FILM · 2016 · USA
Jason Bourne
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- #001
Matt Damon admitted that physical training for the Bourne role was much harder in his forties and that he had to follow a very strict diet to maintain his physique during the shoot.
- #002
Filming the Las Vegas car chase took five weeks and the sequence ultimately destroyed 170 cars.
- #003
City officials and the producers agreed that the Las Vegas car chase would be shot only between midnight and sunrise.
- #004
Around the film's release, Matt Damon said there was no other Bourne film in development. He did not rule out starring in a fifth Bourne film, but noted that his age was a concern and that rebooting the series at some point with another Bourne actor was inevitable. Finally, Damon stated that permission for any Bourne incarnation to die in the films would have to come from the Robert Ludlum estate, and that he did not expect that permission to be granted.
- #005
The film was going to be titled "The Bourne Resurgence" until the producers learned that two other films featuring "Resurgence" would also be released in 2016: Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) and Mechanic: Resurgence (2016). Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass said they never liked the original title because it sounded too pleasant. In their view, "Jason Bourne" was a more fitting title because Bourne now knows the whole truth about his past, bringing things full circle.
- #006
Matt Damon repeatedly stated that he would return to the Bourne series only to reprise the role of Jason Bourne if Paul Greengrass also returned to direct the project. Damon and Greengrass announced in November 2014 that they would return for a new installment.
- #007
When Bourne opens the old Treadstone files, the first entry in his records says he joined "Special Forces Delta." In the original Robert Ludlum novel, David Webb joined the US Special Forces after losing his family in a war. He was assigned to take charge of the "hit-squad" soldiers who carried out "Operation Medusa." His code name was "Delta." Halfway through the operation, he discovered a mole in his team: an Australian double agent named "Jason Bourne." Delta confronted Bourne and shot him in the head before the betrayal was confirmed. Once it was confirmed, the death was covered up and Bourne's identity was shrouded in mystery, ultimately leading David Webb to take that identity when he joined Treadstone.
- #008
Jason Bourne speaks 288 words, or 45 lines, in the entire film.
- #009
The requirements for Treadstone operatives are listed in the classified report as follows: All Treadstone operatives will be trained to be highly skilled assassins. * Assets will leave no trace of their existence. * Treadstone agents are INVISIBLE. * Every potential recruit must be investigated and held for a MINIMUM of two years under the Treadstone Secure Systems Act S-4. * Near-superhuman proficiency in the use of firearms or other weapons, sniping, explosives, driving and martial arts techniques.
- #010
Jason Bourne does not speak for as long as twenty minutes in the film.
- #011
Matt Damon and Julia Stiles are the only actor and actress to reprise their roles as Jason Bourne and Nicky Parsons from the original trilogy. Although the characters played by David Strathairn, Joan Allen and Edward Norton were still alive when we last saw them, they are never mentioned or referred to.
- #012
While Alicia Vikander was offered the role of Heather in Assassin's Creed (2016), she was also offered the role of Sofia. She took the former because of the fan factor (she admitted to being a fan of the series), while Marion Cotillard took the role of Sofia.
- #013
This film shows us that David Webb was previously a Captain in the US Army 1st Special Forces Delta, also known as Delta Force (1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, "1st SFOD-Delta"). In the Robert Ludlum novels, Bourne's operational code name in the army (before joining Treadstone-71) was "Delta."
- #014
For the chase scene on the Las Vegas Strip, all the lights and signs of the recently closed Riviera Hotel and Casino were turned on so they would appear in the SWAT truck crash scene.
- #015
At the 2015 Golden Globe Awards, Matt Damon won Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for The Martian (2015). After giving his speech and receiving the award, he immediately had to board a plane to shoot "Jason Bourne" in Las Vegas.
- #016
Tony Gilroy was not involved in the first Bourne film. He did not write any of the screenplay.
- #017
In addition to reprising the role of Jason Bourne, Matt Damon also served as a producer and worked on the core story with Paul Greengrass and Christopher Rouse. However, due to other acting commitments, he could not actively contribute to the screenplay.
