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  1. Mission Impossible 4: How Tom Cruise Did The Burj Khalifa Stunt

    For the Tom Cruise Burj Khalifa stunt, the actor had to be equipped with a harness that was carefully fixed to strategic points in the building, which required that the studio get special permits to drill on the floors and walls, and the Mission: Impossible 4 crew broke 35 windows.Director Brad Bird (The Incredibles) consulted with multiple professionals from different areas like engineers ...

  2. How Tom Cruise Pulled Off the Burj Khalifa Stunt in 'Ghost Protocol'

    Tom Cruise climbing the Burj Khalifa The Setup. ... Given Dubai's desert climate, a sandstorm could have disrupted the shooting schedule. Worse, it could pose a risk to Cruise and the rest of the crew working on the 130th floor of the skyscraper. However, with careful monitoring of weather conditions, they managed to work around this ...

  3. How Tom Cruise pulled off that 'Mission: Impossible 4 ...

    Turns out that Cruise called his shot correctly. Far from becoming his last Mission: Impossible movie, Ghost Protocol relit the franchise's fuse with a mighty $210 million domestic box-office ...

  4. Tom Cruise shows off daredevil Burj Khalifa stunts in new clips

    Hollywood actor shows no fear as he leaps from the world's tallest building in Dubai

  5. Behind the scenes of Tom Cruise's Burj Khalifa stunt

    Dubai: Take a look at this incredible behind-the-scenes video showing just how Tom Cruise did his stunts on the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, for his upcoming film Mission: ...

  6. How Mission Impossible 4 Tricked You With A Physically Impossible

    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol may have had Tom Cruise scaling the world's tallest building, but a subtle camera trick used during the stunt sequence is what truly pushed the boundaries of what was possible. Serving as the first live-action movie for The Incredibles director Brad Bird, 2011's Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol saw Cruise's Ethan Hunt and his team attempt to ...

  7. Tom Cruise's Burj Khalifa stunts revealed in new clips

    "We're a mile and a half above the Earth in the tallest building on the planet, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai," Brad Bird, the film's director, tells the camera - although the tower is really only about half a mile tall at 828m. "We're filming a scene where Tom Cruise is climbing on the outside of the building," Bird continues.

  8. Tom Cruise leaps for Mission Impossible 4 from Burj Khalifa, Dubai

    Tom Cruise leaps from Burj Khalifa, Dubai, for Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol. The jump is around 22 secs in, from around 128 stories high. The crew have...

  9. That's Not Impossible: The Burj Khalifa in Mission: Impossible

    The centerpiece of the film is Tom Cruise climbing the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Not only is it the most exciting sequence in the film, it has become a defining moment for the iconic franchise. ... While the film shows Ethan Hunt free climbing, in reality Tom Cruise had to be harnessed, but the strain of that cut ...

  10. 10 Years Ago, 'Mission: Impossible

    Ghost Protocol, above all else, is known for the image of Tom Cruise climbing up the side of the Burj Khalifa, with just his hands and feet holding him up. (Ethan is supposed to be aided by two ...

  11. Tom Cruise Burj Khalifa Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol Dubai Stunts

    Tom Cruise swinging from the Burj Khalifa, world's tallest building, during movie stunt filming of Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol in Dubai.

  12. Dubai: Why is Tom Cruise's daredevil Burj Khalifa stunt going viral

    However, the Internet still can't get enough of the moment when Cruise's character Ethan Hunt climbed to the Burj Khalifa's 130th floor using a pair of special suction gloves. He walked sideways ...

  13. How Tom Cruise Did Plane Stunt in New 'Mission: Impossible

    Here's how Tom Cruise filmed the crazy plane-hanging stunt in the new 'Mission: Impossible'. Jason Guerrasio. Mar 25, 2015, 7:54 AM PDT. Tom Cruise has always boasted that he does his own stunts ...

  14. 'Mission: Impossible': Tom Cruise and stunt-performing stars

    Unforgettable scenes in the previous movies include Tom Cruise climbing up the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai, or hanging from a plane as it takes off. In 'Mission: ...

  15. Did Tom Cruise Sit Atop the Burj Khalifa Without a Harness?

    The skyscraper is more than a half-mile tall. A photograph shows actor Tom Cruise sitting on top of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper without a harness. This is a genuine photograph of Tom Cruise ...

  16. Did Tom Cruise Really Climb the Building in Dubai?

    The Reality. The truth is that while Tom Cruise performed many of his own stunts in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, climbing the Burj Khalifa was not one of them. The production team employed a combination of practical effects and visual effects to create the illusion of Cruise scaling the massive structure. Visual Effects:

  17. Tom Cruise scales Burj Khalifa

    Tom Cruise scales Burj Khalifa. A behind-the-scenes look at the death-defying stunts that Tom cruise performed on Dubai's Burj Khalifa during the filming of ...

  18. Cruise's mission: Climb world's tallest building

    Tom Cruise climbs Dubai's Burj Khalifa skyscraper for the new Mission Impossible film. Photo / MSN.com. Tom Cruise has scaled the world's tallest building for a series of vertigo-inducing stunts ...

  19. Mission Impossible Is Filming In The UAE

    In 2011, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol scenes were filmed in Downtown Dubai with star Tom Cruise climbing up the Burj Khalifa. And - although this may not be connected - this morning some of Downtown Dubai was closed off to traffic with nobody prepared to tell us why cars were being sent on a detour. Keep a lookout over the next ...

  20. Tom Cruise does his own stunts and climbs the Burj Khalifa

    The Burj Khalifa in Dubai. And we're filming a scene where Tom Cruise is climbing on the outside of the building. Ok, Tom. We're ready to go. Stepping out guys. This is just another day at work on Mission Impossible. So Tom. We're just gonna do another one at this angle. Because this angle is great.

  21. Tom Cruise: Mission Impossible director shares a death-defying stunt

    Last year, Cruise was spotted filming one of the stunts for Mission: Impossible 8. He was photographed climbing out of a plane's cockpit and onto its wing while 2,000 feet in the air. For his ...

  22. Tom Cruise Burj Khalifa at the observation deck In Dubai filmat av

    Tom Cruise Mission Impossible 4. Shoots Stunt Scenes At observation deck Burj Khalifa In Dubai

  23. Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible rock climb is actually pretty legit

    In Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin's Oscar nominated documentary Free Solo, Alex Honnold took on the insane challenge of climbing Yosemite's El Capitan—a mere 3,300-foot slab of ...