By Norayr Nazaryan
NEWS.am STYLE continues to share interesting facts about popular films.
Today we’ll talk about John Woo 's 2000 movie “Mission: Impossible II.”
So...
1.John Woo replaced Brian de Palma in the director's chair of the sequel.
2.The first version of the film lasted three and a half hours. Paramount Pictures insisted that the film be cut to two hours.
3.The famous rock climbing scene was filmed at Dead Horse Point in Utah. Tom Cruise was on the cables, which were then removed during the editing.
4.The film was initially rated as R (17+), but was re-rated as PG-13 (13+) after the violence was significantly reduced.
5.This is the first film for which Metallica has ever agreed to write a song.
6.Tom Cruise lied to the insurance agents of the film, saying that he would let the crew handle all the basic actions. In fact, Cruz did about ninety-five percent of his own stunts.
7.Anthony Hopkins' character became the only one who uses the phrase: "Mission: impossible."
8.John Woo used flying pigeons in this movie, just as he did in the movie "Without a Face"
9.Tom Cruise rode a motorcycle on fire without using fire protection.
10.Originally, the script involved Hunt and Hall figuring out their new relationship through a conversation in a room, but John Woo thought it was too boring, and instead chose a phone call during a car chase.
11.With a budget of $ 125 million, the film grossed $546 million worldwide. It is the highest-grossing film of 2000.
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