The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 23 titles created 07 Sep 2011 a list of 35 titles created 14 May 2012 a list of 40 titles created 05 Feb 2014 a list of 42 titles created 09 Mar 2014 a list of 41 titles created 22 Oct 2015 Title: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 8.1/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 3 Oscars.

Another 25 wins & 38 nominations. See more awards » Videos When Jason Bourne is framed for a CIA operation gone awry, he is forced to resume his former life as a trained assassin to survive. Director: Paul Greengrass A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and regain his memory. Director: Doug Liman An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films. Director: Tony Gilroy The CIA's most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past. Director: Paul Greengrass During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. Director: Steven Spielberg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X Armed with a licence to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007 and must defeat a weapons dealer in a high stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, but things are not what they seem.

Director: Martin Campbell 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X A seemingly indestructible humanoid cyborg is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against the machines, while a soldier from that war is sent to protect her at all costs. Director: James Cameron Directors: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, and 1 more credit » Stars: Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from the corruption that Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it. Director: Christopher Nolan Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead. Director: Gore Verbinski Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. Director: John G. Avildsen The true story of Frank Abagnale Jr.

who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars' worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. Director: Steven Spielberg Edit Storyline Bourne is once again brought out of hiding, this time inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar--an upgrade to Project Treadstone--in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne sets up a meeting with Ross and realizes instantly they're being scanned. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally, ultimately, uncover his dark past whilst dodging The Company's best efforts in trying to eradicate him. Written by Corey Hatch This Summer Jason Bourne Comes Home See more » Genres: Rated PG-13 for violence and intense sequences of action | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 3 August 2007 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Bourne: El ultimátum See more » Filming Locations: $69,283,690 (USA) (3 August 2007) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia This is the only Bourne film to win an Academy Award.

It won 3, all the categories it was nominated for, while the previous two films weren't even nominated. See more » Goofs When the Spanish police stop the American operatives in the street as Jason and Nicky leave the Madrid training facility, the police are heard yelling "Hande Hoch" ("hands up") in German, not in Spanish or English. See more » Quotes Written, Produced and Performed by Moby Courtesy of Mute Ltd. (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews When the Bourne Identity arrived five years ago I have to confess that I didn't think much of it. At the time I was eleven years old, so perhaps I was too young to really get into the storyline and understand the whole scenario. Two years ago when the Bourne Supremacy arrived I thought it was a better movie than Identity but still didn't think it was as good as I expected it to be judging by the trailers. Over the past two years I had been told numerous times that the Bourne movies were amazing, many a time I had to bite my tongue and not say what I really thought about the movies.

Until two months ago I couldn't have given a damn about the Bourne Ultimatum, I really had no intentions of watching it. But then I decided to go back and re-watch the first two before I came to any abrupt decisions. So I went out and bought both the original movies. And what a surprise it was to me when I was gripped by them. Identity I found the superior of the two, but Supremacy isn't far behind. They're both slick, action packed and thrilling pieces of cinema that I have watched numerous times since I bought them. Because of this I was first in line today to see the Bourne Ultimatum. And boy did Bourne Ultimatum not disappoint! Matt Damon was never one of my favourite actors until he appeared in the Bourne movies, I'd seen him in the Talented Mr Ripley, but I never thought much of him in general. However, it appears he was born to play Bourne (pardon the pun). Throughout this series we have seen the character change before our very eyes, in this movie we see Matt Damon at his very best, even better than he was in The Departed and I thought he was one of the best things in The Departed.

You really do find yourself caring for the character and hoping that he finds out everything. Matt Damon plays the role with a quiet intensity and you always find his character extremely believable. The supporting cast of the movie were also absolutely outstanding. Joan Allen was one of my favourite things in Bourne Supremacy, here she excels herself. Her character is also very believable and she has some superbly acted moments towards the end of the movie. Julia Stiles turns up again as Nicky and finally we learn a bit about her character. Julia Stiles is a very underrated actress and I think she deserves a lot more roles, well decent roles, than she gets. David Strathairn is a newcomer to this series as Noah Vosen, he's definitely the bad guy of the movie and he really excels. He's definitely the nastiest character we've met, and some of the decisions he makes are truly nasty. Strathairn relishes the role and he too gets some superb scenes in the movie.

Special mention must also go to Albert Finney who makes the most of his all too brief screen time, I will not say anything about the character, that's best left as a surprise, but trust me his scenes are some of the highlights of the movie. The Bourne movies have always had a strict focus on the storyline more than the action sequences, this isn't to say the trilogy lacks action sequences, good god no there's loads of them dotted all throughout the movies. But running throughout the movie is a very well written and well acted storyline. This storyline concludes in the best way imaginable in this movie. As I watched Supremacy the night before I saw Ultimatum it was nice because I could notice certain little parts. That very final scene in Supremacy, in New York, a lot more important that I ever imagined at the time. Won't spoil it for people but I recommend checking up on Supremacy before you see Ultimatum. Unfortunately though for a lot of people they will go to see Ultimatum purely because of the action sequences.

This is the part where I should condemn such people and say they should see it for the storyline, but I'd be lying if I didn't say that my favourite parts of the Bourne series as a whole are the car chases. The mini car chase in Identity is one of my favourite car chases of all time. Well the action in Ultimatum has to be the best of the Bourne series. In fact the movie kicks off with an action sequence in Moscow. So in the duration of the movie we get numerous punch ups, all very violent and shockingly brutal. A bike chase that is absolutely amazing, many foot chases which are even more amazing, a thrilling car chase that is unforgettable, and oh so much more! But the highlight for me has to be the scene in Waterloo station, won't ruin it but for some reason had me gripped. So any flaws for the movie? In my eyes no, but if you are not a fan of the Bourne series or have not seen the previous two then I wouldn't recommend Ultimatum for you. The movie doesn't try to win over any new fans as it sticks to what the franchise does best and just adds a nice bit more storyline and action sequences on top.

