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DESCRIPTION: This week we are joined by Greg Powell, the stunt coordinator for the first “Mission: Impossible!” In this episode, Powell tells us about blowing up the car in Prague (and how it does that incredible vertical flip), shares a story about Tom Cruise getting mad at him (it has a funny ending!), and get into the details of Emilio Estevez’s death scene and the exploding aquarium sequence. There’s also a bit of info about Cruise and “Interview with the Vampire.” Scary! Released August 6th, 2021.

SHOW NOTES: Here’s Greg Powell on set with Tom Cruise and his stunt double Keith Campbell (if you want to listen to our interview with Keith, here’s part 1)...

As mentioned in the episode, one of our listeners (Jacob from Holland) tipped us off to this website that compares the transfers on various blu ray releases. Check it out here.

We also bring up these static window clings that were made by one of our listeners named Manson. Here they are amongst our collection of Mission: Impossible memorabilia...

In the interview Greg tells a funny story about pushing Cruise off the top of the train on the soundstage. Here’s that set at Pinewood Studios...

We also talk with Greg about the aquarium restaurant stunt. Here’s a clip of that scene...

If you’re interested in hearing our interview with Wade Eastwood and the “Fallout” stunt team, you can check out that episode by clicking here.