- #018
The Deep Dream campus shown in the film is a digitally altered version of Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Although the exterior was heavily modified, an unaltered image of Building 20 can be seen on the right side of the shot.
- #019
The files hacked by Nicky Parsons show us that there are/were 10 Black Ops projects: Iron Hand, Spectrum, Hourglass, Rubicon, Spearfish, Larx, Outcome, Emerald Lane, Blackbriar and Treadstone.
- #020
The film shares plot and thematic elements with The Bourne Supremacy (2004), among them: Bourne's female associates are shot in the back and killed during a chase very early in the film, a leading CIA department head works closely with a lone agent (the Asset) against Bourne, Bourne's finale takes place in Berlin, and there is a car chase between Bourne and the rival agent (in both cases Bourne drives a sedan while the rival drives a large truck).
- #021
When Nikki travels to Reykjavík to visit the hackers' hideout, an old Atari ST computer from the 1980s is visible next to the spot where she sets up her laptop.
- #022
Matt Damon refused to voice Jason Bourne in the video game The Bourne Conspiracy (2008) because of its excessive violence, which means this was his first time playing Bourne since The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).
- #023
This is the only Bourne film in which Bourne pursues his rival during the dedicated car chase. In the car chases of all the previous films, Bourne was the one being pursued by his rivals.
- #024
Jeremy Renner's character Aaron Cross does not appear in this Bourne film. A release date for the sequel has not yet been announced.
- #025
According to Vanity Fair, Matt Damon was paid about 1 million dollars per line of dialogue.
- #026
The armored SWAT vehicle that shreds cars on the Strip was a lighter model from Real McCoy, with a ramp hidden from camera view at its front to help launch cars upward as it passes between them. A real SWAT vehicle would have no trouble slicing sedans like a meat slicer, but at several tons it is too heavy to keep up with the speed of a Dodge Charger.
- #027
At the Icelandic hackers' camp, the languages spoken besides English are, for unknown reasons, Dutch and German. The man who opens the door for Parsons says "Kom maar binnen" (Dutch), meaning "come on in," and the rest is in German. No Icelandic is spoken in the entire scene, and no Icelander appears in it. In addition, the only shot filmed in that country was an establishing shot, with none of the actual action shot there.
- #028
Body count: 14. The Asset has the most kills, with 10.
- #029
Matt Damon and Tommy Lee Jones do not share a scene until the film's 1 hour 30 minute mark; they share only one scene.
- #030
Christopher Rouse, co-writer, executive producer and editor of Jason Bourne (2016), had previously worked as editor on The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).
- #031
Matt Damon and Vincent Cassel (the Asset) were rivals in the Ocean's Eleven series — Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).
- #032
Nicky Parsons's date of birth was revealed to be March 28, the same date as that of Julia Stiles, the actress who plays her. However, because the actress is two years older than the character, the birth years differ by two years.
- #033
The film's cast includes four Oscar winners: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander and Riz Ahmed.
- #034
This was one of many films shot at the Riviera Hotel and Casino. Others include Ocean's Eleven (1960), Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Butterfly (1981), Casino (1995), Showgirls (1995), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), Vegas Vacation (1997), Go (1999), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), Crazy Girls Undercover (2008), 21 (2008), The Hangover (2009), Ghost Adventures (2004) and Sky (2015).
- #035
The final scene between Matt Damon and Vincent Cassel (the Asset) at the end of this film takes place in Las Vegas, the same location as the final scene at the end of Ocean's Thirteen (2007).
- #036
The trailer aired during Super Bowl 50.
- #037
The film's title was announced on 7 February 2016, the day its first teaser trailer was released.
- #038
Paul Greengrass drew his inspiration for car chases from The French Connection (1971) producer William Friedkin and from other films centred on car chases, such as To Live and Die in L. A. (1985), Jade (1995) and The Hunted (2003), which starred Tommy Lee Jones. Jones had also worked with Friedkin on Rules of Engagement (2000) before the two reunited on The Hunted (2003).
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