The Bourne Supremacy
Short description
Jason Bourne has spent two years in hiding with Marie, moving from place to place and living quietly under assumed identities. Memories of the life he cannot fully recall continue to trouble him, and the pair remain watchful of anyone who might recognize them. Their refuge is shattered when a figure from Bourne's past tracks them down, forcing them to run and pulling Bourne back into the world of espionage he had tried to leave behind. The conflict sets him against CIA operatives and professional killers while he works to protect Marie and uncover who has targeted him.
The film is directed by Paul Greengrass, his second feature after Bloody Sunday and the second entry in the series following Doug Liman's 2002 film. Tony Gilroy wrote the screenplay, with Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley and Paul Sandberg producing. Matt Damon returns as Jason Bourne, joined by Franka Potente as Marie, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban and Gabriel Mann among a credited cast of 46. Greengrass went on to direct United 93 and then The Bourne Ultimatum, returning to the character again in 2016.
Released in July 2004, the film had a budget of 75 million USD and took about 289 million USD worldwide, close to four times its cost. On IMDb it holds 7.7/10 from around 511,000 votes, a large sample with a strong score for an action thriller; on TMDB it stands at 7.3/10 from roughly 8,400 votes. Its critics' rating of 7.5/10 from 194 reviews is in line with the audience response.
What's left behind the scenes
- Various devices used by Bourne throughout the film actually exist, and most of them can be purchased in regular stores.
- In the Munich house, Jason Bourne uses a rolled-up magazine as a weapon. His fighting tactics stem from a Filipino martial art – Eskrima. This style involves actively using everyday objects, including ballpoint pens (as shown in "The Bourne Identity" (2002)) and rolled-up newspapers.
- Kirill's pistol is a Walther P99.
- Upon arriving in Moscow from Berlin, Jason Bourne takes a taxi, and we see him driving away from Kievsky Railway Station. In reality, all Berlin-Moscow trains arrive at Belorussky Railway Station.
- Number of corpses: 9.
- During the Moscow chase, Matt Damon is genuinely sitting in the driver's seat of a yellow Volga, but in the most dangerous and complex scenes, a professional stunt driver is actually operating it from the roof of the taxi. The controls of one of the cars (around 10 Volga taxis were used for filming the chase) were brought outside in such a way that they were not visible from inside the cabin.
- The filmmakers had no intention of making a sequel to the story of Jason Bourne, and they planned to conclude the film series with this picture. When a decision was made to film "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Paul Greengrass, 2007), the screenwriters had to develop the plot taking into account the final scenes of "The Bourne Supremacy".
- The pistol used by Bourne in Moscow is a SIG-Sauer P225.
- To achieve the effect of a documentary film, the vast majority of the movie was shot with handheld cameras. The director also tried to avoid the use of computer graphics. Therefore, almost all the stunts in the film were performed live, without the use of special effects.
- The car chase scene on the streets of Moscow received a Taurus World Stunt Award in 2005 in the “Best Vehicle” category. Russian stuntman Viktor Ivanov supervised the staging of this car chase.
- During the chase scene in Moscow, Bourne enters a tunnel. After another collision, it is visible that the front license plate has been torn off one side and bent on the "Geländewagen", and a few frames later we see several times that the plate is in place and not bent.
- Bourne's ballpoint pen is a Rotring 600.
- The music that can be heard in the lobby of the Hotel Brecker is Chopin's fourth ballad.
- During his arrest, the killer shows the police a white card identifying him as an FSB employee – it doesn't resemble an FSB employee ID, a special voucher, or a permit to carry a weapon.
- Originally, the film was supposed to end with a scene in which Bourne tells his daughter, Neski, about the death of her parents. However, audiences at test screenings found this ending unfinished and too vague. Therefore, additional scenes were filmed for the movie where Bourne speaks on the phone with Landy, and she tells him his real name. The additional shooting was completed just a few weeks before the film’s premiere.
- In Moscow, the wounded Bourne enters a large tent called a supermarket and exits from an old high-rise building.
- According to the film's screenwriter, Tony Gilroy, he tried to create not an adaptation of the book for the screen, but a reinterpretation of it.
- It took 4 days to film the scene where the assassins approach the house where they hope to find Bourne. When the explosion occurred, the stuntmen playing the assassins were thrown back by the blast wave. This short episode was filmed with six cameras simultaneously.
- The photograph of Nicky (Julia Stiles) is an actual promotional photo of the actress for the film "10 Things I Hate About You" (1999).
- When Bourne calls Pamela Landy in Berlin, a voice is heard saying, "I need 90 seconds to pinpoint his location." Bourne interrupted the dialogue after 88 seconds.
- In the scene with the secret documents proving the embezzlement of $20 million in the 1990s and revealing the spy, a copy of "Combat Log of the 5th Shock Army" from April 1945 is shown.
- Essentially, the film was shot in reverse order. This means that filming in Moscow took place first, and the scenes in Goa were shot last.
- The film is based on Robert Ludlum’s novel “The Bourne Supremacy” (1986).
- Brian Helgeland finalized the script, but his name is not mentioned in the credits.
- During the filming of the interrogation scene at the consulate, Matt Damon accidentally knocked out Tim Griffin, who played John Nevins.
- In the initial script version, Bourne was supposed to spend a significant amount of time in an Indian prison.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
