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 The Bourne Ultimatum releases in theatres Friday, August 3, 2007. The film shot sporadically in New York City throughout February to June 2007. 5 years ago, The Bourne Identity was released in theatres, and with its independent vision, turned the action spy genre on its head. Jason Bourne’s saga ends with The Bourne Ultimatum, and the question may finally be answered – who is Jason Bourne? As Bourne travels from Moscow, Paris and Madrid to London and Tangier, he comes closer and closer to answering that question, and the answer lies right here, in New York City. “One of the reasons we came to New York is because we needed to bring Jason Bourne home,” said producer Patrick Crowley. “I think there’s no better city to be able to say ‘He’s in America.’” Of course, another reason so much was shot here is because of the services the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting provides, including free locations, free police assistants and free permits. Additionally, the frenetic energy the city provides fit well with director Paul Greengrass’ intimate shooting style – actors were often on the street with commuters headed to work or returning home – sometimes unaware of a major motion picture being shot in their midst. The film’s final, epic car chase starts off in a highly trafficked area – New York’s Port Authority parking lot – and careens down Seventh Avenue through the streets of the Big Apple, ending in a cataclysmic crash along a K-rail on South Street at the Seaport. One of the most characteristic elements of the Bourne films is the handheld, hurried cinematography, particularly during car chases. To add even more extreme angles during these sequences, stunt coordinators created something called a Go Mobile – a high speed, low center of gravity, chassis replacement stunt driving camera platform. The team also rigged several vehicles with various equipment in order to capture as many angles of the chase as possible. Remote-drive vehicles, or RDVs allowed the actors to appear to be manning the careening cars while a professional stunt driver (atop the car) was actually driving them. The film stars Matt Damon, who shot The Departed and The Good Shepard in 2005 in NYC, Joan Allen, who shot The Bourne Supremacy and Searching for Bobby Fischer in NYC, Julia Stiles who shot The Bourne Supremacy and Mona Lisa Smile in NYC, and David Strathairn who shot The Notorious Bette Page and more recently, My Blueberry Nights in NYC. The film shot in: South Street Seaport Bronx State Supreme Court Port Authority Building on 8th avenue Battery Park Garage JFK Airport The Queensboro Bridge The Waldorf Astoria A Building on 40th between 6th and broadway West 26th Street and 8th Avenue View the trailer. |  |
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