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The Bourne Ultimatum

Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

Director

Paul Greengrass

Year

Genre

action, drama, mystery, thriller

Box Office

$227,471,070

Production

Universal Pictures,The Kennedy/Marshall Company,Ludlum Entertainment,Motion Picture BETA Produktionsgesellschaft,Bourne Again,KanZaman Services,Peninsula Films,Studio Babelsberg

Awards

Won 3 Oscars. 29 wins & 42 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.uphe.com/movies/the-bourne-ultimatum

Part of Collection

The Bourne Collection: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Legacy, Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne

Nicky Parsons

Noah Vosen

David Strathairn

Ezra Kramer

Simon Ross

Paddy Considine

Paz

Dr. Albert Hirsch

Pam Landy

Tom Cronin

Wills

Martin Kreutz

Daniel BrÃ¼hl

Desh

Neal Daniels

Jimmy

Dan Fredenburgh

Lucy

Technician

Technician

Technician

Technician

Betancourt

Chamberlain (as Sinead O'Keefe)

Sinead O'Keeffe

Agent Hammond (as Chucky Venice)

Agent Kiley

Russian Policeman

Russian Policeman

Laurentiu Possa

Tactical Team Leader

Trevor St. John

Tactical Team Agent

Vosen's Driver

Jeffrey Lee Gibson

Morgue Attendant

NYPD Officer (as Omar Hernandez)

Omar HernÃ¡ndez

NYPD Officer

William H. Burns

CRI Agent

Michael Wildman

Hoody

Businessman

Witness to a Murder

Commuter

Martin Ballantyne

Senator

Arthur Benjamins

Businessman on Street

Senator Gillham

Train Commuter

Mahmud Chowdhury

Construction Worker

Girl at Hot Dog Stand

Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage)

Commuter

Police Officer

Richard El Khazen

Commuter

Ronald E. Giles

Commuter

Michael Hennessy

Decoy Bystander

Attorney

Commuter

Chris Mansfield

CRI Agent

Mob

Special Agent in Car

CIA Sub-station Chief

Station Commuter

Marie (archive footage)

Security Guard

Walter A. Saunders III

Hospital Patient

Businesswomen

Agent

News Agent

Underground Passenger

Passer-by

Police Officer

Policeman

Commuter

Commuter

Simon John Wilson

Nabile

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Aesthetics

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Sound

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blackknox88

1 year ago

★★★★★

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Noah Vosen Jason Bourne Nicky Parsons Paz Pam Landy Pamela Landy Dr. Albert Hirsch Martin Kreutz Cia Agent Businessman Wills Simon Ross Tom Cronin Neal Daniels

MOSCOW, RUSSIA Straight in, Bourne on the run. - The Bourne Ultimatum

MOSCOW, RUSSIA Straight in, Bourne on the run.

The difficulty, of course, with any Bourne film is that the story exists in several time frames. - The Bourne Ultimatum

The difficulty, of course, with any Bourne film is that the...

And in these flashbacks, I wanted to give them a strong contemporary edge. - The Bourne Ultimatum

And in these flashbacks, I wanted to give them a strong...

My argument is not with you - The Bourne Ultimatum

My argument is not with you

So we have a dirty section chief who kills Bourne's girl - The Bourne Ultimatum

So we have a dirty section chief who kills Bourne's...

I wanted this meeting to remind us... - The Bourne Ultimatum

I wanted this meeting to remind us...

Turn off the tape recorder - The Bourne Ultimatum

Turn off the tape recorder

Now we meet another character, Martin, Marie's brother. - The Bourne Ultimatum

Now we meet another character, Martin, Marie's brother.

She's dead - The Bourne Ultimatum

She was killed. - The Bourne Ultimatum

She was killed.

We were together in India. - The Bourne Ultimatum

We were together in India.

David's an actor I've long admired, obviously particularly in Good Night, and Good Luck, but in many other films. - The Bourne Ultimatum

David's an actor I've long admired, obviously...

I wanted an actor with conviction and the ability to frame a new kind of bad guy, an intelligent mental master, someone who could play chess with Bourne, and that's what Vosen is. - The Bourne Ultimatum

I wanted an actor with conviction and the ability to frame a...

Is that all Yeah - The Bourne Ultimatum

Is that all Yeah

Our target is a British national Simon Ross A reporterI want all his phones his BlackBerry his apartment his carbank accounts credit cards travel patternsI want to know what he's gonna think before he doesEvery dirty little secret he hasI've always loved - The Bourne Ultimatum

Our target is a British national Simon Ross A reporterI want...

Will you commit to this program - The Bourne Ultimatum

Will you commit to this program

This is the second flashback that sets the scene for the mystery that Bourne is gonna have to uncover about his past. - The Bourne Ultimatum

This is the second flashback that sets the scene for the...

Copy that. - The Bourne Ultimatum

What the hell was that? - The Bourne Ultimatum

What the hell was that?

