Mission: Impossible III (2006)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

J.J. Abrams

Writers (WGA):

Alex Kurtzman (written by) &
Roberto Orci (written by) ...
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Release Date:

5 May 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Plot:

Ethan Hunt comes face to face with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer while trying to keep his identity secret in order to protect his girlfriend.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Arnis | Shoe | Defibrillation | Elevator

Awards:

6 wins & 12 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Oct. 16

8:00 PM

TMC

Cast

Tom Cruise	...	Ethan Hunt
Philip Seymour Hoffman	...	Owen Davian
Ving Rhames	...	Luther
Billy Crudup	...	Musgrave
Michelle Monaghan	...	Julia
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	...	Declan
Keri Russell	...	Lindsey Farris
Maggie Q	...	Zhen
Simon Pegg	...	Benji
Eddie Marsan	...	Brownway
Laurence Fishburne	...	Theodore Brassel
Bahar Soomekh	...	Davian's Translator
Jeff Chase	...	Davian's Bodyguard
Michael Berry Jr.	...	Julia's Kidnapper
Carla Gallo	...	Beth
Bellamy Young	...	Rachael
Paul Keeley	...	Ken
Jane Daly	...	Julia's Mother
Greg Grunberg	...	Kevin
Sabra Williams	...	Annie
Rose Rollins	...	Ellie
Sasha Alexander	...	Melissa
Tracy Middendorf	...	Ashley
Aaron Paul	...	Rick
Kathryn Fiore	...	Party Goer
Colleen Crozier	...	Party Goer
Sean O'Bryan	...	Party Goer
Bruce French	...	Minister
Ellen Bry	...	Lindsey's Mother
Patrick Pankhurst	...	Lindsey's Father
Tony Guma	...	Jim
James Shanklin	...	Hospital Chaplain
Anne Betancourt	...	Nurse Sally
Antonietta De Lorenzo	...	Roadblock Driver
Andrea Sartoretti	...	Roadblock Driver
Antonio Del Prete	...	Vatican Video Room Guard
Francesco De Vito	...	Greeting Priest
Giorgio Marchesi	...	Vatican Gate Guard
Niccolò Senni	...	Vatican Gate Guard
Paolo Bonacelli	...	Monsignore
David Waters	...	IMF Officer
Michael Kehoe	...	Hospital Employee
Timothy Omundson	...	IMF Agent
José Zúñiga	...	IMF Agent Pete (as Jose Zuniga)
William Francis McGuire	...	IMF Head of Security
Michelle Arthur	...	Airline Worker
Barney Cheng	...	Janitor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Alonzo	...	Guard (uncredited)
Michael Bennett	...	Vatican Party Guest (uncredited)
Jaymes Butler	...	Agent (uncredited)
George Cheung	...	Shanghai Game Player (uncredited)
Abra Chouinard	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Sandi Craig	...	Airport Traveler (uncredited)
Jonathan Dixon	...	7-Eleven Guy (uncredited)
Dana Dru Evenson	...	Woman Shot on the Bridge (uncredited)
Jillian Fontaine	...	IMF Council (uncredited)
Diane Gaeta	...	Assistant (uncredited)
Daniel Mindel	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Brandon Molale	...	Torturer (uncredited)
Douglas Price	...	IMF Agent (uncredited)
Kwame Rakes	...	Precision Driver (uncredited)
Ben Solenberger	...	IMF / Mailroom Worker (uncredited)
John H. Tobin	...	Vatican Security (uncredited)
Jasmine Brooke White	...	Customer (uncredited)
Ty Williams	...	Thug (uncredited)

Directed by
J.J. Abrams

Writing credits (WGA)
Alex Kurtzman		(written by) &
Roberto Orci		(written by) &
J.J. Abrams		(written by)
Bruce Geller		(television series)

