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Tom Cruise unveils Mission Impossible 4 in Dubai’s Burj
Cruise and his co-stars wowed the press on the 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa, ahead of film’s launch
Actress Paula Patton and actor Tom Cruise (Getty Images)
Cruise believes Dubai could attract a slew of Hollywood filmmakers and actors after the success of his most recent film (Getty Images)
The Top Gun actor, who also produced the action flick, said he had a fantastic experience filming in Dubai and said many of his Hollywood contacts had shown interest in the city (Getty Images)
Much of the footage in the fourth installment of the Mission Impossible series, which is set to make its world premiere at the Dubai Film Festival tonight, is shot against a backdrop of Dubai (Getty Images)
Cruise plays intelligence agent Ethan Hunt in a plot that sees him and a small group of colleagues seek to avert a nuclear war (Getty Images)
Their search brings them to Dubai where Hunt performs death-defying stunts hanging from the outside of the emirate’s Burj Khalifa(Getty Images)
The images were captured by tourists on the tower’s observation deck, who snapped the star practicing the tower climb ahead of the movie shoot (Getty Images)
Cruise, who is in town this week to promote the movie, along with co-stars Simon Pegg, Paula Patton and Anil Kapoor, said the stunts required a lot of preparation (Getty Images)
Actors Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, director Brad Bird and actors Simon Pegg and Anil Kapoor attend a photocall (Getty Images)
Cruise’s wife Katie Holmes and his daughter Suri came to watch his stunts in person, the media heard (Getty Images)
The Hollywood action blockbuster also featured three days of filming at Dubai’s Jumeirah Zabeel Saray on the Palm Jumeirah (Getty Images)
The hotel was cast as the luxury Mumbai home of Indian millionaire Brij Nath, played by Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor (Getty Images)
The scenes featured hundreds of people from the UAE, who were cast as extras in the film (Getty Images)
Producer Bryan Burk, actor Tom Cruise, director Brad Bird and actors Paula Patton, Anil Kapoor and Simon Pegg (Getty Images)
Brad Bird, director of the movie, said Dubai and the Burj Khalifa had been shown in a new light in the film (Getty Images)
The filming included shots from helicopters as well as scenes taken from the building itself (Getty Images)
Cameramen broke 127 windows to allow them to place equipment outside the building and shoot Cruise climbing its exterior (Getty Images)
Actors Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg and Anil Kapoor (Getty Images)
The press conference was held on the 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa on Dec 7 (Getty Images)
