Mission: Impossible - Impossible
Action, Thriller
Paramount Pictures  (1996) 110 mins PG-13

6.8 (71,761 votes)
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is an undercover agent working for IMF (Impossible Missions Force) headed by Jim Phelps (Jon Voight). His team works on a mission in Prague to stop a mole from transfering information on all undercover agents in the region to an enemy. Something goes wrong and suddenly everyone except Ethan is dead. Ethan escapes the city and comes across Kittridge (Henry Czerny) who explains that the mission was fake and was targeted to discover the mole. Since Ethan is the only survivor, he is the prime suspect. The only chance Ethan has to prove himself innocent is to discover the identity of the real mole. He begins discussions with the enemy Max (Vanessa Redgrave) and discovers shocking truths as he moves along this new mission....

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Cast and Crew
Tom Cruise  ......  Ethan Hunt
Jon Voight  ......  Jim Phelps
Emmanuelle Béart  ......  Claire
Henry Czerny  ......  Kittridge
Vanessa Redgrave  ......  Max
Ving Rhames  ......  Luther
Director  .....  Brian De Palma
Producer  .....  Tom Cruise; Paula Wagner
Writer  .....  Steven Zaillian; David Koepp; Bruce Geller; Robert Towne
Cinematography  .....  Stephen H. Burum
Musician  .....  Danny Elfman
Notes
Goofs:
Errors in geography: When the CIA are tracing Ethan Hunt's phone call from London, the CIA agent reports "He's in England" when the only confirmed digits are 44, from which you can only deduce a UK telephone number. You need another 3 or 4 digits to determine an area and hence part of the UK. (more)

Trivia:
In-joke: Tom Cruise goes online with his laptop by typing in, not Usenet, but Crusenet. (more)

Filming Locations:
Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (more)

Quotes:
Luther Stickell: [about a previous computer hack] There was never any physical evidence I had anything to do with that... that... that exceptional piece of work. (more)

Awards:
3 wins & 6 nominations (more)