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Episode 160: Mission: Impossible

Beyond the Screenplay

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The Mission Impossible: The First Entry

It's a really fun sequence. It is not a heist and I feel like it does kind of signal where a lot of the rest of the franchise goes because there haven't really been other action sequences like that in this movie up to that point. There's something about when Tom Cruise is on top of that train, John Voigt is like crawling with like the mag like handles or whatever. The power of the wind that is blowing on them are such an important reason why I think the special effects hold up for us today.

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