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DESCRIPTION: Once again we are joined by legendary visual effects supervisor John Knoll, and this time we do a deep dive on “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.” Knoll talks about working with director Brad Bird on the unmade earthquake epic “1906,” filming the Burj and sandstorm sequences, and the gentlemen’s agreement that “Star Wars: Rogue One” (which Knoll worked on) had with “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.” Released March 6th, 2020.

SHOW NOTES: Check out the documentary “Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film” as mentioned at the beginning of this episode.

We discuss with John the explosion at the Kremlin in “Ghost Protocol”...

We also talk about the sandstorm sequence in Dubai...

In the interview John tells us that Prague stood in for multiple locations in “Ghost Protocol,” including the Kremlin. Click here to check out a detailed guide to the locations that were used for filming.