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The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

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• In a scene in the C.I.A. deep-cover New York City office, an image of Donald Rumsfeld is visible on a computer monitor.
  
  
• A copy of former United States President Bill Clinton's autobiography, "My Life," is visible on a shelf in Vosen's office. A copy of Nelson Mandela's autobiography, "Long Walk to Freedom," is visible above Clinton's.
  
  
• Theatrical-release prints were delivered to cinemas in two shipments, each with a fake title. Odd numbered reels were labeled "Umber"; even numbered reels were labeled "Buum."
  
  

• The film crew were unable to shut down Waterloo station, so pedestrians in the station can be seen looking and pointing at the camera.
  
  
• Voted as Movie of the Year 2007 by Empire magazine. It is Paul Greengrass's second work in a consecutive year to be voted Movie of the Year by Empire. His previous film, United 93 (2006) was voted as Movie of the Year 2006.
  
  
• Paul Greengrass states in the R2 DVD commentary that the relationship between Nicky and Bourne, prior to his amnesia was deliberately scripted and filmed as "ambiguous but significant".
  
  
• A picture of the film's producer Frank Marshall appears as one of the terminated agents in the file that Joan Allen faxes.
  
  
• In the Tangier chase scene Nicky and Desh are seen pushing past the citizens. These are not extras; Tangier was too crowded and the flow of the people was hard to control, hence the two actors are genuinely pushing through the crowd.
  
  
• A set had to be created for the Moscow scenes. Since the opening scene of the film takes place directly after the ending of The Bourne Supremacy, yet the production time difference was several months, it was January in Moscow. This would have been too cold and Berlin was chosen as the location of the shoot. The fake snow was made using paper and foam, and took an excess of 5 hours to cover the entire set. Paper and foam were used instead of real snow so there was no risk of melting.
  
  
• As with the previous films. The type of martial arts used by Jason Bourne is a combination of Filpino Kali along with Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do. The character of Desh uses the same as well as some moves from the Brazilian martial art of Capoeira.
  
  

• SPOILER: Jason Bourne's final line ("Look at us. Look at what they make you give.") echoes The Professor's (Clive Owen) dying words in The Bourne Identity (2002).
  
  
• SPOILER: The production devoted six weeks to filming the climactic car chase in lower Manhattan. In the sequence all vehicles are being operated at no more than thirty-five miles per hour (35 M.P.H.) because the New York Police Department would not allow greater speed due to concern for public safety.
  
  
• SPOILER: Operation Blackbriar, the focal point of the film, was introduced in The Bourne Identity (2002). Near the end of that film, Abbott is before a U.S. Congressional review board and explains Treadstone was a failure; then he closes a file and discusses Operation Blackbriar.
  
  

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