“That recent Mission: Impossible benefited greatly from the use of Dubai’s 163-storey Burj Khalifa (over $500m at the box office and counting). Dubai hasn’t done badly out of it either. When the Burj Khalifa opened two years ago, the emirate had an image problem, what with its economic and architectural bubble bursting. But Mission: Impossible seems to have fixed that. According to the movie’s producers, the first time they visited Dubai, they said: “We have to come back here and shoot a movie.” But Dubai was also a hefty financial backer of the film, and using the Burj as a major location appears to have been a condition. So the building, designed by US architects SOM, not only featured in loving closeups, inside and out, but Dubai also got to hold the world premiere of this “local” film – bringing Cruise, celebrity special guests and the world’s media to the Dubai film festival last month.”
The height of suspense: Hollywood’s love affair with the skyscraper (Guardian)
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