Mission: Impossible1996

[A flight attendant offers Jim Phelps a movie]

Attendant:
Would you like to watch a movie, Mr. Phelps?

Jim Phelps:
I prefer the theater.

Attendant:
Would you consider the cinema of the Ukraine?

Jim Phelps:
Perhaps you'll choose one for me.

[She gives him a cassette]

Jim Phelps:
Thank you.

[He plugs it in and starts it for a mission briefing]

Voice on Tape:
Good morning, Mr. Phelps. The man you're looking at is Alexander Golitsyn, an attaché at our embassy in Prague. He is also a traitor. He has stolen one half of the CIA NOC list, a record of all our deep-cover agents working in Eastern Europe. For security reasons, the NOC list is divided in two. The portion that Golitsyn already has contains code names, but this half is useless without its mate, which matches the code names with their true names. It is this half which Golitsyn plans to steal from the embassy during a reception tomorrow night. Your mission, Jim, should you choose to accept it, is to obtain photographic proof of the theft, shadow Golitsyn to his buyer, and apprehend them both. We've already dispatched a team selected from your usual group. Sarah Davies is already undercover, Jack Harmon can hack into any security system, Hannah Williams will handle surveillance, your wife Claire will cover transport, and Ethan Hunt will be your pointman as usual. He is now in Kiev and will rendezvous in Prague at a safehouse of your choosing. As always, should you or any member of your I.M. force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow all knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim.

[Jim blows smoke from his cigarette to cover the burning of the tape]