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Mission: Improbable

  • TV Short
  • 2000
  • 7m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
1.7K
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Mission: Improbable (2000)
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A behind the scenes look at the stunt work of "Mission: Impossible 2", told through one stunt man who looks like a certain superstar, who's got his looks, but certainly not his smarts.A behind the scenes look at the stunt work of "Mission: Impossible 2", told through one stunt man who looks like a certain superstar, who's got his looks, but certainly not his smarts.A behind the scenes look at the stunt work of "Mission: Impossible 2", told through one stunt man who looks like a certain superstar, who's got his looks, but certainly not his smarts.

  • Director
    • Joel Gallen
  • Writer
    • Mike Bender
  • Stars
    • Tom Cruise
    • Ben Stiller
    • John Woo
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    1.7K
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    • Director
      • Joel Gallen
    • Writer
      • Mike Bender
    • Stars
      • Tom Cruise
      • Ben Stiller
      • John Woo
    • 10User reviews
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Ben Stiller
    • Tom Crooze
    John Woo
    John Woo
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    Stephen Chang
    Stephen Chang
    • Pilot
    David Lea
    David Lea
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    • Director
      • Joel Gallen
    • Writer
      • Mike Bender
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    9rbverhoef

    Hilarious!

    This is a fake documentary about the stunt double from Tom Cruise. His name is Tom Crooze, played by Ben Stiller. We see them on the set of 'Mission: Impossible II' where they are both explaining how important they are in each other lives and careers. John Woo has a nice cameo, Ben Stiller is very funny and Tom Cruise does a wonderful job just by anticipating in this hilarious short. Especially the ending made me laugh very hard.
    9dobbin-4

    Wonderfully funny Ben Stiller Short.

    Tom Crooze or Mission Improbable is the 6 and a half minute short starring Ben Stiller and Tom Cruise. The movie is a look behind the scenes of Mission Impossible 2 with Tom Cruises stunt double. This short is laugh a minute(I do remember though it is only 7 minutes long) show that you can tell some of it or most of it was ab libbed. Overall if you can find this then you have to watch it (it is on Youtube for those interested) and if you cannot find a way or else. I rate this 86%. If you liked this one then you would probably like Dodgeball and The Ben Stiller Show. This is definitely my favourite short ever and Ben Stiller has 3 thumbs up for his performance.
    10Geoff-21

    This mission just got a hell of a lot more impossible!!

    This is the best thing Tom Cruise has ever done in my opinion (OK, Magnolia was pretty good too, but I digress). This short film has had me laughing every time I think of it. Ben Stiller is great and Tom Cruise plays off him very well. Even John Woo gets some good lines in as well. I hated MI2 but since I heard this is on there as an extra I've rethought buying it for myself. Believe me, this thing is hilarious.
    belacane

    Well done and very funny

    Ben Stiller is perfect in this little short mockumentary on the M:I2 disc and the best part is that Tom Cruise is laughing at Ben's commentary throughout the whole thing. Between this and his turn in "Goldmember" we can see that Cruise is not taking himself too seriously, which is great.
    TheJiglett

    He's harmless...

    Though I absolutely hated M:I-2, this short is simply hilarious! It also helps if you have seen other Tom Cruise movies like Magnolia, Cocktail, and Risky Business because some wonderful references are made to all three. I think Ben Stiller has some sort of TC obsession because he is always doing the funniest impersonations and skits. See it some how! Download it, buy it, rent it, whatever. Just see it.

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      [first lines]

      [Footage from "Mission: Impossible II" shows Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt engaged in some daredevil rock-climbing. The footage cuts to Tom Crooze, the stunt double, holding on desperately to the rock wall]

      Tom Crooze: In order to do my job, I have to ask myself: Who is Tom Cruise? What is Tom Cruise? Why is Tom Cruise? When is Tom Cruise?

      [Cut to Tom Crooze in a chair on a film sound stage, apparently speaking to an interviewer]

      Tom Crooze: I think that, in order to become a really good stunt double, you have to become really one with the actor. You have to walk like the actor, talk like the actor, legally change your name to sound like the actor's. I don't think of myself as a stunt double, really. It's more like I'm a stunt one-ble.

    • Connections
      Featured in 2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000)

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    • Release date
      • June 3, 2000 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Миссия: Невероятный
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      • 7m
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