Subject: Bourne Ultimatum
Content: The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 film loosely based [1] on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name . 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 . Julia Stiles , David Strathairn , Scott Glenn , Paddy Considine , Edgar Ramirez , Albert Finney , and Joan Allen co-star. The key cast members reprise their roles from the two previous Bourne movies, with additions such as Strathairn, playing a CIA department head; Considine as a British journalist; and Ramirez as a new assassin sent to kill 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 , Turin , Tangier , and New York City to uncover his real identity, while the CIA continues to send assassins after him. Paul Greengrass directed the film from a script by Tony Gilroy , Scott Z. Burns, George Nolfi , and an uncredited Tom Stoppard . [2] The producers were Patrick Crowley, Frank Marshall , Paul L. Sandberg, and Doug Liman , who directed the first Bourne movie, The Bourne Identity . 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. [3] By the end of August 2007, the film was said to be on track to exceed the international box office gross of the first two films in the trilogy. [4] Although all three films have been commercially successful and critically acclaimed, The Bourne Ultimatum is the only film in the trilogy to receive Academy Award nominations.
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