Produced by
Arthur Anderson	....	co-producer
Bill Borden	....	supervising producer
Tom Cruise	....	producer
Sanping Han	....	executive producer: China
Tao Jiang	....	co-producer: China
Stratton Leopold	....	executive producer
Doming Shi	....	co-producer: China
Enzo Sisti	....	line producer: Italy
Paula Wagner	....	producer
Guichun Wang	....	associate producer: China
Buting Yang	....	executive producer: China
Hai Cheng Zhao	....	producer: China (as Zhao Haicheng)

Original Music by
Michael Giacchino

Cinematography by
Daniel Mindel		(director of photography) (as Dan Mindel)

Film Editing by
Maryann Brandon
Mary Jo Markey

Casting by
April Webster

Production Design by
Scott Chambliss

Art Direction by
Dennis Bradford
Stephen Bream
Daniel T. Dorrance		(supervising art director) (as Dan Dorrance)
Sean Haworth
Kevin Kavanaugh
Gary Kosko
Brad Ricker
Domenic Silvestri

Set Decoration by
Karen Manthey

Costume Design by
Colleen Atwood

Makeup Department
Sheryl Blum	....	department head hair stylist
Michèle Burke	....	makeup designer and supervisor (as Michele Burke)
Barney Burman	....	special makeup effects artist
Maria Teresa Corridoni	....	department head hair stylist: Italy
Maggie Fung	....	key makeup artist
Warren Hanneman	....	hair stylist: China
Margie Kaklamanos	....	head makeup artist: second unit
Margie Latinopoulos	....	makeup department head: action unit
Eddie Liu	....	assistant makeup artist: China
Daniela Liuzzi	....	additional makeup dailies: Italy
Kerry Mendenhall	....	head hair stylist: second unit
Viviane Normand	....	key hair stylist
Deborah Patino	....	key makeup artist
Francisco X. Pérez	....	makeup department head (as F.X. Perez)
Elaina P. Schulman	....	hair stylist
Vincent Van Dyke	....	sculptor lab work: Proteus Makeup FX
Terrie Velasquez	....	department head hair stylist (as Terrie Velazquez-Owen)
Elizabeth Villamarin	....	makeup artist
Lynda Kyle Walker	....	hair stylist (as Lynda K. Walker)

Production Management
Andrea Alunni	....	unit manager: Italy
Matthew J. Birch	....	production supervisor
Debbi Bossi	....	post-production supervisor
Vito Colazzo	....	unit production manager: Italy
Willy Faso	....	assistant unit production manager: Italy
Steve Harding	....	production manager: China
Katherine Lee	....	executive in charge of production
Steve Lionetti	....	production supervisor: China
Daniel Mattig	....	unit manager: second unit, Germany
Michael Scheel	....	unit production manager: second unit, Germany
Debbie Schwab	....	production supervisor: second unit
David Witz	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Velvet Andrews-Smith	....	additional second second assistant director
Vic Armstrong	....	action unit director
Vic Armstrong	....	second unit director
Brad Arnold	....	key second assistant director: second unit, China
Brad Arnold	....	second second assistant director: second unit
Inti Carboni	....	first assistant director: Italy
Jia Ji Cheng	....	second second assistant director: China
Thomas Coe	....	second second assistant director: Virginia (as T. Coe)
Fannie Dai Hong	....	second second assistant director: China
Mathew Dunne	....	first assistant director: action unit
Edoardo Ferretti	....	second second assistant director: Italy
Crystal Gong Chun	....	second assistant director: China
Tommy Gormley	....	first assistant director
Tommy Harper	....	first assistant director: additional photography (as Thomy Harper)
Tommy Harper	....	second assistant director (as Thomas Harper)
Richard Hughes	....	second second assistant director: action unit, China
Brandon Lambdin	....	second assistant director: action unit
Lemon Liu	....	second assistant director: China (as Lemon Liu Yick Man)
Sylvia Liu	....	first assistant director: Shanghai
Gialuca Mangiasciutti	....	assistant director
Jamie Marshall	....	first assistant director: Virginia / Washington D.C.
Nicola Marzano	....	second second assistant director: Italy
Gregory J. Pawlik Jr.	....	dga trainee (as Greg Pawlik)
Edoardo Petti	....	second assistant director: Italy
Daniele Ramazzotti	....	third assistant director: Italy
Eric Schwab	....	second unit director: Germany
Luigi Spoletini	....	first assistant director: Italy
Valerio Stati	....	third assistant director: Italy
Eddie Thorne	....	second second assistant director: action unit, China
Silvia Vascellari	....	second second assistant director: Italy
Andrew Ward	....	second second assistant director: action unit (as Andrew M. Ward)
David Waters	....	second assistant director: additional photography
David Waters	....	second second assistant director (as David 'Muddy' Waters)
Wen Jie Yang	....	second second assistant director: China (as Bai Bai Yang Wen Jie)
Andreas Kassab	....	second assistant director: action unit Italy (uncredited)
Daniel Mattig	....	second assistant director: second unit, Germany (uncredited)