Who's your source - The Bourne Ultimatum

Who's your source

Oh the bin man I think he's one of them - The Bourne Ultimatum

Oh the bin man I think he's one of them

The whole choreography of this sequence was brilliantly executed, I think, by Christopher Rouse and the editorial team. - The Bourne Ultimatum

The whole choreography of this sequence was brilliantly...

It's a funny thing when you see these sequences months after you've completed them, because you look at them and you think, "Well, it could only be like that. - The Bourne Ultimatum

It's a funny thing when you see these sequences months...

And I think it's in this sequence that the whole issue of tempo starts to work for the film, because we set the tempo so high from the off that here - The Bourne Ultimatum

And I think it's in this sequence that the whole issue...

Jesus ChristThat's Jason Bourne - The Bourne Ultimatum

Jesus ChristThat's Jason Bourne

Call all agents back. - The Bourne Ultimatum

Call all agents back.

- Bourne. - The Bourne Ultimatum

And now this long sequence that's been built up from the moment Bourne got on the train to London from Paris resolves itself in a headlong chase. - The Bourne Ultimatum

And now this long sequence that's been built up from...

Bourne catches a glimpse of his doppel. - The Bourne Ultimatum

Bourne catches a glimpse of his doppel.

And this sequence, of course, has had... - The Bourne Ultimatum

And this sequence, of course, has had...

But it's good because it's Bourne face to face with his nemesis, and the stage is set, then, of course, for the rest of the film. - The Bourne Ultimatum

But it's good because it's Bourne face to face...

Yeah. Director Kramer would like to see you. - We need to get those warrants... - He said it's urgen - The Bourne Ultimatum

Yeah. Director Kramer would like to see you. - We need to...

The other interesting and infuriating thing when you make these kinds of thrillers is that the pieces, the clues, if you like, that drive the narrative are usually incredibly small and incredibly simple. - The Bourne Ultimatum

The other interesting and infuriating thing when you make...

You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are never perfectDon't second guess an operation from an armchair - The Bourne Ultimatum

You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are...

I'll see you at the office. - The Bourne Ultimatum

I'll see you at the office.

Enjoy your egg whites - The Bourne Ultimatum

Enjoy your egg whites

People do you have any idea who you're dealing with - The Bourne Ultimatum

People do you have any idea who you're dealing with

All right, call the RSO at the embassy. - The Bourne Ultimatum

All right, call the RSO at the embassy.

Your mission will save American lives. - The Bourne Ultimatum

Your mission will save American lives.

- Five seconds. - The Bourne Ultimatum

- Five seconds.

- The safe is empty. - The Bourne Ultimatum

- The safe is empty.

Making a sequence like this, of course, is... - The Bourne Ultimatum

Making a sequence like this, of course, is...

Get me a secure line in there. - The Bourne Ultimatum

Get me a secure line in there.

For those people who saw Bourne Supremacy, obviously, we've been here before. - The Bourne Ultimatum

For those people who saw Bourne Supremacy, obviously,...

I've always very much liked the character of Nicky and felt that she had offered tremendous opportunities for the Bourne franchise. - The Bourne Ultimatum

I've always very much liked the character of Nicky and...

But, of course, to do that, it was critical to get the relationship beyond the point at which Bourne was holding a gun to her. - The Bourne Ultimatum

But, of course, to do that, it was critical to get the...

They're down. - The Bourne Ultimatum

Bourne You're still looking for Bourne I thought that case was closed - The Bourne Ultimatum

Bourne You're still looking for Bourne I thought that...

Nicky I need you to stay put and secure the premises - The Bourne Ultimatum

Nicky I need you to stay put and secure the premises

I like this scene 'cause there's always a... - The Bourne Ultimatum

I like this scene 'cause there's always a...

Bourne films are never meant to be funny. - The Bourne Ultimatum

Bourne films are never meant to be funny.

What the hell just happened? - The Bourne Ultimatum

What the hell just happened?

Issue a standing kill order on Jason Bourne effective immediately - The Bourne Ultimatum

Issue a standing kill order on Jason Bourne effective...

Operation Blackbriar started as an NEAT surveillance program - The Bourne Ultimatum

Operation Blackbriar started as an NEAT surveillance program

And, again, this is a very, very important scene for Bourne and for Nicky. - The Bourne Ultimatum

And, again, this is a very, very important scene for Bourne...

Why are you helping me - The Bourne Ultimatum

Why are you helping me

You really don't remember anything. - The Bourne Ultimatum

You really don't remember anything.

And I love the fact that that ambiguous past is left hanging there, explored and yet unexplored, and there's enough of it to drive them forward together, towards Tangier, which is where the story next goes. - The Bourne Ultimatum

And I love the fact that that ambiguous past is left hanging...

And then slowly choreograph the forces ranged against them. - The Bourne Ultimatum

And then slowly choreograph the forces ranged against them.

There are a lot of complex elements that have got to come into play here before you can let rip. - The Bourne Ultimatum

There are a lot of complex elements that have got to come...

Desh. Tell him you're gonna meet him and you have a new phone for him. If you stop Desh, they'll jus - The Bourne Ultimatum

Desh. Tell him you're gonna meet him and you have a new...

