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The Bourne Ultimatum (film)
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Produced by Patrick Crowley
Frank Marshall,
Paul L. Sandberg
Doug Liman
Written by Novel:
Robert Ludlum
Screen Story:
Tony Gilroy
Screenplay:
Tony Gilroy and
Scott Z. Burns and
George Nolfi
Tom Stoppard (uncredited)
Starring Matt Damon
Julia Stiles
David Strathairn
Scott Glenn
Paddy Considine
Edgar Ramirez
Albert Finney
Joan Allen
Music by John Powell
Cinematography Oliver Wood
Editing by Christopher Rouse
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) United States August 3, 2007
Flag of Ireland
August 16, 2007
Spain August 14, 2007
Australia August 30, 2007
Running time 111 min
Country USA
Language English
Budget $125 Million
Preceded by The Bourne Supremacy
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The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 film based loosely on Robert Ludlum's
best-selling novel of the same name. A sequel to The Bourne Supremacy, Matt
Damon stars once again as Ludlum's signature character, amnesia-suffering
assassin Jason Bourne. Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Paddy
Considine, Edgar Ramirez, Albert Finney, and Joan Allen co-star. Paul
Greengrass directed the film from a script by Tony Gilroy, Scott Z. Burns,
George Nolfi and Tom Stoppard who went uncredited. The film producers were
Patrick Crowley, Frank Marshall, Paul L. Sandberg and Doug Liman who
directed the first Bourne movie, The Bourne identity. The film continues the
saga of Jason Bourne after he survives the harrowing car chase in Moscow
from the The Bourne Supremacy and we follow him as he travels to Paris,
London, Madrid, Tangier and New York City to uncover his real identity,
while the CIA continues to send deadly assassins to kill him.
The cast reprised their characters from the previous Bourne movies with new
cast members like David Strathairn playing a new CIA department head, Paddy
Considine as a British journalist and Edgar Ramirez as a new assassin sent
by the CIA to go after Bourne. The Bourne Ultimatum was produced by
Universal Pictures and was released on August 3, 2007 in North America,
where it grossed $70.2 million in ticket sales in its first weekend of
release, making it the all-time highest August opening in history. The film
will release on August 16 in the UK and Ireland. Many critics and fans
hailed the new Bourne entry as the best of the series and called it the best
sequel of the summer.
Plot
The movie begins immediately following the car chase at the end of The
Bourne Supremacy, with a wounded Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) evading Moscow
police and breaking into a medical clinic to treat his wounds. He then goes
to Paris to tell Marie's brother that she is dead. He reads an article about
himself in the Guardian Newspaper written by Simon Ross (Paddy Considine)
and goes to London to find out what he knows and who his source is. The CIA
also tracks Ross to find out who his source on "Blackbriar" is. Bourne
arranges to meet at the south entrance of Waterloo station. When Ross
arrives, Bourne sees the CIA agents following him and plants a prepaid
cellphone in Ross's jacket to give him instructions on evading surveillance.
CIA official Noah Vosen (David Strathairn), the head of the reactivated
Treadstone known as Blackbriar, sends an assassin to kill Ross and his
source, who they think he is meeting at the station. After a few minutes,
Bourne gets caught on a surveillance camera, telling Vosen how Ross is able
to evade his men so well. Bourne keeps giving Ross instructions, but he goes
against them and gives the Blackbriar assassin a clear shot. In the ensuing
chaos, Bourne rushes to Ross to steal his notes. From the notes, he finds
out that Ross's source is Neal Daniels (Colin Stinton), the CIA Madrid
station chief.
Deputy Director Pamela Landy (Joan Allen), a key figure in the second film,
is brought on ostensibly to help capture Bourne, but in reality as a
scapegoat in case Blackbriar goes public. The CIA discovers that Daniels was
the source and sends a team to his office, but Bourne arrives first,
neutralizing the CIA team when they arrive. While there, he meets Nicky
Parsons (Julia Stiles), transfered from Berlin to Madrid, who tells him that
Daniels escaped to Tangier and decides to help him escape the CIA
reinforcements. When they arrive in Tangier, they realize that the CIA sent
another assassin, Bouksani Desh (Joey Ansah), to kill Daniels. Nicky, who
has not been listed as rogue yet, sends him a message telling him to meet
her to get a new phone, allowing Bourne to follow him to his target. Shortly
after their meeting, Desh gets the message to terminate Nicky and Bourne
after he is done with Daniels. Landy disagrees that they should both be
killed, and quits the mission to help Bourne.