Art Department
Erik Aguirre	....	construction assistant
Chiara Balducci	....	set decorator: Italy
Adam L. Barker	....	plaster foreman
Scott Bauer	....	assistant property master
Jason Beale	....	assistant art department coordinator
Curt Beech	....	assistant art director
Aaron Billet	....	props production assistant
Marco Bittner Rosser	....	assistant art director
Henning Brehm	....	graphic artist
Tony Bridgers	....	carpenter
Jeff Brown	....	greens coordinator
Giacomo Caló Carducci	....	art director: Italy (as Giacomo Calo Carducci)
James Carson	....	illustrator
Michael Casey	....	set dresser
J. André Chaintreuil	....	digital set designer
Tony Chavez	....	gang boss
Mark Coleran	....	lead designer: playback graphics
Ryan D. Compton	....	propmaker
Kent Demaine	....	creative lead: playback graphics
Sylvain Despretz	....	storyboard artist
Doug Devine	....	set dresser
Bryan Duff	....	action property master
Rusty Dumas	....	storyboard artist
Timothy M. Earls	....	senior lead set designer
Axel Eichhorst	....	storyboard/overlay artist
Joe Elvington	....	set laborer
Sabine Engelberg	....	art department assistant
Sandro Erdolini	....	painter
Katja Fischer	....	art department assistant
Tim Flattery	....	concept artist
Andy Flores	....	stand-by painter
Chad S. Frey	....	set designer
Alex Friedrich	....	propmaker
Monica Frommholz	....	set decorating coordinator
Jeff Frost	....	senior model maker
Craig Gadsby	....	leadman
Frank Galvan III	....	paint foreman
Sara Gardner-Gail	....	set decoration buyer
Stephan O. Gessler	....	assistant art director
Luca Giampaoli	....	assistant prop master
Dale Gordon	....	location foreman
Phillip A. Henry	....	set builder
Maren Hollje	....	art department assistant
J. Bryan Holloway	....	supervising sculptor
Anthony Imperato	....	propmaker
Patricia Johnson	....	chief draughtsman
Norbert Kneissl	....	construction liason
Bruce C. Knight II	....	assistant property master
David Ladish	....	set dresser
Steven Ladish	....	set dresser
Amy Lamendola	....	art assistant
Lance Larson	....	assistant property master
Roberto Magagnini	....	lead man
Michael C. Magno	....	set dresser
Geoffrey Mandel	....	graphic designer
Naaman Marshall	....	assistant art director
Aleksandar Sasha Matic	....	set designer
Bryan McBrien	....	greens foreman
Frank McEldowney	....	greensman foreman
Simon McGuire	....	concept artist
Cory L. McNeill	....	art assistant
Syd Mead	....	mask maker designer
Steven B. Melton	....	property master
Ron Mendell	....	concept artist
Sebastian Milito	....	construction coordinator
Amanda Moss Serino	....	assistant set decorator
Christine Munday	....	art assistant
Antonio Murer	....	assistant property master
Sebastiano Murer	....	on-set dresser
Sebastiano Murer	....	set dresser
Andreas Olshausen	....	art director: Gemany (as Andreas 'Ebbi' Olshausen)
Stefano Maria Ortolani	....	art director: Italy (as Stefano Ortolani)
Benjamin Palmer	....	model maker
Benjamin Palmer	....	property maker
Iris Paschedag	....	art department researcher
Edward J. Protiva	....	set dresser
Bian Qi	....	assistant art director
Jamie Rama	....	illustrator
Andrew Reeder	....	set designer
Will Robbins	....	playback graphics supervisor: on-set
Trevor Rudolph	....	set dresser
Saverio Sammali	....	assistant art director
Chris Samp	....	set painter
Clint Schultz	....	lead graphic designer
Scott Schutzki	....	set dresser
Maya Shimoguchi	....	set designer
Liu Shuo	....	assistant art director (as Starry Liu Shuo)