Tangier was a wonderful place to shoot. - The Bourne Ultimatum

Tangier was a wonderful place to shoot.

This, in fact, is one of the main intersections in Tangier. - The Bourne Ultimatum

This, in fact, is one of the main intersections in Tangier.

When we're finished with Daniels send the asset after herYes sirWe find Parsons we find BourneNoah what are you doingNot now I wanna know what's going onI said not nowWhat basis are you continuing this operation onThe Vosen Landy feud breaks outShe is up - The Bourne Ultimatum

When we're finished with Daniels send the asset after...

When we're finished with Daniels, send the asset after them. - The Bourne Ultimatum

When we're finished with Daniels, send the asset after...

- Two minutes, sir. - The Bourne Ultimatum

- Two minutes, sir.

His music has a pulse and an energy and yet a lyrical quality that defines Bourne, literally. - The Bourne Ultimatum

His music has a pulse and an energy and yet a lyrical...

- On it, sir. - The Bourne Ultimatum

We love this little trick. - The Bourne Ultimatum

We love this little trick.

Suddenly what we think was gonna happen doesn't and Bourne is in mortal danger. - The Bourne Ultimatum

Suddenly what we think was gonna happen doesn't and...

And it enables me to have a bit of fun winking back at another great film, Battle of Algiers and the famous café scene. - The Bourne Ultimatum

And it enables me to have a bit of fun winking back at...

During the making of Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum I was often asked, "How do you approach these big action sequences?" And I would always answer, "The first thing you do is phone a man called Dan Bradley, "who's the best action-unit director in t - The Bourne Ultimatum

During the making of Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum I...

He has the ability to have ideas, get some great action shots, and he's an integral member of the Bourne team. - The Bourne Ultimatum

He has the ability to have ideas, get some great action...

He also has a genius for coming up with the most outrageous shots and being able to execute them. - The Bourne Ultimatum

He also has a genius for coming up with the most outrageous...

So we reach the Tangier Medina where we shot for what felt like months but probably was only several weeks. - The Bourne Ultimatum

So we reach the Tangier Medina where we shot for what felt...

And here in this sequence, in the market, I leaned very heavily on Chris Carreras, my first A.D. - The Bourne Ultimatum

And here in this sequence, in the market, I leaned very...

This is one of my favorite bits of Bourne Ultimatum. - The Bourne Ultimatum

This is one of my favorite bits of Bourne Ultimatum.

To me, making a Bourne film is a bit like taking a high performance car onto a racetrack. - The Bourne Ultimatum

To me, making a Bourne film is a bit like taking a high...

And where those two meet, the forces of anarchy and the forces of control, is where a Bourne film should sit. - The Bourne Ultimatum

And where those two meet, the forces of anarchy and the...

And the ability to vary pace. - The Bourne Ultimatum

And the ability to vary pace.

It's great fun shooting this stuff because all the time you're trying to make choices based on the physical environment. - The Bourne Ultimatum

It's great fun shooting this stuff because all the time...

I think the sound mix, which I think was brilliant in Bourne Ultimatum... - The Bourne Ultimatum

I think the sound mix, which I think was brilliant in Bourne...

And, of course, in doing so, he's trying to redeem his failure to save Marie in Bourne Supremacy. - The Bourne Ultimatum

And, of course, in doing so, he's trying to redeem his...

This time, he gets there in time. - The Bourne Ultimatum

This time, he gets there in time.

The fights, of course, are staple ingredients of the Bourne franchise. - The Bourne Ultimatum

The fights, of course, are staple ingredients of the Bourne...

I'm not a great fan of designer violence myself. - The Bourne Ultimatum

I'm not a great fan of designer violence myself.

Code it in We need to be dead - The Bourne Ultimatum

Code it in We need to be dead

And, of course, very important, I think, in action sequences, that not only must you spend time setting them up and then choreograph them with complexity and pace and variety, but, I think, as important also is that when they end they take the character t - The Bourne Ultimatum

And, of course, very important, I think, in action...

One of the interesting things making Bourne Ultimatum and looking back at Supremacy and to a lesser extent Identity, Doug Liman's film, was to see the way Matt himself had changed over the five or six years of the franchise as Bourne had become tempered. - The Bourne Ultimatum

One of the interesting things making Bourne Ultimatum and...

I just don't know their names. - The Bourne Ultimatum

I just don't know their names.

The Bourne Ultimatum poster

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Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

User Rating: 5.0 (1 rating)

Director: Paul Greengrass

Writer: Tony Gilroy, Scott Z. Burns, George Nolfi

Production: Universal Pictures,The Kennedy/Marshall Company,Ludlum Entertainment,Motion Picture BETA Produktionsgesellschaft,Bourne Again,KanZaman Services,Peninsula Films,Studio Babelsberg

Genre: action, drama, mystery, thriller

Year: 2007

MetaScore: 85/100

ImdbRating: 8.0

BoxOffice: $227,471,070

Released: 03 Aug 2007

Awards: Won 3 Oscars. 29 wins & 42 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.uphe.com/movies/the-bourne-ultimatum

The Bourne Collection: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Legacy, Jason Bourne