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53-564: A film of the same name starring Matt Damon was released in 2007. As in the 2004 film, The Bourne Supremacy , the film version of The Bourne Ultimatum has a completely different plot from the novel. After a message in the form of a murder at a carnival indicates his old enemy, Carlos the Jackal , has resurfaced, David Webb, aka Jason Bourne , works to find him. As the Jackal enters old age and his infamy fades, he decides that he will do two things before he dies: kill Webb/Bourne, and destroy

106-406: A weighted average , assigned the film a score of 85 out of 100, based on 49 critics. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore assigned the film an average grade of "A" on its A+ to F scale. Like its predecessor, The Bourne Supremacy , the film was criticized for its use of " shaky " camerawork, as Richard Corliss of Time magazine, in an otherwise positive review, wondered "why, in the chat scenes,

159-425: A CIA safe house . However, Pritchard, a clerk, overhears John St. Jacques and Bourne's phone and tells his uncle, who was bribed by the Jackal for 300 pounds. Then, Alex Conklin, Marie St. Jacques, Jason Bourne, and Mo Panov (David's doctor) go to Russia to meet one of Alex's long-time friends. The friend helps them several times. When they first meet, the Jackal invades the restaurant they meet at and spray paints on

212-506: A CIA sniper... is the sort of thing which happens to us Guardian journalists all the time". The film was also well received in the hacker subculture, as it showed actual real-world applications such as the Bourne-again shell (developed by Stephen R. Bourne , not the fictional Jason Bourne) and Nmap , unlike many other films featuring hacking scenes (such as Hackers ). The film appeared on several critics' top ten lists of

265-524: A former Treadstone operative who he shares a history with. She tells him that Daniels has fled to Tangier and aids his escape from an arriving CIA unit. Meanwhile, Blackbriar "asset" Desh Bouksani is tasked by Vosen with killing Daniels, as well as Parsons and Bourne upon noticing that Nicky accessed information about Daniels, a decision with which Landy fiercely disagrees. Bourne follows Bouksani and saves Nicky by strangling him, but fails to prevent Daniels' assassination; he then sends her into hiding. Examining

318-461: A hospital at 415 East 71st Street, having figured out Landy's coded message. He gives Landy the Blackbriar files before going inside. Bourne confronts Hirsch, who reminded him that he willingly volunteered for Treadstone. While fleeing to the roof, Bourne is confronted by Paz, who asks why he did not shoot him. Bourne asks him if he knows why he is supposed to kill him, repeating the final words of

371-599: A limited degree, the CIA, to hunt down and kill the Jackal first. While in the Caribbean, the St. Jacques Family faces a number of complications. A "War Hero" arrives, who is actually an "Old Man of Paris," is supposed to assassinate Marie St. Jacques and her two children, and spray paint "Jason Bourne, brother of the Jackal" on the wall. At the same time, a former judge, Brendan P. Prefontaine, arrives. The Jackal thinks that Prefontaine

424-533: A meeting with him at London Waterloo station . Realizing the CIA is following Ross, he helps him evade capture, but Ross, in a panic, is shot dead by Blackbriar assassin Paz on orders of Deputy Director Noah Vosen. Vosen's team, reluctantly assisted by Landy, analyzes Ross' notes and identifies his source as Neal Daniels, a CIA station chief based in Madrid. Bourne makes his way to Daniels' office and finds Nicky Parsons,

477-501: A separate film at a later date. On June 18, 2014, the studio pushed back the film from August 14, 2015, to July 15, 2016. The film Jason Bourne premiered in the United States on July 29, 2016 to mixed reviews. Eric Van Lustbader Eric Van Lustbader (born December 24, 1946) is an American author of thriller and fantasy novels. He has published as Eric Lustbader, Eric V. Lustbader, and Eric Van Lustbader. He

530-412: A tactical team. Bourne, however, instead enters Vosen's office, and takes classified Blackbriar documents. Realizing what is going on, Vosen sends Paz after him and informs Dr, Albert Hirsch, the man who ran Treadstone's behavior modification program, of this situation. The resulting chase ends with both crashing their cars. Bourne holds the injured Paz at gunpoint, but spares his life. Bourne arrives at