Brett C. Smith	....	leadman
Gert Stevens	....	concept artist
Dixwell Stillman	....	general foreman
Toby Swinehart	....	paint gangboss
Jeremy Thompson	....	props production assistant
Eugenio Ulissi	....	art director: Italy
Stella Vaccaro	....	set designer
Jacob von Dohnanyi	....	model maker
Robert H. Winn	....	paint gang boss
Todd Wolcott	....	greensman
Tony Wright	....	construction buyer
Stanley Xue Lin Yang	....	assistant art director
Yu Bai Yang	....	art director: China
Christine Youngstrom	....	art department coordinator
Scott Zuber	....	senior lead set designer
Tony Capasso	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Chad B. Daring	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Angelika Jendrusch	....	assistant to construction coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Blazewick	....	sound utility
James Bolt	....	additional sound mixer
Paul Timothy Carden	....	adr editor
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Don Coufal	....	boom operator
Scott Curtis	....	supervising foley editor
Carmen Flores De Tanis	....	assistant sound editor
John Dunn	....	additional sound
Victor Ray Ennis	....	assistant sound editor
John P. Fasal	....	sound effects recordist (as John Paul Fasal)
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	assistant sound editor
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	digital audio assistant
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Laura R. Harris	....	dialogue editor (as Laura Harris Atkinson)
Matthew Harrison	....	foley editor
David Holmes	....	boom operator: second unit
Daniel S. Irwin	....	adr & dialogue editor
Kenneth L. Johnson	....	sound effects editor (as Kenneth Johnson)
Michael Kamper	....	sound effects editor
David Kudell	....	assistant adr editor
Susan Kurtz	....	dialog editor
Cecilia Lanzi	....	sound assistant: Italy
Linda Lew	....	foley editor
Anna MacKenzie	....	adr editor
Robert Maxfield	....	cable person
Jay Meagher	....	sound mixer: second unit
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Ronnie Morgan	....	assistant sound editor
William Munroe	....	boom operator: second unit
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Ormandy	....	sound recordist
Kurt Peterson	....	boom operator: second unit
Jeremy Pitts	....	foley editor
Paul D. Poduska	....	additional sound (as Paul Poduska)
Tobias Poppe	....	sound effects recordist
Alan Rankin	....	sound designer
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Thomas W. Small	....	supervising foley editor (as Thomas Small)
Matthew Sordello	....	sound
T.C. Spriggs	....	sound editor
Beth Sterner	....	sound editor
Mark P. Stoeckinger	....	supervising sound editor (as Mark Stoeckinger)
Mike Szakmeister	....	dialogue editor (as Michael Szakmeister)
Matthew E. Taylor	....	sound effects recordist
Jon Title	....	sound effects editor
Susumu Tokunow	....	additional sound mixer
Jeff Wexler	....	production sound mixer
Ed White	....	production sound mixer: second unit
Kerry Dean Williams	....	adr supervisor
Eric Taylor Williamson	....	adr recordist
Scott Wolf	....	sound effects editor
Peter Zinda	....	sound editor
Christopher Flick	....	foley editor (uncredited)
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Daniel Acon	....	special effects coordinator: Italy
Benedict C. Adams	....	special effects technician
Renato Agostini	....	special effects supervisor: Italy
Eric Allard	....	special effects technician
