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Mission: Impossible (1996) -- An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Bruce Geller (television series)
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Release Date:
22 May 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
Expect the Impossible
Plot:
An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 6 nominations more
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A tense thriller that is not (despite popular belief) impossible to follow. more (291 total)

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Also Known As:
Mission Impossible
Misión imposible (Argentina) (Peru) [es]
Missão Impossível (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Mission: Impossible (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Mission: Impossible (Austria) (Germany) [de]
лХЯЯХЪ мЕБШОНКМХЛЮ (Russia) [ru]
Epikindyni apostoli (Greece) [el]
Görevimiz tehlike (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Misija - Nemogoce (Slovenia) [sl]
Missió: Impossible (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Mission Impossible: misión imposible (Spain) [es]
Mission: Impossible (Slovakia) [sk]
Mission: Impossible (Czech Republic) [cs]
Mission: Impossible (Denmark) [da]
Mission: Impossible (Italy) [it]
Nemoguca misija (Serbia) [sr]
Vaarallinen tehtävä (Finland) [fi]
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some intense action violence.
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110 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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When Jim Phelps is getting his mission on the airplane, his team is shown one by one. In the dossiers there are aliases. The aliases are as follows: for Jack Harmon (Emilio Estevez), his alias is "Tony Baretta" (the character from the cop show "Baretta" (1975). For Sarah Davies ('Kristin Scott-Thomas'), her alias is "'Sarah Walker'", Hannah Williams' (Ingeborga Dapkunaite) alias is Pauline Brady, and Ethan Hunt's (Tom Cruise) alias is Phillipe Douchette. more
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Continuity: Krieger throws a disk in the trash really hard and you can see a piece break off. When Ethan recovers it, it is good as new. more
Quotes:
[last lines]
Flight Attendant: Excuse me. Mr. Hunt? Would you like to watch a movie?
Ethan Hunt: Oh, uh, no thank you.
Flight Attendant: Would you consider the cinema of the Caribbean? Aruba, perhaps?
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Divertimento in E-Flat Major for String Trio (K.563) more

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6 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
A tense thriller that is not (despite popular belief) impossible to follow., 8 December 1998
8/10
Author: Roisin (roisin.moriarty@gecapital.com) from London, England

I would like to reiterate what "Anonymous of Derby, England" said about this film (20th November). The fact that so many people have complained that they "didn't get it" is proof that our brains are being atrophied by so many movies that do all our thinking for us. I had no trouble in following the plot and found the fact that I actually had to concentrate and think things through quite refreshing. Okay, so a lot of the stunts were a bit far fetched but what does it matter when they were so entertaining? After all, it is only a movie; nobody expects us to believe that these things could really happen any more than they expect us to believe that King Kong really existed or that there's a Volcano ready to errupt in L.A. Besides, with the inspired casting of David Schneider as the train driver, Brian de Palma must have had his tongue in his cheek for at least some of the time. He's created a masterful boy's own adventure story, an original "ripping yarn" and that brilliant comic touch added to this perfectly.

"Mission Impossible" is a visual and cerebral treat. Tom Cruise is excellent as Ethan, Vanessa Redgrave makes a superb villian and Jean Reno is watchable in ANYTHING he does. The only weak link is Emmanuelle Beart, who did a good job of looking beautiful but very little else. What a shame Kristin Scott Thomas couldn't have taken a more central role; she makes the gorgeous but bland Beart look like a waste of space.

I give this 8 out of ten and it would have been more if it wasn't for Beart's character.

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