The Bourne Ultimatum is undoubtedly the best of the series and the best blockbuster of 2007. As a James Bond fanatic it is a great honour for me to say that Ultimatum is a lot better than a majority of the Bond movies, and trust me it takes a lot for me to say that. While Bourne as a whole might not be a better franchise than the Bond series, it is definitely nearly its equal. 203 of 301 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Amazon.com: The Bourne Trilogy (The Bourne Identity / The Bourne Supremacy / The Bourne Ultimatum): Matt Damon: Movies & TV The Bourne Trilogy (The Bourne Identity / The Bourne Supremacy / The Bourne Ultimatum) Unlimited Streaming with Amazon Prime Start your 30-day free trial to stream thousands of movies & TV shows included with Prime. Start your free trial Add to Cart $59.95 Free Shipping for Prime Members | Fast, FREE Shipping with Amazon Prime Only 1 left in stock. Sold by Books Nooks and Crannies and Fulfilled by Amazon .

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About the Actor The Bourne Identity Freely adapted from Robert Ludlum's 1980 bestseller, The Bourne Identity starts fast and never slows down. The twisting plot revs up in Zurich, where amnesiac CIA assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), with no memory of his name, profession, or recent activities, recruits a penniless German traveler (Run Lola Run's Franka Potente) to assist in solving the puzzle of his missing identity. While his CIA superior (Chris Cooper) dispatches assassins to kill Bourne and thus cover up his failed mission, Bourne exercises his lethal training to leave a trail of bodies from Switzerland to Paris. Director Doug Liman (Go) infuses Ludlum's intricate plotting with a maverick's eye for character detail, matching breathtaking action with the humorous, thrill-seeking chemistry of Damon and Potente. Previously made as a 1988 TV movie starring Richard Chamberlain, The Bourne Identity benefits from the sharp talent of rising stars, offering intelligent, crowd-pleasing excitement from start to finish.

--Jeff Shannon The Bourne Supremacy Good enough to suggest long-term franchise potential, The Bourne Supremacy is a thriller fans will appreciate for its well-crafted suspense, and for its triumph of competence over logic (or lack thereof). Picking up where The Bourne Identity left off, the action begins when CIA assassin and partial amnesiac Jason Bourne (a role reprised with efficient intensity by Matt Damon) is framed for a murder in Berlin, setting off a chain reaction of pursuits involving CIA handlers (led by Joan Allen and the duplicitous Brian Cox, with Julia Stiles returning from the previous film) and a shadowy Russian oil magnate. The fast-paced action hurtles from India to Berlin, Moscow, and Italy, and as he did with the critically acclaimed Bloody Sunday , director Paul Greengrass puts you right in the thick of it with split-second editing (too much of it, actually) and a knack for well-sustained tension. It doesn't all make sense, and bears little resemblance to Robert Ludlum's novel , but with Damon proving to be an appealingly unconventional action hero, there's plenty to look forward to.

--Jeff Shannon The Bourne Ultimatum The often breathtaking, final installment in the Bourne trilogy finds the titular assassin with no memory closing in on his past, finally answering his own questions about his real identity and how he came to be a seemingly unstoppable killing machine. Matt Damon returns for another intensely physical performance as Jason Bourne, the rogue operative at war with the CIA, which made him who and what he is and managed to kill his girlfriend in the series' second film, The Bourne Supremacy. Now looking for payback, Bourne goes in search for the renegade chief of CIA operations in Europe and North Africa, partnering for a time with a mysterious woman from his past (Julia Stiles) and constantly--constantly--on the run from assassins, intelligence foot soldiers, and cops. Directed by Paul Greengrass (United 93) with the director’s thrilling, trademark textures and shaky, documentary style, The Bourne Ultimatum is largely a succession of action scenes that reveal a lot about the story’s characters while they’re under duress.

Joan Allen, Albert Finney, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, and Paddy Considine comprise the film’s terrific supporting cast, and the well-traveled movie leads viewers through Turin, Madrid, Tangiers, Paris, London, and New York. Overall, this is a satisfying conclusion to Bourne’s exciting and protracted mystery.

--Tom Keogh Special Features Disc 1 - The Bourne Identity: Alternate Opening and Alternate Ending The Bourne Mastermind: Robert Ludlum Access Granted: An Interview with Screenwriter Tony Gilroy From Identity to Supremacy: Jason & Marie The Bourne Diagnosis Cloak and Dagger: Covert Ops The Speed of Sound Moby "Extreme Ways" Music Video Feature Commentary with Director Doug Liman Disc 2 - The Bourne Supremacy: Explosive Deleted Scenes On the Move with Jason Bourne Bourne to be Wild: Fight Training Crash Cam: Racing Through the Streets of Moscow The Go-Mobile Revs up the Action Anatomy of a Scene: The Explosive Bridge Chase Scene Scoring with John Powell Feature Commentary with Director Paul Greengrass Cast and Filmmakers Disc 3 - The Bourne Ultimatum: Deleted Scenes Man on the Move: Jason Bourne Rooftop Pursuit Paul Greengrass - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS Director | Producer | Writer Paul Greengrass started his filmmaking career with a super 8 camera he found in his art room in secondary school.

Those short movies were animation horror films he made using old dolls, artist dummies, and the general art room clutter. After studying in Cambridge University he got into Granada Television School and spent the first ten years of his ... See full bio » Born: a list of 21 people created 11 Nov 2011 a list of 31 people created 18 Sep 2013 a list of 48 people created 19 Oct 2013 a list of 31 people created 26 Nov 2014 a list of 35 people created 6 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Paul Greengrass's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 34 wins & 62 nominations.

