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When 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.
Theatrical
May 22, 1996
Box Office
$457.7M
Budget
$80.0M
Return
5.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 17, 1998
Theaters
76
Director
Brian De Palma
Writers
David Koepp, Robert Towne, Steven Zaillian
Producers
Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner, Paul Hitchcock
Music
Danny Elfman
Studio
Paramount Pictures, Cruise/Wagner Productions
Themes
paris, france
london, england
spy
central intelligence agency (cia)
secret identity
undercover
arms deal
headquarter
mask
secret base
secret mission
prague, czech republic
fake identity
embassy
secret agent
espionage
computer
secret government organization
mission
infiltration
terrorism
agent
fictional government agency
government agency
based on tv series
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Quotes
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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?
Miscommunication About Apology and Misunderstandings
Luther Stickell
Reach your folks? How do they feel?
[Ethan nods]
Ethan Hunt
About what?
Luther Stickell
The apology from the Justice Department, VIP treatment. You know, the whole nine yards.
Ethan Hunt
Well, my mom was a little confused how the DEA could mistake her and Uncle Donald for a couple of dope smugglers in the Florida Keys.
[holds up a glass of beer]
Luther Stickell
Cheers.
[holds up his glass]
Ethan Hunt
To you, Luther. And being off the disavowed list.
Luther Stickell
Hey, I'm the flavor of the month. Why don't you come back with me?
Ethan Hunt
I just...don't know why I'd be doing it. Better go catch my flight. So, how does it feel to be a solid citizen again?
Legal Tensions in Negotiation
Eugene Kittridge
Hello, Max.
Max
My lawyers are going to have a field day with this. Entrapment, jurisdictional conflict...
Eugene Kittridge
Well, maybe we'll just leave the courts out of this one.
Max
I'm sure we can find something I have that you need.
Secrecy and Consequences in Mission: Impossible
Eugene Kittridge
You and I know about this. That's where it stops, understand? It never happened.
Frank Barnes
What about him?
Eugene Kittridge
I want him manning a radar tower in Alaska by the end of the day. Just mail him his clothes.
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Cast
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Tom Cruise
Ethan Hunt
Jon Voight
Jim Phelps
E
Emmanuelle Béart
Claire
H
Henry Czerny
Kittridge
J
Jean Reno
Krieger
Ving Rhames
Luther
K
Kristin Scott Thomas
Sarah Davies
V
Vanessa Redgrave
Max
I
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Hannah
V
Valentina Yakunina
Drunken Female IMF Agent
M
Marek Vašut
Drunken Male IMF Agent
N
Nathan Osgood
Kittridge Technician
J
John McLaughlin
TV Interviewer
R
Rolf Saxon
CIA Analyst William Donloe
K
Karel Dobrý
Matthias
A
Andreas Wisniewski
Max's Companion
R
Rudolf Pechan
Mayor Brandl
G
Gaston Šubert
Jaroslav Reid
R
Ricco Ross
Denied Area Security Guard
M
Mark Houghton
Denied Area Security Guard
