The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

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

Writers:

Robert Ludlum (novel), Tony Gilroy (screenplay)

Stars:

Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Joan Allen

5 wins & 22 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matt Damon	...	Jason Bourne
Franka Potente	...	Marie
Brian Cox	...	Ward Abbott
Julia Stiles	...	Nicky
Karl Urban	...	Kirill
Gabriel Mann	...	Danny Zorn
Joan Allen	...	Pamela Landy
Marton Csokas	...	Jarda
Tom Gallop	...	Tom Cronin
John Bedford Lloyd	...	Teddy
Ethan Sandler	...	Kurt
Michelle Monaghan	...	Kim
Karel Roden	...	Gretkov
Tomas Arana	...	Martin Marshall
Oksana Akinshina	...	Irena Neski

Storyline

Two years ago, Jason Bourne thought he had walked away from his past. But now the past catches up to Jason Bourne when the CIA threatens to ruin his new life. Bourne and Marie have maintained their anonymous, underground existence at the cost of permanence. Fueled by splintered nightmares and haunted by the past he cannot remember, Bourne moves Marie from city to city, trying to remain one step ahead of the threat implicit in every unexplained stranger's glance, every "wrong number" phone call--that at any second, without any warning, he might get pulled back into the world he hopes he left behind.

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Plot Keywords:

hidden truth | suspense | secret past | dark past | amnesia | 

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Taglines:

They should have left him alone.

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Genres:

Action | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and intense action, and for brief language

Did You Know?

Trivia

In a 2012 BAFTA Screenwriters' Lecture, uncredited screenwriter Brian Helgeland explained that part of Tony Gilroy's initial script was set in the USSR, even though that government had fallen over 10 years earlier. Helgeland was brought on five days before production began and completely rewrote Gilroy's script. Although the studio rejected the new script, they did change the USSR setting. Throughout production, Paul Greengrass would change Gilroy's script with Helgeland's, resulting in the final film.

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Goofs

When Pamela Landy arrives in Berlin she and her team get into two black vehicles. The next shot shows these vehicles driving down the road and it is clearly visible that the first vehicle's number plate is 'BAS7227' and the second vehicle's number plate is 'BWB942'. However when the shot changes you are able to see the vehicles from the back, and vehicle 'BAS7227' is now second in the convoy while vehicle 'BWB942' is first.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Conklin: [voiceover - memories] This is not a drill, soldier. We clear on that? This is a live project. You are go. Training is over. Training is over.

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits the Marines are listed as Jarheads.

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Alternate Versions

The NBC TV network version does the usual time and content edits. The most obvious change is Abbott's suicide being shown off-screen with a cut to outside the building and the gunshot sound and audio of Pamela Landy's shock being heard, all contrary to the theatrical version which showed it in more intense detail.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Greatest Chase Movies of All Time (2017)

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Soundtracks

Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52
(uncredited)
Composed by Frédéric Chopin
Played in the Hotel Brecker lobby

User Reviews

As Good As The First One

Matt Damon returns for the second of the "Bourne" movies in "The Bourne Supremacy." Living in India with his girlfriend (played by Franka Potente), Damon's worst fears comes true when he is pursued by a secret agent (Karl Urban). Believing it is the CIA out to kill him, Damon takes the fight to them, unaware that Urban works for a rich, Russian businessman who wants Damon dead to tie up loose ends that began in the first movie. Complicating matters is that Urban has framed Damon for the deaths of a few CIA agents. With two groups out to kill him, Damon not only has to fight to stay alive, he has to figure out why he is being targeted for termination and by who. Although "Supremacy" has a new director, the feel of the first movie carries over to this one — in other words, if you liked "Identity," you will like "Supremacy." Fast pacing, frenetic action, a likable hero, and a new revelation of Damon's past all lead to a very entertaining movie. My most memorable, movie moment of "The Bourne Supremacy" is the scene when Damon fights another Treadstone agent. The fight is raw, brutal, and nasty — something "Bourne" fans have come to expect.

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Details

Official Sites:

UIP [France] Universal Pictures [UK]

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English Russian German Italian

Release Date:

23 July 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Bourne Supremacy

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$52,521,865, 25 July 2004

Gross USA:

$176,241,941

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$290,835,269

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Motion Picture THETA Produktionsgesellschaft, The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1