89: Mission: Impossible (1996)

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On this week's Watchcast we dive deep into the movie that kicked off Tom Cruise's obsession with crafting exciting near death experiences for himself in Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 89: Mission: Impossible (1996) (00:00:36) - Intro. (00:02:03) - What is our familiarity with any version of Mission: Impossible. (00:04:54) - A little bit of M:I history. (00:11:14) - How this movie came to be (and some discussion of The Tom Cruise Experience). (00:19:24) - Talking about writers, and writing. (00:25:43) - Pressing the Tom Cruise button. (00:28:41) - Last production notes. (00:32:32) - How did the TV cast feel about this movie? Well... (00:36:50) - Break! (00:37:13) - We're back! Let's dig into everything going on in Mission: Impossible. (00:43:05) - Setting up the next (and final) mission for some of this team. (00:53:43) - Time to go to work. (00:56:47) - EVERYBODY'S DEAD. (01:02:18) - M:I gadgetry. (01:04:25) - Tom Cruise discovers Usenet. (01:11:40) - Claire's back, so let's go meet Max. (01:21:02) - The Langley Job. (01:37:21) - We have a NOC list, and suddenly, Jim Phelps! (01:48:37) - Let's jump on a train. And off a train. And onto a helicopter. And then off the helicopter back onto the train. (02:06:12) - Folks, we have a franchise. (02:08:10) - Final thoughts. (02:15:38) - Talking about next week's film: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. (02:20:10) - Outro.

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