Mission: Impossible

("MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME PLAYS)

GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.

TWELVE YEARS AGO, THIS MAN, ANTON MALEK,

WAS PLANTED IN THE FEDERATED PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

TO INFILTRATE THEIR ATOMIC RESEARCH PROGRAM.

NOW SUFFERING FROM AN INCURABLE DISEASE,

MALEK IS ACTING INDEPENDENTLY AGAINST HIS COUNTRY'S ORDERS.

00 THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW,

MALEK IS GOING TO TURN A NUCLEAR REACTOR

INTO AN ATOMIC BOMB,

WHICH WILL WIPE OUT THE CAPITAL AND BRING ON AN ATOMIC WAR.

ANY ATTEMPT TO EXPOSE MALEK WILL ONLY RESULT

IN HIS SETTING OFF THE BLAST AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

YOUR MISSION, JIM, SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,

IS TO STOP MALEK.

AS ALWAYS, SHOULD YOU OR ANY OF YOUR I.M. FORCE

BE CAUGHT OR KILLED,

THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.

THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN FIVE SECONDS.

GOOD LUCK, JIM.

THIS IS A ROUGH SKETCH

OF THE REAL STAINED-GLASS WINDOW.

AND THIS IS THE ARTIST, IVADOR BOLKANSKI.

THIS IS EXACTLY

WHAT MALEK'S DETONATION MECHANISM LOOKS LIKE.

ONCE IT'S ACTIVATED AND PLACED IN A NUCLEAR PILE,

MALEK WILL THEN SET HIS ANTITAMPERING DEVICE.

WHAT IS THAT?

WAI LEE, ANYONE TRYING TO REMOVE THE DETONATOR

AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERS

A RUNAWAY ACTION IN THE REACTOR,

AND A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION.

YOU SEE, ONLY WHEN YOU TAKE THESE PINS OUT

IN A CERTAIN ORDER

CAN YOU THEN REMOVE THE DETONATOR.

YEAH, AND ONLY MALEK KNOWS THAT ORDER.

HOW ABOUT THE DRUG, BARNEY?

OUR INJECTION WILL HAVE TWO EFFECTS ON MALEK --

ONE IS, HE WILL APPEAR TO BE DYING.

THE SECOND IS, HE WILL BLACK OUT.

AFTER THAT, THE EFFECTS WEAR OFF.

WERE YOU ABLE TO GET A TIMING ON THE JET, WILLY?

WE'LL HEAR THE SONIC BOOM

WITHIN 20 SECONDS 00.

GOOD.

NOW, MALEK IS ON A SUICIDE MISSION.

HOWEVER, I THINK HE'LL HAVE A VERY STRONG

INSTINCTIVE URGE FOR SELF-PRESERVATION.

IF HE DOESN'T, HIS NUCLEAR EXPLOSION

WILL WIPE OUT THE ENTIRE CAPITAL.

ALL RIGHT, GO TO THE LEFT.

JIM, THEY'RE COMING.

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?

THIS IS SPECIAL CONVOY NUMBER 43.

WE HAVE CLEARANCE THROUGH ALL ROADBLOCKS.

THERE'S BEEN CONSIDERABLE TERRORIST ACTIVITY.

YOUR PAPERS, CAPTAIN.

TAKE IT AWAY.

GOOD, PARIS.

PERFECT.

COLONEL MALEK.

GOOD MORNING, GENERAL BRENNER.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WHERE ARE ALL THE TECHNICIANS?

I DISMISSED THEM. I WANTED TO BE IN HERE ALONE.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

IT IS NOT EASY TO EXPLAIN.

THIS ROOM HAS BEEN MY LIFE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

I WANTED TO BE ALONE WITH MY THOUGHTS AND TO SAY GOODBYE.

I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.

I DO.

IS THERE NO HOPE?

I THOUGHT THE AUSTRIAN SCIENTIST

WAS CLOSE TO A CURE.

MEDICINE ADVANCES SLOWLY, CAUTIOUSLY.

UNFORTUNATELY, MY CONDITION DOES NOT.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU

FOR KEEPING SILENT ABOUT MY CONDITION.

IT WAS VERY SELFISH OF ME.

I DID NOT WANT YOU TAKEN OFF THE PROJECT.

BUT I WOULD HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION.

GENERAL BRENNER? GENERAL BRENNER?

BRENNER HERE.

SPECIAL CONVOY NUMBER 43

IS AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE, GENERAL.

THEY'RE LATE.

IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE PREMIER'S DESIRE

THAT WE ALL WORK

IN A CULTURALLY SATISFYING ENVIRONMENT,

I WOULD NOT CARE IF THEY NEVER ARRIVED.

WORKS OF ART ARE FOR A MUSEUM,

NOT FOR A NUCLEAR REACTOR COMPLEX.

I UNDERSTAND NO ONE HAS SEEN HER FACE.

PREMIER IS VERY PROTECTIVE

OF HIS LATEST ACQUISITION.

WELL, THE MYSTERY WILL SOON BE UNVEILED.