583-409: A woman barely alive, who identifies the Jackal to the police, who in turn notify Alex Conklin. The Jackal comes to the hotel Webb is at and a furious chase happens, but the Jackal manages to escape to an armory, get weapons, go to Novgorod, and bomb the place. However, Bourne meets him there and they fight. The Jackal runs away, and Bourne throws a grenade, wounding him. One of the officials then closes

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636-466: Is a 2007 action - thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass . Although it shares its name with Ludlum's titular 1990 novel , its plot is entirely different. The third installment in the Jason Bourne film series after The Bourne Identity (2002) and The Bourne Supremacy (2004), the screenplay was written by Tony Gilroy , Scott Z. Burns and George Nolfi and based on a screen story of

689-654: Is a graduate of New York 's Stuyvesant High School and Columbia College , with a degree in sociology , and he has a second-level Reiki degree. He is married to Victoria Lustbader (née Schochet), who is also an author, as well as an editor. Lustbader was born and raised in Greenwich Village , where he developed interests in art and writing . He lived downstairs from actress Lauren Bacall , and built orange-crate racers in Washington Square Park with actors Keith and David Carradine . He

742-483: Is a graduate of Columbia College, with a degree in sociology. Before turning to writing full-time, he was employed by the New York City public school system, where he holds licenses in both elementary and early childhood education, and in the music business, where he worked for Elektra Records and CBS Records . Writing for Cashbox magazine, he also covered such acts as Elton John , Santana , Roxy Music ,

795-526: Is one of us, and he's running away from "them." He's trying to get answers, and he doesn't trust them. They're all bad, and the system's corrupted. To convey that with a sense of excitement in a very contemporary land-scape is great fun. [...] If you opened your door in New York or Paris or London or whatever, you've got to believe that whatever the story it is that Bourne's engaged in [, something] could be happening there. [...] What attracts me to Bourne's world

848-552: Is set up by the KGB officials and is photographed with the Jackal. Later, the Jackal tells the Russian traitor that he is being followed by his own government and shows him proof by killing two KGB agents that were following the Russian. The Jackal then kills him. Later, the Jackal meets with a board of Russian traitors. They disavow him and refuse to help him. He goes crazy and kills them all with his Type 56 AK-47 assault rifle, but leaves

901-499: Is that it is a real world and I think I'm most comfortable there. As with the previous films in the trilogy, the score was composed by John Powell . A new version of Moby 's " Extreme Ways ", entitled "Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum)", was recorded for the film's end credits. " Scotty Doesn't Know ", which Bourne listens to while sniping, is a song which Damon's character sings in EuroTrip . A premiere of The Bourne Ultimatum

954-611: The KGB facility of Novgorod , where the Jackal was trained and was turned away for being a maniac. Carlos the Jackal uses a diverse collective of aged men devoted to his handiwork known as "The Old Men of Paris." The old men, who are mostly criminals, work for the Jackal in return for their family's comfort. Webb sends his wife and children to live with her brother, John St. Jacques, in the Caribbean for protection while Webb himself works with old friend and CIA agent Alexander Conklin, and to

1007-545: The Springs Mills Building (as the deep cover CIA offices), and other locations in the U.S. Tony Gilroy , who had co-written the screenplays of the first two Bourne films, had intended The Bourne Supremacy to emphasise Bourne's repentance and atonement for his murders, but felt that the released film omitted this focus. Gilroy was persuaded to write an initial draft of The Bourne Ultimatum , but did not participate further, and as of 2009 had not watched

1060-461: The Jackal. After that, he goes back undercover and finds Jacqueline Lavier (who is really Dominique Lavier, her sister) who pretends to help him. She is part of the Jackal's group. She phones the Jackal of the location of Bourne's hotel, but is caught by Bourne. However, Bourne sets a trap for the Jackal, only to be foiled by his wife when she sees him. The Jackal realizes it is a trap and runs. Also, John St. Jacques and Bourne's children are relocated to

1113-655: The Jimi Hendrix Experience , David Bowie , and The Who . Lustbader became friends with Elton John and his lyricist, Bernie Taupin , as the first American journalist to predict John would be a huge star, in his column in Cashbox . He went out on tour with John, including the dates at the Fillmore East , Carnegie Hall , and Madison Square Garden in November 1974 when John Lennon guest starred on

