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The television series Mission: Impossible was created by Bruce Geller. The original series premiered on the CBS network in September 1966 and consisted of 171 one-hour episodes running over seven seasons before ending in March 1973. [1] A sequel ran from 1988 to 1990. This article lists both broadcast order and production order, which often ...
By contrast, Mission: Impossible was praised for the prominence of its music. The original version of Mission: Impossible held the record for having the most episodes (171) of any English-language espionage television series for over 35 years (about 10 more episodes than its nearest rival, the UK-produced The Avengers).
Each episode begins with the Houndcats receiving orders from their unseen "Chief", whose message is played on an old-fashioned gramophone, player-piano or other devices, parodying the tape recorder scene at the start of most episodes of Mission: Impossible. However, the words "this message will self-destruct in five seconds", always takes the ...
The 2015 film, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, uses a pastiche of this opening in homage to the pilot's tape scene, where the team leader enters an unusual shop (an oddities store in the pilot and a vintage record shop in the movie) and asks for an obscure record. It is also the only episode of the series written by creator Bruce Geller.
By 2011, the franchise generated over $4 billion in revenue making Mission: Impossible one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. [1] As of 2023, the latest media released in the franchise was the live-action spy film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One , which premiered in Rome on July 12, 2023.
In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One —the seventh film in the beloved franchise — Cruise drove a motorbike off the edge of a cliff, flew off the bike and then parachuted to the ...
In an off-book mission, a mob boss who lost money and records as a result of the IMF operation of the sixth season episode "Casino" (S06/E21) holds Jim Phelps hostage for the purpose of using the team to steal a letter from a safe deposit box that can be used to convict him of murder.
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” was finally unveiled at a starry world premiere in Rome on Monday evening, drawing a packed gala screening in the Auditorium della ...