Bourne follows Desh, but he is not able to prevent Daniels death. When Desh
returns to kill Nicky, Bourne gets in a fight and strangles him to death
with a towel. He then uses Desh's phone to send a fake message that both he
and Nicky are dead. Bourne looks through Daniels charred papers to learn the
location of the CIA substation in New York City. Nicky is forced to go into
hiding to keep from being killed by another assassin. Bourne goes to the New
York substation, where the ending of The Bourne Supremacy is repeated
exactly, calling Landy from a building across the street while watching her
and Vosen. He finds out that his real name is David Webb and his birthday is
4/15/71, a code for the address of the training facility at 415 East 71st
Street. Bourne then sends a text message to Landy to arrange a meeting, with
Vosen and his team following her the whole way. This turns out to be a
diversion, allowing Bourne to enter their now vacant offices and steal
classified documents.
Bourne arrives at the training facility where he gives Landy the documents
before entering the building. When he enters, he meets Dr. Albert Hirsch
(Albert Finney), the doctor in charge of Treadstone's psychological
training. With his help, he remembers that as Captain David Webb he
volunteered for the program. One of Vosen's men finds that Bourne's real
birthday is 9/13/70, and 4/15/71 was a code. Vosen heads there and confronts
Landy as she is faxing the classified documents. Bourne is forced to jump
from the roof of the building into the water to escape Vosen, who fires at
him. A few days later, Nicky Parsons is in hiding, Blackbriar is completely
uncovered, and Vosen and CIA Director Ezra Kramer (Scott Glenn) are
arrested. The report mentions that David Webb was seen falling into the East
River, but his body was never recovered—and Bourne is then seen swimming
away.
Cast
* Matt Damon as Jason Bourne
* Julia Stiles as Nicky Parsons
* David Strathairn as Noah Vosen
* Joan Allen as Pamela Landy
* Paddy Considine as Simon Ross
* Edgar Ramirez as Paz
* Scott Glenn as Ezra Kramer
* Albert Finney as Dr. Albert Hirsch
* Colin Stinton as Neil Daniels
* Joey Ansah as Bouksani Desh
Production
The Bourne Ultimatum was filmed in multiple locales, including New York
City, India, Morocco, Spain, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, as
well as other locations in the United States.[1] During mid-April 2007,
on-location production took place at Waterloo Station in London. On
2007-05-09, on-location production took place in Paris, France.
Soundtrack
Soundtrack by John Powell
Released July 31, 2007
Genre Film score
Label Decca
The Bourne Series chronology
The Bourne Ultimatum: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack
to The Bourne Ultimatum. John Powell returned as the composer, having
composed the scores for the previous films.
Track listing
1. "Six Weeks Ago" (4:31)
2. "Tangiers" (7:40)
3. "Thinking Of Marie" (3:51)
4. "Assets And Targets" (7:18)
5. "Faces Without Names" (3:31)
6. "Waterloo" (10:38)
7. "Coming Home" (3:19)
8. "Man Verses Man" (5:46)
9. "Jason Is Reborn" (4:04)
10. "Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum)" - written and performed by Moby
(4:22)
Release
Launch promotion
The release of the film saw Google team up with Universal Pictures to create
an online marketing promotion.
Charitable premiere
A premiere of The Bourne Ultimatum was held in downtown Oklahoma City on
2007-07-31, at Harkins Bricktown Theaters[2] to benefit The Children's
Center, located in suburban Bethany. The film was shown simultaneously on
three screens. Star Matt Damon was at the event to greet guests.
Australian premiere
The film will have a premiere in Australia on 2007-08-07, at the State
Theatre in Sydney, with Matt Damon expected to attend.[3]
Reaction
The Bourne Ultimatum earned $70.2 million during its opening weekend at the
box office.[4] As of August 6, 2007 the film has a 94% fresh rating (132 out
of 140 reviews positive) at Rotten Tomatoes with a Cream Of The Crop score
of 97%,[5] rating higher than both of its predecessors.[6][7]
References
1. ^ The Bourne Ultimatum. Universal Studios. Retrieved on 2007-04-04.
2. ^ The Bourne Ultimatum Oklahoma City Premiere. The Oklahoman. Retrieved
on 2007-07-14.
3. ^ Damon's Aussie sojourn. AdelaideNow. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
4. ^ The Bourne Ultimatum. Rotten Tomatoes (2007-08-06). Retrieved on
2007-08-06.
5. ^ The Bourne Ultimatum. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2007-08-06.
6. ^ The Bourne Identity. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2007-08-06.
7. ^ The Bourne Supremacy. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2007-08-06.
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