See more awards » Known For 1994 Open Fire (TV Movie) 1993 Crime Story (TV Series) (1 episode) 2004 Omagh (TV Movie) (producer) 1992 Cutting Edge (TV Series documentary) (producer - 1 episode) 2006 United 93 (written by) 2004 Omagh (TV Movie) 1996 The One That Got Away (TV Movie) (screenplay) 1995 The Late Show (TV Series documentary) (adaptation - 1 episode) 1994 Open Fire (TV Movie) 1993 Crime Story (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) 1978 Ally's a Lancashire Lad (TV Movie documentary) (researcher) 1978 Anfield Centurions (TV Movie documentary) (researcher) Hide 2015 The Morrigan (Short) (special thanks) 2012 Shadow Boxer (Short) (very special thanks) 2016 Jason Bourne: Bourne to Fight (Video documentary short) Himself 2016 Jason Bourne:

 Bringing Back Bourne (Video documentary short) Himself 2016 Jason Bourne: Inside the Hub (Video documentary short) Himself 2016 Jason Bourne: Las Vegas Showdown (Video documentary short) Himself 2016 Jason Bourne: The Athens Escape (Video documentary short) Himself 2016 Jason Bourne: The Bourne Style (Video documentary short) Himself 2004-2015 The South Bank Show (TV Series documentary) Himself 2014 Capturing Captain Phillips (Video documentary) Himself 2010-2013 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Himself 2013 The World in Action Years (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Former WIA Producer 2011 Film 2016 (TV Series) Himself - 40th birthday item 2011 Paul Greengrass on Resurrected (Video documentary short) Himself 2011 Turning Like Clockwork (Video documentary short) Himself 2010 Inside 'The Green Zone' (Video documentary short) Himself 2010 Matt Damon: Ready for Action (Video documentary short) Himself 2010 Janela

 Indiscreta (TV Series) Himself 2010 Cinema 3 (TV Series) Himself 2010 Face 2 Face (TV Series) Himself 2010 Días de cine (TV Series) Himself 2010 The 7PM Project (TV Series) Himself 2010 Charlie Rose (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2007 British Film Forever (TV Mini-Series documentary) Himself 2007 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Himself 2007 The Screening Room (TV Series) Himself 2006 Entertainment Today Television (TV Series) Himself 2006 Only in LA (TV Series) Himself 2003 Bloody Sunday: History Retold (Video documentary short) Himself 1988-1989 The Media Show (TV Series) Himself 1980-1983 World in Action (TV Series documentary) Himself - Reporter 2014 Top 40 Ultimate Action Movies (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Director Co-author (with Peter Wright) of "Spycatcher" (1987) Publicity Listings: 2 Interviews | 5 Articles | See more

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Personal Quote: [on first turning down a 4th Bourne movie] I just felt that I'd done it. There's nothing unnatural about that. To make a film is eighteen months of your life. It's seven days a week. It's twenty hours a day. There were just too many other things that I was interested in. I felt that I had a wonderful, wonderful time. I loved it and I want it to continue and I hope that it does. See more » Trivia: 2007 - Ranked #28 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood. See more » Trademark: Usage of handheld cameras to create an aesthetic of realism. See more » Star Sign: The Bourne Ultimatum (film) | The Bourne Directory | Fandom powered by Wikia The Bourne Ultimatum (film) Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. The Bourne Ultimatum This summer Bourne comes home.

Country "This Summer Bourne comes home" ―Tagline The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 spy film directed by Paul Greengrass and loosely based [1] on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name . The film is a sequel to The Bourne Supremacy and the third film of the Bourne Trilogy , it stars Matt Damon reprising his role as Ludlum's signature character, amnesiac CIA assassin Jason Bourne . The film continues the saga of Jason Bourne after he apologizes to the daughter of Vladimir Neski in Moscow, Russia, and follows the character as he travels to Paris, London, Madrid, Tangier, and New York City to uncover his real identity, while the CIA continues to send assassins after him. The Bourne Ultimatum was produced by Universal Pictures and was released on August 3, 2007 in North America, where it grossed $69.2 million in ticket sales in its first weekend of release, making it the highest August opening in the U.S.

[2] Although all three films have been commercially successful and critically acclaimed, The Bourne Ultimatum is the only film in the trilogy to have been nominated for an Academy Award; winning all three of its nominations for Best Film Editing, Best Sound, and Best Sound Editing at the 80th Academy Awards. Contents Edit The movie begins immediately after Bourne apologizes to Irena Neski, daughter of Vladimir Neski, who was Bourne's first target. Wounded from The Bourne Supremacy car chase, Jason Bourne is still evading the Moscow police. Cornered by two officers while breaking into a medical clinic to treat his wounds, Bourne overpowers the officers, knocking one out, while holding the second at gunpoint. He leaves them alive as he escapes. Six weeks later, Simon Ross, a security correspondent for The Guardian , meets with Neal Daniels, the Madrid CIA station chief, in Turin, to discuss Treadstone. Bourne goes to Paris to tell Marie's brother, Martin, of her death, then heads to London. Bourne arranges to meet Ross in London at the south entrance of Waterloo Station .

Ross, however, is under surveillance because his use of the word "Operation Blackbriar " in a phone call to his editor was tracked by ECHELON , alerting the CIA. CIA section chief Noah Vosen alerts his staff to find out any information on Ross, believing that Operation Blackbriar has been compromised. After receiving a call from Bourne, Ross takes a taxi to Waterloo Station. At the station, Bourne sees CIA officers following Ross and places a prepaid mobile phone on him. Through it, Bourne instructs him how to dodge the station's surveillance. However, Vosen orders an assassin, Paz, to kill Ross and his source. Vosen's team identifies Bourne on a security camera and recognizes him as the original Treadstone assassin, and assumes he is Ross's source. While Paz gets into position with a sniper rifle, Bourne tells Ross to remain hidden, but Ross panics and steps out into the open, giving Paz a clear kill shot. In the chaos, Bourne grabs Ross's notes which reveal Ross's source as Daniels. Deputy Director Pamela Landy is asked to help capture Bourne. With Landy's help, Vosen and his team determine that Daniels is Ross' source.

