Mission Impossible 4 premiere in Dubai
DUBAI Tom Cruise will be back in Dubai for Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, when it debuts to the world as the opening film of the 8th Dubai International Film Festival on December 7.
Directed by Oscar winner Brad Bird and featuring an all-star cast including Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Josh Holloway, Anil Kapoor and La Seydoux, the fourth instalment in the mega-successful Mission: Impossible franchise has been described as the most inventive, action-filled and visually arresting yet.
Dubai will reprise its own starring role in the film when Cruise, Bird and the films co-stars take to the festivals opening night Red Carpet alongside the citys leadership at the Madinat Jumeirah, home to the Dubai International Film Festival. Todays joint announcement from Paramount Pictures and the DIFF celebrates the Mission: Impossible teams return to Dubai after extensive filming in the city, including shoots spanning its old town, downtown financial hub and offshore Palm island development.
With incredible stunt sequences featured throughout the movie, including the now iconic scene of Cruise scaling the worlds tallest tower, Burj Khalifa, the movie also features Dubai footage shot in high-definition IMAX, promising crystal-clear imagery, powerful audio and a fantastically immersive experience.
Framed for a terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, Impossible Missions Force (IMF) operative Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his entire remaining team (Renner, Patton, Pegg) are disavowed along with the rest of the agency when the president initiates Ghost Protocol, essentially erasing the agenc! y from e xistence. Left with no resources or backup, the team must find a way on their own to clear their names and prevent another attack. To complicate matters further, Ethan is forced to embark on this mission with a team of fellow IMF fugitives whose personal motives he does not fully know or trust.
The films return to Dubai, following shoots done in Prague, Moscow, Mumbai and Vancouver, is a coup for the emirate, its film festival and the regions film industry. Under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the Dubai International Film Festival has steadily built its reputation as a global launching pad for Arab, Asian, African and other world cinema and as a facilitator of cultural exchange through film.
Ahmad Abdulla Al Shaikh, Director-General of the Dubai Government Media Office, said: We await with great excitement the return of the Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol filmmakers, crew and talent to Dubai in December. Dubais continuing relationship with the film is a mark of trust in Dubais world-class infrastructure, capabilities and leadership. This relationship is a point of pride not only for the emirate but for the region as a whole. Al Shaikh reiterated that Dubai continues to welcome serious filmmakers from around the world, and remains ready to extend all assistance and support necessary to ensure the success of their films. Dubai reaffirms its commitment to the advancement of the local, regional and international film industries, he said.
The developments also mark a coming of age for the first festival in the Gulf region and arguably the most successful in the Arab world and near Asia-Africa.
Abdulhamid Juma, Chairman of the Dubai International Film Festival, said: Dubai and the UAE are the Mission: Possible of the Arab world, so this link is particularly fitting. On behalf of the people of our amazing city and nation, we thank ! Paramoun t Pictures and the Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol producers for showing the world the contemporary, successful and diverse Arab world. We are also grateful to them, Four Star and Gulf Film for choosing to bring this remarkable film to the DIFF.
There is no doubt that this film will have a transformative effect on the regions film industry, through knowledge transfer, inspiring emerging filmmakers, paving the way for many more collaborations and drawing attention to cinema from this part of the world, he added. The eighth edition of DIFF will be held from December 7 to 14. news@khaleejtimes.com
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