%

Sad

14%

Angry

17%

Disgust

TB

Terence Bernie Hines

AS GARY MANNHEIM

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

1m 28s

Scenes

211

First seen

7:12

Last seen

71:13

Volatility

32 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0028m57m85m114.6m

12%

Happy

3%

Surprise

49%

Neutral

0%

Fear

1%

Sad

29%

Angry

6%

Disgust

GH

Gunnar Helgason

AS HOTEL KEEPER

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 22s

Scenes

53

First seen

60:34

Last seen

65:28

Too few detections for emotion analysis

GW

Gary Wilmes

AS WALTER'S DAD

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

0m 10s

Scenes

23

First seen

22:39

Last seen

106:23

Too few detections for emotion analysis

GS

Gurdeep Singh

AS CAB DRIVER

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 01s

Scenes

2

First seen

73:49

Last seen

73:49

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 13 clusterssums to 100.0% of all dialogue

Stiller 28.9%

Wiig 17.8%

Anfanger 10.2%

Penn 15.0%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 7 ensemble

0:0028:3957:1885:57114:36

runtime

Ben Stiller

3:34enter

Patton Oswalt

3:39enter

Kristen Wiig

4:31enter

Jon Daly

5:43enter

Kathryn Hahn

6:27enter

Adrian Martinez

7:29enter

Alex Anfanger

8:30enter

Sean Penn

12:06enter

Shirley MacLaine

21:49enter

Adam Scott

24:53enter

SPEAKER 00

33:27enter

Gunnar Helgason

38:42enter

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

39:52enter

Ben StillerSPEAKER 15

Rapid exchange

28.9%

of all dialogue · 2,677 words · 15:54 spoken

WPM168.4

Turns663

Avg turn1.3s

Longest10.8s

enters at 3:34profanity 2

Kristen WiigSPEAKER 33

Rapid exchange

17.8%

of all dialogue · 1,174 words · 9:47 spoken

WPM120

Turns250

Avg turn1.6s

Longest10.0s

enters at 4:31profanity 0

Patton OswaltSPEAKER 35

Conversational

5.8%

of all dialogue · 673 words · 3:12 spoken

WPM210.1

Turns139

Avg turn1.6s

Longest7.8s

enters at 3:39profanity 2

Alex AnfangerSPEAKER 05

Conversational

10.2%

of all dialogue · 660 words · 5:38 spoken

WPM117.2

Turns135

Avg turn1.8s

Longest11.8s

enters at 8:30profanity 0

Sean PennSPEAKER 03

Rapid exchange

15.0%

of all dialogue · 562 words · 8:14 spoken

WPM68.2

Turns166

Avg turn1.9s

Longest9.3s

enters at 12:06profanity 1

Adrian MartinezSPEAKER 06

Rapid exchange

5.9%

of all dialogue · 508 words · 3:16 spoken

WPM155.7

Turns150

Avg turn1.0s

Longest5.2s

enters at 7:29profanity 1

Shirley MacLaineSPEAKER 37

Brief

3.6%

of all dialogue · 441 words · 1:58 spoken

WPM224

Turns91

Avg turn1.4s

Longest9.3s

enters at 21:49profanity 0

Ólafur Darri ÓlafssonSPEAKER 18

Conversational

4.0%

of all dialogue · 405 words · 2:11 spoken

WPM185.3

Turns131

Avg turn1.9s

Longest15.8s

enters at 39:52profanity 1

Kathryn HahnSPEAKER 02

Brief

3.1%

of all dialogue · 367 words · 1:41 spoken

WPM218.4

Turns55

Avg turn1.8s

Longest10.8s

enters at 6:27profanity 0

Gunnar HelgasonSPEAKER 30

Brief

2.0%

of all dialogue · 250 words · 1:05 spoken

WPM229.4

Turns81

Avg turn1.2s

Longest17.4s

enters at 38:42profanity 0

Jon DalySPEAKER 08

Brief

3.0%

of all dialogue · 117 words · 1:38 spoken

WPM71.4

Turns17

Avg turn2.1s

Longest8.6s

enters at 5:43profanity 0

Adam ScottSPEAKER 04

Brief

0.4%

of all dialogue · 50 words · 0:13 spoken

WPM226.2

Turns11

Avg turn1.6s

Longest8.3s

enters at 24:53profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 00 · unmatched

Brief

0.3%

of all dialogue · 32 words · 0:10 spoken

WPM197.9

Turns21

Avg turn0.8s

Longest3.0s

enters at 33:27profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 15 unique characters · 22,160 faces detected · 15 named matches · 83m screen-time tracked