They send a team to Daniels' office in Madrid, but Bourne arrives first, finding one photograph in an otherwise empty safe as Daniels has already left. Bourne attacks the CIA team members when they enter the office. Right after Bourne secures the room, Nicky Parsons then enters it unexpectedly. Nicky tells him that she was reassigned to Madrid after Berlin, and that Daniels has fled to Tangier. She helps him escape the CIA reinforcements by telling Vosen that Bourne had already left the office. While in Tangier, they realize the CIA has sent assassin Desh Bouksani to eliminate Daniels. Nicky uses her official clearance access to send Desh a message, telling him to meet her for a new phone, thus allowing Bourne to follow Desh to his target. When Vosen realizes Nicky's deceit he orders Desh to kill Nicky and Bourne after terminating Daniels. Landy is outraged at Vosen's willingness to indiscriminately kill CIA personnel and quits the operation. Bourne follows Desh and is unable to save Daniels, who dies from Desh's planted bomb.

When Desh returns for Nicky, Bourne outruns the Tangier police and fights Desh, eventually strangling him with a towel. Bourne has Nicky code in the fact that the both of them are dead to give each of them a head start at disappearing. Bourne then puts Nicky on a bus with the advice that, "It gets easier" (Referring to blending in and disappearing). At the Tangier morgue, Bourne examines Daniels' charred papers and finds the address of the CIA substation in New York City. Bourne takes a flight to New York City and deliberately uses a passport that alerts Landy to his presence. Bourne calls Landy while observing her and Vosen from across the street. Bourne sends a text message to Landy to arrange a meeting. Vosen and his team intercept the message and follow Landy as she leaves the building. However, the meeting is simply a diversion to allow him to enter Vosen's office and steal classified Blackbriar documents. Vosen recognizes the diversion after receiving a phone call from Bourne in which he states he is in Vosen's office. Vosen frantically orders CIA officers back to his office to capture Bourne.

Bourne escapes and enters into a car chase with CIA officers and Paz. The chase ends with a crash in which Paz is seen injured but alive. Bourne, unharmed, aim his gun at him but spares his life and walks away. Just outside the Treadstone facility, Bourne meets Landy and gives her the stolen documents from Vosen's office before entering the building. On his way back to his office, Vosen eventually works out that Landy gave Bourne an address in code when Landy told Bourne his date of birth. Vosen races to the facility where Landy finishes faxing away the Blackbriar documents that Bourne stole and walks away. Inside, Bourne meets Dr. Albert Hirsch, who ran Treadstone's psychological conditioning program. With his help, Bourne remembers that, as Captain David Webb, he volunteered for the program and killed a man in cold blood to show his commitment to the program. Horrified by the memory of what he did to complete his conditioning and to assume the Jason Bourne identity, he tells Hirsch, "I remember everything. I'm no longer Jason Bourne." CIA agents appear and chase after Bourne, but he flees to the rooftop.

Paz reaches Bourne first and holds him at gunpoint. He demands to know why Bourne spared his life. "Do you even know why you're supposed to kill me? Look at us. Look at what they make you give," says Bourne, repeating the dying words of the The Professor , the Treadstone operative from The Bourne Identity . Paz lowers his weapon, but Vosen appears and fires at Bourne just as he jumps from the roof into the East River below. Some time later, Nicky sees a news report noting the exposure of Blackbriar, the arrests of Hirsch and Vosen, that Ezra Kramer is the subject of a United States Senate hearing regarding his conduct and that Bourne was shot and fell into the Manhattan East River but his body was not recovered, even after a three-day search. As Nicky smiles, in the final moments of the film, Bourne is shown swimming in the East River, escaping his pursuer in a scene similar to the start of The Bourne Identity .

Comparison with novel Edit In the audio commentary for the current DVD release of The Bourne Ultimatum, director Paul Greengrass confirmed the following scenes were deliberate allusions to scenes from the previous installments of the Bourne film franchise: The opening chase sequence of The Bourne Ultimatum is a continuation of the Russian police attempts to capture Bourne in Moscow near the end of The Bourne Supremacy and takes place immediately following Bourne's apology to Neski's daughter in the previous film. The scene where Bourne tells Martin of his sister Marie's death is very similar to the ending of The Bourne Supremacy, when Bourne apologizes to the Neskis' daughter for killing her parents. After Bourne tells Nicky she will have to run, Nicky dyes and cuts her hair, similar to the scene in The Bourne Identity with Marie dyeing and cutting her hair. During the car chase with Paz, Bourne's car is destroyed in a similar fashion to Kirill's in the climax of The Bourne Supremacy. The sequence also includes similar staging, such as Bourne walking up to Paz with gun in hand but deciding not to shoot.

In the rooftop climax, Bourne tells Paz, "Look at us. Look at what they make you give," reiterating the dying words of The Professor (Clive Owen) in The Bourne Identity . The scene at the end of The Bourne Supremacy in which Bourne tells Landy she looks tired is in The Bourne Ultimatum when he arrives in New York. The ending of The Bourne Ultimatum, with Bourne floating motionless in the East River, echoes the opening scene of The Bourne Identity, which utilizes a similar image. Outside of the series The scene featuring Bourne desperately trying to catch a glimpse of Paz after Ross is gunned down is, according to Greengrass, a "wink" to one of his favorite films, The French Connection. [4] The scenes set in Tangiers echo the famous "cafe" scene from the film The Battle of Algiers. Release Edit Benefit premiere — A premiere of The Bourne Ultimatum was held in downtown Oklahoma City on July 31, 2007, at Harkins Bricktown Theaters [5] to benefit The Children's Center, located in suburban Bethany, Oklahoma.