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1166-601: The Professor, a Treadstone asset: “Look at us. Look at what they make you give.” Paz lowers his gun, but Vosen appears and shoots at Bourne, who jumps into the East River . Three days later, Nicky watches a news broadcast about the exposure of Operation Blackbriar, the arrests of Hirsch and Vosen, a criminal investigation against Kramer, and the status of David Webb, a.k.a. Jason Bourne. Upon hearing that his body has not been found, Nicky smiles. He turns out to have survived

1219-462: The U.S. on August 10, 2012. Universal Pictures stated at a media conference in Los Angeles, California , that they are likely to release more Bourne films, despite The Bourne Legacy being given mixed reviews by critics. On September 15, 2014, it was announced that Damon and Greengrass will indeed return for the next Bourne film, taking the release date, with Renner returning as Cross in

1272-599: The Vietnam era) (see Jason Bourne ), now a nearly omnipotent economic force that controls the head of NATO , leading figures in the Defense Department , portions of the American and Sicilian mafia, and large NYSE firms. After several assassinations of key Medusa figures he was interrogating, he realizes that Medusa had nothing to do with the Jackal. The people who wanted to kill him were hired by Medusa and not

1325-401: The answers, so there's no way we can trot out the same character, and so much of what makes him interesting is that internal struggle that was happening for him, am I a good guy, am I a bad guy, what is the secret behind my identity, what am I blocking out, why am I remembering these disturbing images? So all of that internal propulsive mechanism that drives the character is not there, so if there

1378-699: The audiotaped confession of Ward Abbott, the late former head of Treadstone, to Director Ezra Kramer. Meanwhile, in Turin , journalist Simon Ross of The Guardian learns about Bourne and Operation Blackbriar, the program succeeding Treadstone. Using the ECHELON system, the CIA detects Ross when he mentions Blackbriar during a phone call to his editor. After informing Marie's brother, Martin Kreutz, of her assassination in India, Bourne, who had read Ross' articles, arranges

1431-525: The band back together if there was a great idea behind it, but in terms of now and this story, that part—the story's been told... However, on February 22, 2008, Variety reported that a fourth film was indeed in the works, with both Damon and Greengrass on board. On October 16, 2008, it was announced that George Nolfi would write the script, with Frank Marshall producing, and Jeffrey Weiner and Henry Morrison executive producing. Matt Damon, Julia Stiles , Joan Allen, and Paul Greengrass were also attached to

1484-532: The best films of 2007. In May 2007, prior to the release of The Bourne Ultimatum , Matt Damon claimed that he would not be interested in returning for a fourth Bourne film, stating (of his participation in the Bourne franchise): "We have ridden that horse as far as we can." Damon said in August 2007: I think in terms of another one, the story of this guy's search for his identity is over, because he's got all

1537-429: The best in the Bourne series. It grossed $ 444.1 million worldwide against its budget of $ 110 million becoming, at the time, Damon's highest-grossing film with him as the lead. It was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2007 and went on to win all three of its nominations at the 80th Academy Awards : Best Film Editing , Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing . A fourth film without

1590-464: The box office, which at the time had the highest August opening weekend, beating Rush Hour 3 . It would hold that record for seven years until it was overtaken by Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014. At the end of its theatrical release, the film grossed a total of $ 227,471,070 in the U.S. and $ 215,353,068 in foreign markets for a worldwide total of $ 442,824,138, making it the highest-grossing film in

1643-586: The camera is afflicted with Parkinson's ? The film frame trembles, obscures the speaker with the listener's shoulder, annoys viewers and distracts them from the content of the scene." In the British press, the inclusion of a fictional journalist from the real British paper The Guardian and scenes set in the United Kingdom (particularly Waterloo railway station) were commented upon. In particular, that newspaper's reviewer joked that "dodging bullets from

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1696-461: The contents of Daniels' briefcase, Bourne finds the address of the deep-cover CIA bureau in NYC , where Vosen directs Blackbriar, and heads there. Landy receives a phone call from Bourne, which is intercepted by Vosen. She tells him that his real name is David Webb and gives him the birth date "4-15-71". Vosen also intercepts a text to Landy from Bourne of a location to meet up, and leaves his office with

