See Tom Cruise at the first 'Mission Impossible' premiere in 1996, 29 years before 'Final Reckoning Part 2'
Agent Ethan Hunt has trekked through Norwegian fjords, scaled Dubai’s Burj Khalifa and been chased down the Spanish Steps of Rome.The high-tech environment, which looks like a laboratory where Simon Pegg’s Benji might build gadgets, features 29 years of memorabilia, blown-up videos of star Tom Cruise ’s complex and dangerous stunts and behind-the-scenes tidbits you won’t find anywhere else.
“We wanted to bring together the idea of story and spectacle,” the exhibition’s curator, Barbara Miller, told The Post. Katy Perry's Blue Origin space mess shows world is fed up with entitled celebs who think they're owed adorationFormer child star breaks his silence after hurling antisemitic slurs at cops during shocking drug arrest “We wanted it to go deep into practical stunt performance, but we also wanted to show how the story in each of the films was integrated. It wasn’t just about showing off a fancy stunt, it was about serving the story.” There are 14 screens of various sizes placed around the sleek and dimly lit room. A large display is devoted to each movie — from 1996’s “Mission: Impossible” to— projecting the flick’s most memorable action sequence alongside analytical interviews with coordinators, directors and other creatives about how they achieved the astonishing feats.The “Rogue Nation” underwater scene in which Cruise held his breath for more than six minutes, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge shootout from “MI: 3,” the vault descent from the original — all there, as we watch the remarkably fit actor seemingly not age for three decades. “It’s very painful at times,” Cruise, 62, admits in an interview recorded for the museum. “There are certain times when you’re, like, ‘OK, I’m in. We’re doing this.” On the periphery of the space are detailed hand-drawn storyboards, props and costumes: Replica face masks, futuristic weapons, wetsuits, mission briefcases and weathered outfits worn by Cruise.Especially neat is the handwritten sheet music of composer Lalo Schifrin’s iconic “Mission: Impossible” theme from the 1966 TV show. Since the Cruise film series has been unfolding for nearly 30 years, it’s eye-opening for fans to experience the action coups side by side. They get increasingly intricate — and risky. “As the franchise continued, the stunts became more and more involved and more and more exciting, and the stakes got higher,” Miller said. “But each one of them has their own merit and their own amazing aspects. I mean, just looking at the first film,” she added of Brian De Palma’s movie. “What they were able to do just with silence and tension and suspense and physicality.”On one end of the floor is a big orange box with a message that looks like it’s poised to self-destruct in a few weeks. It’s a concealed area reserved for objects and clips from “The Final Reckoning,” which the studio doesn’t want to spoil too early.Ex-NY Times editor breaks down in tears, apologizes to Sarah Palin at defamation trial — but former Alaska gov wasn't buying it Wheelchair-bound Brooklyn man received tens of thousands in settlements through alleged 'shakedown' lawsuits over accessThe exhibition takes viewers through Tom Cruises incredible stunts in 29 years of"Mission: Impossible" movies.James Messerschmidt Ex-NY Times editor breaks down in tears, apologizes to Sarah Palin at defamation trial — but former Alaska gov wasn't buying it
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