The film was shown simultaneously on three screens. Matt Damon was at the event to greet guests. UK premiere — 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 the next day. [6] Australian premiere — The film premiered in Sydney on August 8, 2007, at the State Theatre, with Matt Damon attending. The Bourne Ultimatum was released nationwide on August 30, 2007. [7] Home Video Release — The film was released on both DVD and HD DVD Combo Format on December 11, 2007 in North America. [8] The DVD was released in both Fullscreen and 2.35:1 Widescreen aspect ratios. The HD DVD and DVD special features [9] includes 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 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 a myriad of 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. [10] [11] The film and special features on the HD DVD version are presented in 2:35:1 Widescreen high definition 1080p and offer Dolby Digital TrueHD 5.1 lossless and Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 audio options. [9] Reception Edit The Bourne Ultimatum earned $69.2 million during its opening weekend at the box office, a record for a single opening in August [12] [13] As of September 2008, the film has a 93% fresh rating (202 out of 217 positive reviews) at Rotten Tomatoes, [12] higher than either predecessor.

[14] [15] The film had a rating of 85/100 on Metacritic, again higher than the first two films. [16] At the end of its theatrical release, the film grossed at total of $227,471,070 in the U.S., making it the highest grossing film in the series. Like its predecessor, The Bourne Supremacy , the film was criticized for its shaky camera work, as Richard Corliss of Time magazine, in an otherwise positive review, wondered "why, in the chat scenes, 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." [17] 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 took great amusement in the portrayal of a guardian reporter, Simon Ross, joking that "dodging bullets from a CIA sniper...

is the sort of thing which happens to us Guardian journalists all the time." [18] [19] [20] [21] Top ten lists The film appeared on several critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007. [22] 1st - Empire 1st — Best Action/Adventure, Rotten Tomatoes [23] 2nd — Claudia Puig, USA Today 2nd — Steven Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer 2nd — Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York 9th — Rene Rodriguez, The Miami Herald 10th — Christy Lemire, Associated Press. [24] Academy Awards The film won Academy Awards in all three (second highest amount of awards at the ceremony) of its nominations at the 80th Academy Awards: Christopher Rouse for Best Film Editing Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis for Best Sound Karen M.

Baker and Per Hallberg for Best Sound Editing Other awards ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for Film of the Year, 2008 [25] Sequel Edit In May 2007, prior to the release of 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." [26] Damon even said in an interview that director Paul Greengrass joked that a fourth film could be titled "The Bourne Redundancy." [27] Nonetheless, the financial and critical success of Bourne Ultimatum has led to speculation in several magazines and Internet forums that another Bourne film might be produced. On February 22, 2008, Variety reported that a fourth film was indeed in the works, with both Damon and Greengrass on board. [28] However, on March 9, 2008, Damon and Greengrass claimed they had not agreed to another Bourne film.

[29] Damon stated "There are a lot of things that would have to happen before we would sign up for it." [29] On June 25, 2008, producers Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley said in an interview to IESB.net there would be a fourth Bourne film. Marshall said "Hopefully they will be shooting next summer for a release in 2010 and our favorite anti-hero is apparently headed to South America." [30] On October 16th 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 and Paul Greengrass are also attached to the film. [31] [32] The Bourne Ultimatum (film) The Bourne Ultimatum (film) Frank Marshall Patrick Crowley Paul L. Sandberg Screenplay by Tony GilroyScott Z.

BurnsGeorge Nolfi Story by The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum Starring Matt DamonJulia StilesDavid StrathairnScott GlennÉdgar RamírezAlbert FinneyJoan AllenJoey AnsahColin Stinton Music by Edit Block Theatrical release poster The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 American spy film directed by Paul Greengrass and loosely based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same title. This film is the third in the Bourne film series, being preceded by The Bourne Identity (2002) and The Bourne Supremacy (2004). The fourth movie, The Bourne Legacy, is scheduled for release in July 2012.Matt Damon reprises his role as Ludlum's signature character, former CIA assassin and psychogenic amnesiac Jason Bourne. The film picks up the storyline from the previous film, and continues Bourne's saga after he escapes from authorities in Moscow. The script was written by Tony Gilroy, Scott Z. Burns, George Nolfi and an uncredited Tom Stoppard. The producers were Frank Marshall, Pat Crowley and Paul L.

Sandberg.The Bourne Ultimatum was produced by Universal Pictures and was released on August 3, 2007, in North America, where it grossed $69.3 million in ticket sales in its first weekend of release, making it the highest August opening in the U.S. and Matt Damon's highest grossing film with him in the lead. Although all three films have been commercially successful and critically acclaimed, The Bourne Ultimatum is the only film in the trilogy to have been nominated for any Academy Award, winning all three of its nominations for Best Film Editing, Best Sound, and Best Sound Editing at the 80th Academy Awards. Plot Edit Block Former CIA covert operative Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) eludes Moscow police and goes into hiding after being shot by Russian FSB agent Kirill (in The Bourne Supremacy). Six weeks later, The Guardian correspondent Simon Ross (Paddy Considine) meets with a source to discuss Bourne and Operation Treadstone. The CIA begin tracking Ross when he mentions "Operation Blackbriar" on a cell phone call to his editor.

