 A film in three minutes. Mission Impossible Good morning, Mr. Voight. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to start in the film director, Brian De Palma's 1996 box office smash, codenamed Mission Impossible. Tom Cruise will act as co-producer and point man, playing protagonist Ethan Hunt, who will ensure all action sequences contain spectacular set pieces, highly strung tension, and of course explosive panache. Henry Cherney will be Hunt's nemesis throughout, and will provide for you some of the mission's most memorable moments. But you'll need to collaborate with a wider team of highly trained, highly skilled supporting Vespians, each with their own on-screen distinctiveness. May I suggest Ving Reims, Jean Leno, Emmanuel Bea, and Vanessa Redgrave. The mission will be to locate and extract a half-complete top-secret government non-plist of fellow agents before it falls into the wrong hands. However, should you or your team encounter any unforeseen difficulties, there may be a wider conspiracy at work, one which Hunt will have to uncover without being apprehended by the impossible mission force. Your choice of locations is plentiful. I've taken the liberty of selecting Prague, Langley and London to suit your purposes. You may need to infiltrate certain government's facilities. Should that be the case, I have no doubt that De Palma's direction will help to visually elevate such covert objectives, using his trademark cinematography and clever set construction. A particular highlight I have arranged will be for when your man, Cruz, will need to steal the remaining half of the before-mentioned knock list at the CIA's headquarters. Another challenging mission development may arise when Cruz will have to survive riding on top of a high-speed train travelling into the channel tunnel. Should such an eventuality arise, I trust I can count on your discretion. Your tool kit comes equipped with composer Danny Elfman's score, easily one of the best he has ever written. Just don't ask about what happened to Agent Salvestry's attempted composition, we lost the file. Remember, your job is to create a taut spy thriller, using all of the latest technology – for 1996 – at your disposal. It's imperative that you look past the overly convoluted plot in order for your mission to succeed, even if at times you'll simply have to get away with style over substance. You'll need to lavish the audience with twist upon twist of confusing narrative developments, so confusing that you may need to replay the mission several times. But rest assured, with a likable agent such as Tom Cruise at your disposal, there will no doubt be other missions that will follow from this one. But this first installment will arguably still be the best. Rest assured, should you choose to accept this high-octane, tantalising 90s thriller, you'll no doubt succeed in achieving major box office success, and the beginnings of one of Hollywood's most profitable franchises. As always, should you or any member of your team be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. So, Mr Voight, good luck. This message will self-destruct in three seconds.