Real Life (1984)

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A comedy about a dreamer whose Walter Mitty-like fantasies turn his world of make-believe into a world of trouble.
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Jun 01, 1984
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A comedy about a dreamer whose Walter Mitty-like fantasies turn his world of make-believe into a world of trouble.

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