Making Mission: Impossible III

"Mission: Impossible III" director J.J. Abrams introduces clips from the upcoming film during the opening day ceremony at ShoWest, the official convention of theatre owners, on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 in Las Vegas. Abrams, creator of TV's "Lost" and "Alias," makes his big-screen debut with the film and told the crowd he set out to make an action film that put characters first, spectacle second.

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