Mission: Impossible

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Mission: Impossible

film by De Palma [1996]

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- Brian De Palma
  The 1980s and ’90s
  In 1996 De Palma directed Mission: Impossible, one of the most-entertaining action movies of the 1990s and his only unqualified hit of the decade. Loosely based on the television series (1966–73), it helped launch a blockbuster franchise starring Tom Cruise as a secret agent. De Palma, however, directed only the…
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  In 1996 De Palma directed Mission: Impossible, one of the most-entertaining action movies of the 1990s and his only unqualified hit of the decade. Loosely based on the television series (1966–73), it helped launch a blockbuster franchise starring Tom Cruise as a secret agent. De Palma, however, directed only the…
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- Mission
  Impossible: Background
  Mission: Impossible, the first film in the franchise, was released in 1996. While it incorporated some characters and plot elements from the original TV show, there was disappointment that Jim Phelps, the leader of the IMF (played in the show by Peter Graves and recast…
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  Mission: Impossible, the first film in the franchise, was released in 1996. While it incorporated some characters and plot elements from the original TV show, there was disappointment that Jim Phelps, the leader of the IMF (played in the show by Peter Graves and recast…
  Read More