SERIES: IMPOSSIBLE - Mission: Impossible (1996)
“RED LIGHT! GREEN LIGHT!”
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CONTENT WARNING: Violence, espionage, gaslighting, espionage, workplace romance.
Tom Cruise is truly a fascinating character, with enough energy and zeal for stunts that could power whole cities, and a ruthless loyalty to whatever he sets his mind to - particularly the Church of Scientology. But we’re not here to talk about the Church today. No, we’re here to talk about the movie franchise that has truly created the unique movie star/producer that is Tom Cruise as we know him today. He was already a movie star when our first film was made, but this was the franchise he decided to jump on, and 25 years later, there’s no signs of stopping. And why would he, after this movie? He’s got the bold vision of Brian de Palma, an incredibly talented crew of screenwriters, and a cast of some of the best actors in the business, some of whom die in the first 20 minutes of the film. Cruise is definitely reserved and nervous here, and why wouldn’t he, seeing as he’d foregone his salary to produce the film. But there’s a reason the franchise still exists, and without this movie, we wouldn’t have as much to talk about. We’re kicking off Series: Impossible with 1996’s Mission: Impossible this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpt taken from “Theme from Mission: Impossible,” written by Lalo Schifrin, produced and arranged by Larry Mullen with David Beal, and performed by Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen . Copyright 1996 mother records.
Excerpts taken from the film Mission: Impossible are © 1996 by Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
Excerpt taken from “Take a Look Around (Theme from M:I-2,” written by Fred Durst and Lalo Schifrin, and performed by Limp Bizkit. Copyright 2000 Flip Records and Interscope Records.