Bourne travels to Paris to inform Marie's brother, Martin (Daniel Brühl), of her death and assures him he's hunting her killers. In London, Bourne meets with Ross at Waterloo Station after learning of Ross' investigation of Treadstone. When Bourne realizes that the CIA is tracking Ross, he helps him evade capture, but Ross deviates from Bourne's instructions and is killed by Blackbriar "asset" (assassin) Paz (Édgar Ramírez) on orders from Blackbriar's director Noah Vosen (David Strathairn). CIA Director Ezra Kramer (Scott Glenn) sends Pamela Landy (Joan Allen), who unsuccessfully hunted Bourne six weeks earlier, to help Vosen after he spots Bourne in a CCTV camera feed. After searching Ross' notes, they deduce that his source was Neal Daniels (Colin Stinton), CIA Station Chief in Madrid, who was formerly involved in Treadstone and is actively involved in Blackbriar. Bourne, having taken Ross' bag after he was killed, is led to Daniels' Madrid office but finds it empty.

Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles), a former Treadstone support technician, arrives shortly after Bourne incapacitates the CIA field team sent by Vosen and Landy to capture him. She decides to help Bourne escape another incoming CIA squad and tells him Daniels fled to Tangier. It's implied that Parsons and Bourne had a deep, possibly romantic relationship before he lost his memory. Upon arriving in Tangier, Parsons hacks into the CIA database to locate Daniels but fails, finding that Blackbriar asset Desh Bouksani (Joey Ansah) has been tasked with killing him. Vosen learns of Parsons' log-in attempt and orders Desh to kill her as well as Bourne, a decision Landy disagrees with. Afterwards, Vosen calls Kramer and confirms their intentions to use Landy as the scapegoat if things go wrong. Bourne tails Desh to Daniels but fails to prevent Daniels' death by a roadside bomb. He does, however, protect Parsons by strangling Desh after an intense hand-to-hand fight and later sends her into hiding.

Upon examining the contents of Daniels' charred briefcase, Bourne finds the address of the deep cover CIA bureau in New York City where Vosen directs Blackbriar. Bourne travels to New York; Landy receives a phone call (in a repetition of the final scene of The Bourne Supremacy) which is revealed to be tapped by Vosen. Landy thanks Bourne for the tape he sent her which revealed the corrupt dealings of former Treadstone director Ward Abbott, and also provides him that his real name is David Webb and his birth date is 15 April 1971. While speaking with Landy, Bourne notices Vosen storing highly classified materials in a safe in his office. Bourne tells Landy to "get some rest" because she "looks tired", which she and Vosen both understand to mean that he's currently surveilling her. Vosen then intercepts a text message sent to Landy from Bourne advising a location for a meet and leaves his office with a team to follow her.

Bourne breaks into Vosen's office and steals classified Blackbriar documents and Vosen sends Paz after him, resulting in a car chase which ends with Paz forcing Bourne's stolen police car into a concrete divider. Bourne gets out and holds Paz at gunpoint before sparing his life and continuing on to 415 East 71st Street, memories of which were triggered by the false birthday he was given by Landy. Vosen also figures out Landy's code and warns Dr. Albert Hirsch (Albert Finney), who ran Treadstone's behavior modification program, that Bourne is en route. Landy meets Bourne outside the building and admits to her change of heart; that she's helping him because she hadn't signed up for programs like Treadstone and Blackbriar. Bourne gives her the Blackbriar files before going inside and Landy faxes them to a secondary witness with Vosen arriving just as the last page is successfully sent. Bourne meets with Hirsch in an upper level room and, with Hirsch's help, finally recollects that he was not forced into the program, but in fact volunteered.

He proclaims to no longer be "Jason Bourne" and flees from Vosen's pursuing team to the roof. There, Paz confronts Bourne with why he didn't kill him when he had the chance. Bourne questions Paz as to his motives and repeats the dying words of "The Professor", a Treadstone assassin he killed years earlier (in The Bourne Identity): "Look at us... Look at what they make you give." Paz lowers his gun as Bourne runs to jump off the roof, but Vosen appears and shoots at Bourne as he leaps into the East River below. Some time later, Landy is shown testifying before the Senate regarding Blackbriar. Parsons watches a television news broadcast about the exposure of Operation Blackbriar, the arrests of Hirsch and Vosen, a criminal investigation against Kramer for authorizing the operation, and that David Webb, a.k.a. Jason Bourne, was reportedly shot and fell into the East River. Upon hearing that his body has not been found after a three-day search, Parsons smiles; Bourne is shown swimming away underwater after his fall.

Cast Edit Block Matt Damon as Jason Bourne/David Webb, former top operative for the black ops Operation Treadstone. Bourne takes on the task of finding out who made him what he was and why. Julia Stiles as Nicky Parsons, Bourne's former Treadstone contact in Paris. She is the only character besides Bourne and Marie Kreutz (who only appears in flashbacks in The Bourne Ultimatum) to appear in all three films. David Strathairn as Noah Vosen, CIA Deputy Director in charge of the new Treadstone black ops upgrade called Operation Blackbriar, and the film's principal antagonist. He considers Bourne a threat to the operation and sets out to kill him. Joan Allen as Pamela Landy, CIA Deputy Director and Task Force Chief, sent in to aid Vosen in tracking down Bourne. No-nonsense and tough as nails, she later proves to be Bourne's key ally. Albert Finney as Dr. Albert Hirsch a second principal antagonist of the film who is responsible for creating the Bourne persona as well as all treadstones other "assets".

Scott Glenn as Ezra Kramer, Director of the CIA Colin Stinton as Neal Daniels, CIA Station Chief in Madrid Joey Ansah as Desh Tom Gallop as Tom Cronin, Pamela Landy's assistant Corey Johnson as Ray Wills, Vosen's deputy at Operation Blackbriar Daniel Brühl as Martin Kreutz, Marie's half brother Scott Adkins as Agent Kiley Paddy Considine as Simon Ross, a reporter for The Guardian of London. Franka Potente (uncredited) as Marie Helena Kreutz, Bourne's murdered girlfriend Production Edit Block Scenes were filmed at London Waterloo station between October 2006 and April 2007 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, and other locations in the U.S. References to previous films In the audio commentary for the DVD release of The Bourne Ultimatum, director Paul Greengrass confirmed the following scenes were deliberate allusions to scenes from the previous installments of the Bourne film franchise.