NOW TELL ME, GENTLEMEN, WHAT DO YOU THINK, HUH?

I SEE A WOMAN WITH THREE HEADS.

A WOMAN WITH THREE HEADS?

THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

I HAVE NO TIME

FOR DISCUSSION OF ABSTRACT ART.

IT IS NOT ABSTRACT ART. IT IS CUBIST.

WHATEVER.

I HAVE NEITHER THE TIME NOR THE INCLINATION

TO CONTINUE THIS RIDICULOUS DISCUSSION.

I WOULD NOT JUDGE GENERAL BRENNER

TOO HARSHLY, MR. BOLKANSKI.

HE'S NOT ARTISTICALLY INCLINED.

YES, I KNOW THE GENERAL'S TYPE VERY WELL.

HE IS THE KIND OF MAN WHO WOULD REFER

TO A CONCERT VIOLINIST AS A FIDDLER.

NOW I HAVE WORK TO DO, COLONEL.

I MAY NEED SOME HELP WITH THE INSTALLATION.

LIEUTENANT REICHER...

YES, SIR.

GIVE MR. BOLKANSKI ANY ASSISTANCE HE NEEDS.

MAN...

THERE.

NOW HERE.

NOW.

THIS GOES IN...

THAT ROOM.

ARE THE TV MONITORS IN PLACE?

THEY'LL BE INSTALLED IN A FEW MINUTES.

THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT.

I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOUR CALL.

YES.

I WILL CHECK THE COOLING EQUIPMENT IMMEDIATELY.

LIEUTENANT, I MUST SPEAK TO YOU.

I'M SORRY,

BUT WHATEVER IT IS WILL HAVE TO WAIT.

LIEUTENANT!

YES.

IF YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ME, IT WILL BE TOO LATE!

VERY WELL. WHAT IS IT?

DON'T YOU HEAR IT?

THE JET -- IT'S COMING THIS WAY.

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? THE GLASS WILL SHATTER.

NOW, DO SOMETHING! DO SOMETHING!

YES, MAJOR?

I AM MAJOR HAUSER.

I AM HERE TO SEE DEPUTY PREMIER VOSS.

PLEASE, BE SEATED.

THE GLASS WAS NOT DEFECTIVE!

THEN WHY DID IT SHATTER?

I USED A RARE ITALIAN GLASS.

IT IS VERY FRAGILE.

BUT WE ARE IN THE FLIGHT PATH OF JET AIRCRAFT.

THE JET AIRCRAFT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REROUTED.

WHY COULD YOU NOT HAVE USED MORE RESILIENT GLASS?

THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

ONLY THIS GLASS HAS THE ABILITY TO...

TO CAPTURE THE MUTED SHADES

NECESSARY TO THE FEELING OF THE WHOLE PIECE.

I AM NOT INTERESTED

IN YOUR MUTED SHADES AND FEELINGS.

HOW AM I GOING TO TELL THIS TO THE PREMIER?!

PREMIER?

HE WILL BE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED.

HE WILL ALSO BE EXTREMELY ANGRY.

MR. BOLKANSKI, COME.

YES? OH, YES, MAJOR.

NO, I HAVE NOT FIXED THE COOLING SYSTEM YET.

I'M SORRY, SIR,

BUT, YOU SEE, IN THE EXCITEMENT, I --

YES, MAJOR. IMMEDIATELY.

DEPUTY PREMIER'S OFFICE.

KARL...

YES, DEPUTY PREMIER?

THERE SHOULD BE AN OFFICER ARRIVING THERE SHORTLY --

A MAJOR HAUSER.

HE IS ALREADY HERE, DEPUTY PREMIER.

TELL HIM I WILL BE THERE IN ABOUT AN HOUR.

HE CAN USE THE TIME TO READ THE KRIEGER CASE.

MAKE A COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPT FOR HIM.

YES, DEPUTY PREMIER.

THE DEPUTY PREMIER

SAYS HE WILL BE HERE IN AN HOUR,

AND THAT YOU ARE TO READ

THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE KRIEGER CASE.

I WILL MAKE YOU A COPY.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR FEELINGS, MR. BOLKANSKI,

BUT IS THERE SOME WAY?

NO, NO, I WOULD HAVE TO START AGAIN

PRACTICALLY FROM THE BEGINNING.

I WOULD HAVE TO RECAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF THE WORK.

FOR THIS, I NEED MYASMIN.

WE WILL GET HER.

THE PREMIER NEVER LETS HER OUT OF HIS SIGHT.

THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THE WINDOW CAN BE REPLACED.

WE WILL TRY.

VERY WELL.

DEPUTY PREMIER'S OFFICE.

THIS IS GENERAL BRENNER.

I WISH TO SPEAK TO THE DEPUTY PREMIER.

THE DEPUTY PREMIER IS WITH THE PREMIER IN HIS OFFICE.

I COULD HAVE THE CALL TRANSFERRED.

YES.

THIS IS DEPUTY PREMIER VOSS. WHAT IS IT, GENERAL?