Mission: Impossible – How Tom Cruise and Brian de Palma made the groundbreaking action movie
The IndependentYou may well have seen the stunt already: Tom Cruise on a motorbike driving headlong off a cliff into a valley somewhere in Norway and then, a few nerve-wracking moments later, he finally opens his parachute. open image in gallery Cruise as Ethan Hunt in the first ‘Mission: Impossible’ film in 1996, directed by Brian De Palma Brian De Palma was brought on board as director after Cruise met him through Spielberg. open image in gallery Cruise and Vanessa Kirby in the new ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ – which is the seventh film in the franchise His co-star Landau was equally upset at the decision to destroy the Mission Impossible team. open image in gallery Emmanuelle Beart and Cruise in De Palma’s ‘Mission: Impossible’ in 1996 Mission Impossible is an exercise in pastiche but it is glorious pastiche. ‘Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ is released in the UK on 10 July