While filming the famous scene where Tom Cruise drops from the ceiling and hovers inches above the ground, Cruise's head kept hitting the floor until he got the idea to put coins in his shoes for balance.
The trick with the disappearing/reappearing CD that Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) does to fool Franz Krieger (Jean Reno) is not a camera trick or any other visual effect, but a genuine sleight-of-hand trick.
Not only is this the only film in the franchise where Ethan Hunt doesn't fire a gun, it is the only one to not have shoot-outs or gunfights.
The producers cast Ving Rhames as Luther because they felt he was the opposite of what a hacker normally looks like.
Last motion picture from a major studio to be released for home video on Betamax video cassette format.