They include: The opening chase sequence of The Bourne Ultimatum is a continuation of the Russian police attempts to capture Bourne in Moscow near the end of The Bourne Supremacy and takes place soon after Bourne's apology to Neski's daughter in the previous film. The scene where Bourne tells Marie's brother, Martin, of his sister's death is very similar to the ending of The Bourne Supremacy, when Bourne apologizes to the Neskis' daughter for killing her parents. The scene where Bourne crashes through a window to attack Desh is similar to the scene where Castel attacked Bourne in The Bourne Identity. After Bourne tells Nicky she will have to run, Nicky dyes and cuts her hair, similar to the scene in The Bourne Identity with Marie dyeing and cutting her hair. She even cuts and dyes her hair into an identical style. During the car chase with Paz, Bourne's car is destroyed in a similar fashion to Kirill's in the climax of The Bourne Supremacy. The sequence also includes similar staging, such as Bourne walking up to Paz with gun in hand but deciding not to shoot.

In the rooftop climax, Bourne tells Paz, "Look at us. Look at what they make you give", reiterating the dying words of The Professor (Clive Owen) in The Bourne Identity. The scene at the end of The Bourne Supremacy in which Bourne tells Landy she looks tired is in The Bourne Ultimatum. The ending of The Bourne Ultimatum, with Bourne floating motionless in the East River, links the opening scene of The Bourne Identity, which utilizes a similar image. The music in both scenes is also repeated. Operation Blackbriar is referred to at the very end of The Bourne Identity by Conklin's superior, Ward Abbott. One of the "terminated" victims files taken from Vosen's safe by Bourne has a photo of Richard Chamberlain, who played the original Jason Bourne in the 1988 television movie The Bourne Identity.

He is identified here as "Robert Golding" and is labeled "US Citizen Classified." Bourne says "This is real" on two occasions: in The Bourne Supremacy when Marie questions whether the man he spotted in Goa was actually an assassin; and in The Bourne Ultimatum when trying to convince the journalist Ross that he is in danger at Waterloo Station. The scene featuring Bourne desperately trying to catch a glimpse of Paz in the London Underground after Ross is gunned down is, according to Greengrass, an homage to the New York City Subway chase in one of his favorite films, The French Connection. Music 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. Release Edit Block Benefit premiere — A premiere of The Bourne Ultimatum 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.

UK premiere — 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 the next day. Australian premiere — The film premiered in Sydney on August 8, 2007, at the State Theatre, with Matt Damon attending. Boise Contemporary Theater Advanced Screening — An advanced 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 was released nationwide on August 30, 2007. Home Video Release — The film was released on both DVD and HD DVD Combo Format 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 includes 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 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 a myriad of 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. Reception Edit Block The Bourne Ultimatum earned $69.3 million during its opening weekend at the box office, a record for a single opening in August and $442.8 million worldwide as of December 14, 2007.

As of August 2009, the film garners a 93% "Certified Fresh" rating (208 positive out of 223 reviews total) at Rotten Tomatoes, higher than either predecessor. The film had a rating of 85/100 on Metacritic, again higher than the first two films. At the end of its theatrical release, the film grossed at total of $227,471,070 in the U.S., making it the highest grossing film in the series. Like its predecessor, The Bourne Supremacy, the film was criticized for its overuse of "shaky camera" work, as Richard Corliss of Time magazine, in an otherwise positive review, wondered "why, in the chat scenes, 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 a CIA sniper... is the sort of thing which happens to us Guardian journalists all the time." Top ten lists The film appeared on several critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007. 1st — Empire 1st — Best Action/Adventure, Rotten Tomatoes 2nd — Claudia Puig, USA Today 2nd — Steven Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer 2nd — Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York 9th — Rene Rodriguez, The Miami Herald 10th — Christy Lemire, Associated Press Academy Awards The film won in all three categories in which it was nominated, giving it the second highest number of awards at the 80th Academy Awards (behind No Country for Old Men): Christopher Rouse for Best Film Editing Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis for Best Sound Karen M.

Baker and Per Hallberg for Best Sound Editing Other awards ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for Film of the Year, 2008 Sequel Paul Greengrass: The 'Captain Phillips' director on Tom Hanks, Somali pirates and shooting a film on the open sea | cleveland.com Media Insider Rewards comments Paul Greengrass: The 'Captain Phillips' director on Tom Hanks, Somali pirates and shooting a film on the open sea CAPTAIN-PHILLIPS-PAUL-GREENGRASS.JPG "Captain Phillips" director Paul Greengrass is expert at realism ("United 93") and thrillers ("The Bourne Supremacy"). (Courtesy of SMPSP/MCT) comments When producing big-budget movies involving ships at sea, Hollywood often turns to sound stages, large water tanks and lots of CGI. For “Captain Phillips,” the new drama about the hijacking of an American cargo ship by Somali pirates, director Paul Greengrass had a better idea: use actual ships on an actual sea. Greengrass and crew, including Tom Hanks (who plays Capt. Richard Phillips), spent two months on ships in the Mediterranean Sea near Malta. “Everyone said, ‘It’s a nightmare.

You can’t do that. It’s a director’s graveyard,’ ” said Greengrass. “First and foremost, my father was in the Merchant Marines, so making a sort of sea movie was part of the appeal. And we had real ships, and the experience turned us into a real crew. It was hard work, but there was also a lot of camaraderie. You’ve got the sun on your back, the wind in your face. It made the whole thing very exciting.” “Captain Phillips,” which opens nationwide Friday, charts the true story of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama, which was hijacked in April 2009. The pirates took Capt. Phillips hostage and the rescue attempt eventually involved several U.S. destroyers and the Navy SEALs. View full size Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi in New York. Hanks plays Capt. Phillips and Abdi plays Muse, the head pirate, in Paul Greengrass' "Captain Phillips." (AP) One nail-biting rescue sequence was shot with multiple cameras from the sea and the sky.