Ryan Arndt	....	special effects technician
Roy Augenstein	....	special effects technician
Steve Austin	....	special effects foreman
Gary D. Bierend	....	special effects technician
David Blitstein	....	special effects foreman (as Dave Blitstein)
Kevin Bowers	....	special effects technician
Eric Cook	....	special effects technician
Antonio Corridori	....	special effects technician
Maurizio Corridori	....	special effects technician
Stefano Corridori	....	special effects technician
Damacio Cortez Jr.	....	special effects shop supervisor
Steve Dearth	....	special effects technician
Matthew J. Downey	....	special effects technician (as Mathew Downey)
Roderic 'Mick' Duff	....	special effects coordinator (as Roderic Duff)
Manex Efrem	....	special effects senior technician
David Eland	....	special effects technician
Ron Epstein	....	special effects technician
Will Erving	....	fabricator
Steven Carlton Ficke	....	special effects technician (as Steven C. Ficke)
Ronald D. Goldstein	....	special effects foreman (as Ron Goldstein)
Keith Haynes	....	special effects technician
Joe Heffernan	....	special effects technician
Thomas R. Homsher	....	prop designer
Thomas R. Homsher	....	prop manufacturer
Thomas R. Homsher	....	special effects technician (as Thomas Homsher)
Shawn Jacoby	....	special effects foreman
Todd Jensen	....	special effects foreman (as Todd K. Jensen)
Robert Andrew Johnson	....	special effects digital set designer
Rob Johnson	....	special effects digital set designer
Richard Landerer	....	special effects technician
Bruce Law	....	special effects supervisor: China
Sylvio Lienert	....	special effects assistant: Germany (as Sylvio Liehnert)
David Marten	....	special effects technician (as David A. Marten)
Ronald W. Mathews	....	special effects technician (as Ron Mathews)
William P. McGinley	....	special effects technician
Marco Moneta	....	special effects technician
Sara R. Morris	....	special effects purchaser
Kristine Nadal	....	special effects production assistant
Robert L. Olmstead	....	special effects foreman (as Robert Olmstead)
Bryan Phillips	....	special effects technician
Jeff Rand	....	special effects technician
Bernd Rautenberg	....	special effects foreman: Germany
Gintar Repecka	....	special effects foreman
Lee Rider	....	special effects technician
Alan Rifkin	....	special effects technician
Mike Rifkin	....	special effects technician
Thomas Schultz	....	special effects technician: Germany (as Thomas Schultze)
Daniel Sudick	....	special effects coordinator (as Dan Sudick)
Clark Templeman	....	special effects technician
Thomas Thiele	....	special effects technician: Germany
Hill Vinot	....	mold maker: Proteus FX
David Waine	....	special effects technician
Steven Scott Wheatley	....	special effects technician (as Scott Wheatley)
Carsten Woithe	....	pre-visualization technician
Dennis Yeager II	....	special effects
Richard Zarro	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
J.J. Abrams	....	digital artist: ILM
Kevin Aguirre	....	pre-visualization
Casey Allen	....	Inferno artist: Lola Visual Effects
Mark Anderson	....	visual effects stage production manager: ILM
Arin Artounian	....	2D artist: Black Box Digital
Arin Artounian	....	junior artist: BlackBox Digital
Carl Assmus	....	stage technician: models, ILM
Brian Barlettani	....	visual effects coordinator: ILM
Bill Barr	....	stage technician: models, ILM (as William Barr)
Carol Bauman	....	model maker
Chris Bayz	....	digital artist: ILM