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Mission: Impossible
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Mission: Impossible is a 1996 English-language film directed by Brian De Palma. The cast includes Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, and Henry Czerny. Produced by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner, the movie was written by David Koepp, Robert Towne, and Steven Zaillian. It is part of the Mission: Impossible film series and is based on the original Mission: Impossible. The production companies were Paramount Pictures and Cruise/Wagner Productions.
The film is classified as a heist, action, thriller, and spy film. Its narrative takes place in London, Prague, Langley, and the Channel Tunnel. Filming occurred in the Czech Republic, Prague, Pinewood Studios, and Liechtenstein Palace. Stephen H. Burum served as director of photography, while Danny Elfman composed the score. Paul Hirsch edited the film, and Norman Reynolds was the production designer.
Released on May 22, 1996, the film has a runtime of 110 minutes. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures, Netflix, and iTunes. The movie received nominations for the Satellite Award for Best Editing and the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film. It has a TMDb vote average of 7.025 and an IMDb rating of 7.2.
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7.0When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
Cast
- Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt
- Jon Voight as Jim Phelps
- Emmanuelle Béart as Claire
- Henry Czerny as Kittridge
- Jean Reno as Krieger
- Ving Rhames as Luther
Themes
- mask
- mission
- london, england
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- computer
- paris, france
- undercover
- espionage
- secret mission
- arms deal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- spy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Mission: Impossible 2
- Based on
- Mission: Impossible
- Main subject
- espionage
- Director
- Brian De Palma
- Screenwriter
- Steven Zaillian
- Cast member
- John Knoll
- Composer
- Danny Elfman
- Producer
- Paula Wagner
- Production company
- Cruise/Wagner Productions
- Cinematographer
- Stephen H. Burum
- Narrative location
- Dublin
- Filming location
- Wenceslas Square
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 425214
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.paramountmovies.com/movies/mission-impossible
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- publication date
- 1996-07-05
- film editor
- Paul Hirsch
- title
- Mission: Impossible
- distributed by
- iTunes
- production designer
- Norman Reynolds
- costume designer
- Penny Rose
- capital cost
- 80000000
- box office
- 180981856
- media franchise
- Mission: Impossible
- different from
- Mission: Impossible (disambiguation)
- set in environment
- train
- review score
- 59/100
- topic has template
- Template:MissionImpossible
- derivative work
- Mission: Impossible
- sound designer
- Gary Summers
- Commons category
- Mission: Impossible
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Encyclopedic overview
Mission: Impossible is a 1996 American spy thriller directed by Brian De Palma, and produced by and starring Tom Cruise from a screenplay by David Koepp and Robert Towne and story by Koepp and Steven Zaillian. Based on the 1966 television series of the same name and its 1988 sequel series, it is the first installment in the Mission: Impossible film series. It also stars Jon Voight, Henry Czerny, Emmanuelle Béart, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott Thomas and Vanessa Redgrave. In the film, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) seeks to uncover who framed him for the murders of most of his Impossible Missions Force (IMF) team.
Numerous efforts by Paramount Pictures to create a film adaptation of the television series stalled until Cruise founded Cruise/Wagner Productions in 1992 and decided on Mission: Impossible as its inaugural project. Development initially began with filmmaker Sydney Pollack but most of the final screenplay was completed after De Palma, Zaillian, Koepp and Towne were hired; De Palma also designed most of the action sequences, while Cruise did most of his own stunts. Principal photography began in March 1995 and lasted until that August, with filming locations including London, Pinewood Studios in England, and Prague (a rarity in Hollywood at the time).
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