Some of the broad strokes of the TV series "Mission: Impossible", which lasted seven seasons from 1966 to 1973, are present not only in the 1996 film, but also in its sequels. They both have a version of the IMF that performs challenging missions that require people to fill different roles, such as a steering wheel, a technological expert and so on. Sent missions are also set by the voice of the out -of -screen that ends with the message self -destruct in seconds. But while the TV "Mission: Mission: Impossible" had key agents (featured actors like Martin Landau, Leonard Nimoy and Leslie Ann Warren), it did not characterize Ethan Hunt, who was created for films.

Ad

Another critical resemblance between the two is Jimim Phelps, featured in the Peter Graves show and the 1996 film by Jonon Vojt. In the show, Jimim was a reliable IMF leader, starting from the second season of the show (and continued in the rebirth, which aired from 1988 to 1990). But in De Palma's film, the entire IMF team of Jimim was killed in the first act, except for Ethan. To the end, we find out that Jimims actually led the massacre. As shocking as this could have been to the audience, it was almost disturbing for the TV series cast.

At that time, Grave simply noticed: "I am sorry that they chose to call it Phelps" (Via The Guardian). He (reasonably) added that the premise of the film could be the same without calling the character of Wojt, Jimim Phelps:

Ad

"They could solve it very easily by having me on stage at the beginning, or reading a telegram from me saying," Hey boys, I'm retired, went to Hawaii. "

Greg Morris, who played one of the show's technology experts, had an even tougher estimate. When he died only a few months after the release of the film in August 1996, Los Angeles Times He reported that he went out for 40 minutes of screening De Palma's film (declaring the "abduct").

Talking to MTV News In 2009 He also noted that the previous version of the 1996 film script went beyond the movie, explaining: "They wanted the whole team to be destroyed, to go one by one, and I was against it." Perhaps the only key difference in the finished film is that Ethan's colleagues at the IMF do not share the names of the characters from the TV series.