1749-503: The end of The Bourne Supremacy and takes place soon after Bourne's apology to Neski's daughter. Paul Greengrass spoke about the characterization of Jason Bourne in The Bourne Ultimatum shortly before its release: Bourne is a real man in a real world in pursuit of a mythic quest. What's wonderful is that it's an oppositional story. Is he a killer, or was he made to be a killer? There is an underlying feeling that Bourne

1802-518: The fall and swims into the darkness. In addition, Colin Stinton plays CIA Station Chief Neal Daniels, who is leaking information to Ross, while Joey Ansah plays Desh, the Blackbriar assassin sent to kill Daniels. The Bourne Ultimatum was filmed at Pinewood Studios near London and in multiple locations around the world, including Tangier, London, Paris, Madrid (as itself and double for Turin), Berlin (as double for Moscow), New York City including

1855-426: The film. Joshua Zetumer had been hired to write a parallel script—a draft which could be combined with another (Nolfi's, in this instance)—by August 2009 since Nolfi would be directing The Adjustment Bureau that September. On February 1, 2010, Damon, speaking at the U.K. premiere of Invictus , revealed that a follow-up to The Bourne Ultimatum was "at least five years away". Greengrass, also at

1908-506: The finished film. Gilroy's screenplay draft was subsequently criticized by Matt Damon. Tom Stoppard wrote a draft of the screenplay, later saying "I don't think there's a single word of mine in the film." Greengrass said the film included several allusions to scenes from previous Bourne films; for example, the opening chase sequence of The Bourne Ultimatum is a continuation of the Russian police attempts to capture Bourne in Moscow near

1961-412: The first three films is the trigger for The Bourne Legacy , and everyone who got into them will be rewarded for paying attention. I'm building a legend and an environment and a wider conspiracy. We're going to show you the bigger picture, the bigger canvas... The world we're making enhances and advances and invites Jason Bourne's reappearance somewhere down the road." The Bourne Legacy was released in

2014-679: The gates to the river, and the river rises, drowning the Jackal. Bourne then returns to the Caribbean, where their Russian friend meets them, and the former accepts that Jason Bourne is dead. After Ludlum's death, Eric Van Lustbader continued the story of Jason Bourne in a sequel titled The Bourne Legacy . He has also written subsequent novels in the series entitled The Bourne Betrayal , The Bourne Sanction , The Bourne Deception , The Bourne Objective , The Bourne Dominion , The Bourne Imperative , The Bourne Retribution , The Bourne Ascendancy , and The Bourne Enigma . The Bourne Ultimatum (film) The Bourne Ultimatum

2067-508: The involvement of Damon, titled The Bourne Legacy , was released in August 2012, and the fifth film (a direct sequel to Ultimatum that reprises Damon as the lead role), titled Jason Bourne , was released in July 2016. Following his pursuit by Kirill, Jason Bourne evades Moscow police while wounded and deals with more flashbacks of when he first joined Operation Treadstone . Six weeks later, CIA Deputy Director Pamela Landy reveals

2120-628: The next day. The film premiered in Sydney on August 8, 2007, at the State Theatre , with Matt Damon attending. An advance screening of The Bourne Ultimatum was held at The Egyptian Theatre to benefit Boise Contemporary Theater on July 30, 2007. Producer Frank Marshall and actor Matt Damon were in attendance. The first two films, The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy , also had advance charity screenings in Boise. The Bourne Ultimatum

2173-413: The novel by Gilroy. Matt Damon reprises his role as Ludlum's signature character, former CIA assassin and psychogenic amnesiac Jason Bourne . Additional cast members who star alongside Damon include Julia Stiles , David Strathairn , Scott Glenn , Paddy Considine , Édgar Ramirez , Albert Finney , and Joan Allen . In the film, Bourne continues his search for information about his past before he

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2226-410: The premiere, re-stated that he would not be part of any further Bourne films "unless the right script came along". However, Damon revealed that in the meantime there may be a Bourne "prequel of some kind, with another actor and another director". Matt Damon reconfirmed this on a March 10, 2010 appearance of Today and that he would only be involved if Greengrass was directing. In June 2010, it