“It was certainly the most pressured night of filming I’ve ever done,” said Greengrass, whose films include the superb 9/11 drama “United 93,” and two Jason Bourne thrillers with Matt Damon, “The Bourne Supremacy” and “The Bourne Ultimatum.” “It was intense. We had big ships moving at speed, there’s not much light, a small lifeboat, multiple safety issues, multiple helicopters. You have to try and stay cool and calm, but inside your heart is pumping, the adrenaline is coursing. It feels like you’re driving a fast car down a very steep, windy hill at top speed, with not much in the way of brakes. But it’s exciting. Those are the moments you live for when you’re making movies.” Greengrass, 58, was on the phone from Chicago. The British filmmaker honed his storytelling skills making documentaries in the 1980s. He prefers to shoot long, continuous scenes with handheld cameras, rather than chopping scenes up into separate shots. “Captain Phillips” is a stirring drama that culminates in a super-intense final 20 minutes.

Of course, it helps to have a fabulous actor in the lead. “Tom was a big part of why I wanted to make the film,” said Greengrass. “He’s just such a great actor. I think it is one of the great Tom Hanks performances. He really fattened out that part. It’s the story of an ordinary, blue-collar Merchant Mariner in a desperate situation and how does he come through? He’s also a lovely guy and a true gentleman.” Hanks will likely snag his sixth Oscar nomination for playing Phillips, who co-wrote the book the film is based on, “A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea.” When an actor’s part is finished on a film set, there’s a tradition that calls for someone to say, “That part is complete for so and so,” followed by a round of applause. When Hanks was finished playing Phillips, said Greengrass, “they said ‘part complete for Mr. Tom Hanks,’ and everyone, I mean everyone cheered. The ovation was incredibly heartfelt from every single member of the crew.

I think everybody knew they had been privileged to witness a truly great screen performance.” For the roles of the pirates, Greengrass went in the opposite direction of movie stars, casting nonprofessional actors. View full size Greengrass cast non-professional actors as the Somali pirates. From left: Faysal Ahmed, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman and Mahat Ali. (Columbia Pictures) “We all wanted to cast Somalis to play those parts, and that was the challenge, where do you find the Somali actors? It’s not like there is a Somali acting community in Los Angeles or New York,” said Greengrass. “So Francine Maisler, our casting director, and her team, went to Minneapolis, where there is a Somali community, and we did what you call open casting, and something like 700 to 800 people came the first day. These guys came in, and they were just good straightaway. Barkhad [Abdi who plays Muse, the lead pirate] had a charisma about him, and he looked dangerous. When I met him, you could just tell he wanted to work hard.

They all ended up being really good actors.” Because of his years spent making documentaries, Greengrass is especially sensitive about adhering to the facts. But he also has to produce a dramatic movie that will get hearts pumping at the multiplex. It’s always a balancing act. “Movies can exist on a spectrum, from reasonable and close adherence to the facts, through using the events to create mythologies,” he said. “There have been some very good films that follow that latter part. But given my background and my tastes, I like to get as close to the truth as you can get. That said, you still have to boil down a complicated four- or five-day event into two hours. You have to condense and leave a lot of things out.” In the end, Greengrass was satisfied with getting as much of the true tale on screen as possible. “We haven’t invented characters, and we haven’t invented huge bits of action,” he said. “But it’s not history and it’s not journalism.

It’s a movie.” 'Captain Phillips' Director Paul Greengrass to Receive Cinema Editors' Golden Eddie Award | Hollywood Reporter 3:25pm PT by Carolyn Giardina 'Captain Phillips' Director Paul Greengrass to Receive Cinema Editors' Golden Eddie Award Getty Images Greengrass' award-winning films include "United 93," "The Bourne Ultimatum" and "Bloody Sunday." Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass has been selected to receive American Cinema Editors' Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, which will be presented at the 64th annual ACE Eddie Awards on Feb. 7 at The Beverly Hilton. An examination of the 2009 hijacking of a U.S. container ship by Somali pirates, Captain Phillips has already been honored with four Golden Globe nominations including best director, nine BAFTA nominations including best director and a DGA nomination for best director.

STORY: 'Captain Phillips' Team Reuniting for 'The Director' For his film United 93, Greengrass earned an Academy Award nomination for best director, a best original screenplay nomination from the WGA, BAFTA's David Lean Award for direction and best director awards from the London Film Critics' Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics. He was also nominated for a BAFTA for best director for The Bourne Ultimatum, which received three Academy Awards and two BAFTAs. Additionally, Greengrass has directed the feature films Green Zone, The Bourne Supremacy and Bloody Sunday, which earned the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. He has written and directed TV films concerned with social and political issues, including The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, which was the winner of BAFTA's best single drama award and the special jury prize at the BANFF world television festival. "A Greengrass film simply has its own signature -- from the magnificent handheld camera work to his ability to engage audiences with riveting storytelling, his canon of work is bold and iconic," the ACE board of directors said in a statement.

"His latest film, Captain Phillips, is a masterwork yielding some of the finest filmmaking of the year." The board added: "He maintains one of the foremost director-editor partnerships in the industry with Christopher Rouse, ACE, who has edited all of his features since 2002. It is our pleasure to recognize him with the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year honor for his ongoing contribution to filmmaking at its finest." Past ACE Golden Eddie honorees have included Steven Spielberg, Alexander Payne, James Cameron and Martin Scorsese. E-mail: Carolyn.Giardina@THR.com Twitter: @CGinLA

Question: Who is the English film director of The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93 and Captain Phillips?
Answer: Paul Greengrass