The next scene, under the credits, was set at red sandstone cliff formations in a semi-desert area, where the real, death-defying IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) was daringly and precariously rock-climbing (while on ""holiday""), without any ropes or other precautions.US science researchers and military officers symbolically awakened an inactive foreign ""sleeper cell or agent"" that then infiltrated into their midst and terrorized hem.Kitty quipped sarcastically: "Wow.That""s really something, Lex.It""s freakingGone with the Wind." Suddenly, the lights went out, and the pool glowed and bubbled.One side-effect was a massive blackout that occurred on the East Coast - during Luthor""s experimental test (in miniature) to grow land in the ocean off the coastline.The film""s major male protagonist - a malevolent, iron-willed, enigmatic, rude and imperious (but genius) Russian ballet impersario played by Anton Walbrook, was partly based upon the real-life, highly-demanding artistic director Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929), who became famous for founding an influential ballet company, Ballets Russes, that was based in Paris.