Tagline: They should have left him alone.
The Bourne Supremacy movie storyline. In 2002, an unexpected hero was born with the release of The Bourne Identity-the big screen version of Robert Ludlum’s best-selling novel that had at its center a trained assassin attempting to recover his memory while evading shadowy figures from his past. The edgy and sophisticated espionage thriller featured a towering, against-type performance from Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, and the film went on to become Universal’s highest grossing domestic release of the year and the number one DVD / video rental of 2003.
Now, following the smash worldwide success of The Bourne Identity, Universal Pictures brings the second installment of Ludlum’s series to the screen with Matt Damon returning as trained assassin Jason Bourne in The Bourne Supremacy.
Two years ago, Jason Bourne thought he had walked away from his past. But now, his past is about to return. Bourne and Marie (Franka Potente) have maintained their anonymous, underground existence at the cost of permanence. Fueled by splintered nightmares and haunted by a 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.
When an operative appears in the sleepy village that has been their latest home, Bourne and Marie collapse their lives and head out. His past at the door, their only choice is now to run. But once a line is crossed and the stakes in a new global game of cat-and-mouse are raised, the Jason Bourne created by Treadstone-the covert, now dismantled operation that spawned cold-blooded, professional assassins-returns.
The Bourne Supremacy is a 2004 American-German action spy thriller film starring Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne character. Though it takes the name of the second Bourne novel, its plot is entirely different. The film was directed by Paul Greengrass from a screenplay by Tony Gilroy. Universal Pictures released the film to theaters in the United States on July 23, 2004. It is the second in the Jason Bourne film series. It is preceded by The Bourne Identity (2002) and followed by The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Bourne Legacy (2012), and Jason Bourne (2016).
The Bourne Supremacy continues the story of Jason Bourne, a former CIA assassin suffering from psychogenic amnesia. Bourne is portrayed by Matt Damon. The film focuses on his attempt to learn more of his past as he is once more enveloped in a conspiracy involving the CIA and Operation Treadstone. The film also stars Brian Cox as Ward Abbott, Joan Allen as Pamela Landy and Julia Stiles as Nicky Parsons.
The Bourne Supremacy brought in over $52,521,865 on it’s opening weekend, putting it at No. 1 for the weekend box office (July 23-25, 2004). The film went to gross over $176,241,941 (61.1%) in North America, with the international release being $112,258,276 (38.9%) resulting in a complete total of $288,500,217 worldwide.
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The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, Gabriel Mann, Joan Allen, Marton Csokas, Michelle Monaghan, Karel Roden, Oksana Akinshina, Ethan Sandler
Screenplay by: Tony Gilroy
Production Design by: Dominic Watkins
Cinematography by: Oliver Wood
Costume Design by: Dinah Collin
Set Decoration by: Bernhard Henrich
Art Direction by: Philip Elton, Sarah Horton, Sebastian T. Krawinkel, Peter Wenham
Music by: John Powell
Film Editing by: Richard Pearson, Christopher Rouse
MPAA Rating: PG13 for violence and intense action, and brief language.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: July 23, 2004
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