2279-470: The same time killing three security guards, the Crown Governor of the island, the "Old Man of Paris" who changed sides (strapped explosives on him), severely beats a waiter, and wounds Jason Bourne in the neck with a bullet (this is the Jackal's trademark and no one has survived it until now). Webb poses as an important member of Medusa (a newer version than the original he was associated with during

2332-427: The series. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 92% of 264 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.0/10. The website's consensus reads: " The Bourne Ultimatum is an intelligent, finely tuned non-stop thrill ride. Another strong performance from Matt Damon and sharp camerawork from Paul Greengrass make this the finest installment of the Bourne trilogy." Metacritic , which uses

2385-661: The stand-alone DVD release, there is a limited edition 'The Jason Bourne Collection' gift set, featuring all three films on DVD and a bonus disc with myriad bonus features such as deleted scenes and featurettes. The gift set features Swiss Bank safe deposit box packaging including foreign currency and a Jason Bourne passport . The film and special features on the HD DVD version are presented in 2:35:1 Widescreen high definition 1080i and offer Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless and Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 audio options. The Bourne Ultimatum earned $ 69,283,690 during its opening weekend at

2438-482: The third night of the four nights. Several years later, while working for Dick James Music , he wrote and field produced a segment on John for John Chancellor 's NBC Nightly News , the first such segment on an entertainer. With permission from the estate of Robert Ludlum , Lustbader continued writing Jason Bourne novels from where Ludlum left off in The Bourne Ultimatum until 2018, when he left

2491-424: The wall the exact location of Jason's son. Jason immediately calls the CIA and they relocate the children. At the same time, Alex and Jason realize that the Russian contact for the Jackal was high up in the KGB. Their Russian contact searches up a list of 13 people, who he keeps traces on. They catch the traitor when he goes to a church to meet the Jackal, along with Ogilvie, an American Medusa traitor. However, Ogilvie

2544-477: Was announced that Tony Gilroy would be writing The Bourne Legacy and it would have a 2012 release date. That October, Gilroy was announced as the director of The Bourne Legacy ; he confirmed that Damon would not return for this film and that there would be "a whole new hero": This is not a reboot , it's a whole new chapter. The easiest way to think of it is an expansion or a reveal. Jason Bourne will not be in this film, but he's very much alive. What happened in

2597-407: Was going to foil his murder plan, and bribes a nurse on the island to kill him. However, his plans are foiled when the "war hero" finds out that when he is done with the murder, he is to be assassinated as well. He turns sides and shoots the nurse, saving Prefontaine. After the foiled assassination, Webb returns to the Caribbean. At the time of his visit, the Jackal himself comes to try to kill Webb, at

2650-455: Was held in downtown Oklahoma City on July 31, 2007, at Harkins Bricktown Theaters to benefit The Children's Center , located in suburban Bethany . The film was shown simultaneously on three screens. Matt Damon was at the event to greet guests. The film premiered at Leicester Square in London on August 15, 2007, with Matt Damon, Julia Stiles and Joan Allen attending. The film was released

2703-425: Was part of Operation Treadstone and becomes a target of a similar assassin program. Produced by The Kennedy/Marshall Company in association with Ludlum Entertainment , The Bourne Ultimatum premiered at ArcLight Hollywood on July 25, 2007 before it was theatrically released by Universal Pictures on August 3 in the United States. Upon release, it received universal acclaim from critics, who considered it to be

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2756-514: Was released nationwide on August 30, 2007. The film was released on both DVD and HD DVD on December 11, 2007 in North America. The DVD was released in both Fullscreen and 2.35:1 Widescreen aspect ratios. The HD DVD and DVD special features include several deleted scenes, featurettes, audio commentary, and exclusively on the HD DVD version, HDi Interactive Format features such as Picture-in-Picture Video Commentary. In addition to

2809-426: Was to be another one then it would have to be a complete reconfiguration, you know, where do you go from there? For me I kind of feel like the story that we set out to tell has now been told. I love the character, and if Paul Greengrass calls me in ten years and says, 'Now we can do it, because it's been ten years and I have a way to bring him back,' then there's a world in which I can go, 'Yeah, absolutely.' We could get

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