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9. Mission: Impossible (1996)
By IFC
on 06/25/2009
A synthetic blend of boomer nostalgia and things that go boom, the "Mission Impossible" trailer was finely tuned for box-office glory. A cadaverous Jon Voight listens to the honeyed tenor offering up the, "mission, should you choose to accept it" routine, as the supporting players look sufficiently pensive in shades and stubble, waiting for the star's arrival. I'm not speaking about Tom Cruise's ceiling drop, dramatic as it is, but Lalo Schifrin's propulsively kinetic theme song. The band fires up along with a match, as the wick is lit and the martial beat starts to slither it's away around your brain pan. With this tune pulsing on the soundtrack, they could have had Jean Reno performing calisthenics and still sold a truckload of tickets. But they decided to include tuxedos, exploding fish tanks, speeding trains, exploding helicopters, a nervous Emilio Estevez, and to top it all off, an exploding title card instead. I think I just wet myself. --R. Emmet Sweeney
I guess you guys haven't seen the trailer for The Hughes Bros.'s Dead Presidents, huh? What about Forest Gump? I think those are the 2 greatest of all time. Gump is better than the movie. And Dead Prez is the best ever.
Oh... what about the SW Ep 1 teaser? Maybe you should call this the best film trailers on YouTube! LOL. Dead Prez is probably too hard for you to locate.
I think The Dark Knight, Iron Man, and 300 should be included!
Clerks? No love for the Clerks trailer? Sigh.
Honorable mention for the Grindhouse fake trailers? "Don't" was brilliant.
Great list, by the way. Thanks for including 'Man Who Wasn't There'
Seriously? We have to click 50 times just to get the damn list? No thanks.
Like clicking 50 times is soooo hard, right? But you guys forgot about There Will Be Blood!!
50 PAGES?!!! Get back to work researching how to post an article. No Digg for you.
50 PAGES?!!! Get back to work researching how to post an article. No Digg for you.
GREAT article and flawless pick for #1. I actually did a lil piece on that trailer at our own movie blog, so I'm elated to see as your top pick. Yay trailers!