"Smart, fast-paced and totally gripping" - Chicago Sun Times
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Matt Damon is back as
expert assassin Jason Bourne in the smart, action-packed, $175 million summer
hit "The Bourne Supremacy," debuting on DVD and VHS December 7, 2004. An even
bigger hit in theaters than its predecessor, 2002's "The Bourne Identity,"
"The Bourne Supremacy" delivers wall-to-wall, edge-of-your-seat excitement
from the first scene to the last. Academy Award(R)-winner Damon ("Good Will
Hunting") reprises his role as the amnesiac ex-CIA expert assassin on the run
from his former handlers. Damon is joined by his "Bourne Identity" co-stars
Franka Potente, Julia Stiles, and Brian Cox as well as triple Oscar-nominee
Joan Allen ("The Contender," "Nixon," "The Crucible") in the role of
determined CIA operative Pamela Landry. "The Bourne Supremacy" DVD is packed
with over one hour of riveting bonus features including never-before-seen
deleted scenes. Available in widescreen or full frame, the DVD is priced at
$29.98 SRP ($19.95 MAP). The VHS version is $22.98 SRP ($15.95 MAP). The
pre-order deadline for the DVD and VHS is October 19, 2004.
Mind-Blowing Extras Ratchet Up The Thrills
The DVD's bonus features puts viewers inside the action, exploring the
technology and techniques that made "The Bourne Supremacy" a smash hit with
audiences and critics alike. Features include:
* Explosive Deleted Scenes -- Featuring over 10 minutes of additional
action not seen in theaters.
* Crash Cam: Racing through the streets of Moscow -- Experience how
stunt-coordinators meticulously plan and execute the movie's stunning,
high-speed chase sequence.
* Bourne to Be Wild: Fight Training -- Matt Damon didn't become a lethal
weapon overnight. Watch as Matt Damon and the movie's fight trainer
choreograph the film's action-packed, hand-to-hand combat scenes!
* Blowing Things Up -- Digital isn't always better. See how some of the
film's most awesome pyrotechnical sequences were created -- without
computerized effects.
* The Go-Mobile Revs up the Action -- Feel the rush of being in the
driver's seat with this revolutionary new vehicle used to captured
Matt Damon's high-speed exploits in the movie's jaw-dropping car chase
sequences.
* Anatomy of a Scene: The Explosive Bridge Chase Scene -- Step onto the
set and experience the tension and intense preparation as the
filmmaking team plans and shoots one of the movie's most demanding,
dangerous and thrilling action scenes.
* Matching Identities: Casting -- See what it took to land a part in
this major action hit.
* Keeping It Real -- A look at the edgy and unique style the filmmakers
brought to "The Bourne Supremacy."
* On the move with Jason Bourne -- Travel the globe to visit the film's
exotic locations from India to Berlin to Moscow.
Synopsis
In this action-packed sequel to 2002 blockbuster "The Bourne Identity,"
Jason (Matt Damon) and Marie (Franka Potente) are jolted out of their idyllic
life in self-exile and once again find themselves in the crosshairs of Jason's
former employer, the shadowy intelligence agency that molded him into an elite
assassin. Hunted for a crime he did not commit, Bourne is drawn into a
thrilling, edge-of-your-seat cat-and-mouse game with feuding CIA operatives
Pamela Landry (Joan Allen) and Ward Abbott (Brian Cox), and former handler
Nicky (Julia Stiles). The stakes are higher than ever for Bourne who must
untangle a deadly web of international intrigue, replete with CIA plots,
turncoat agents and ever-shifting covert alliances, while desperately
searching for the truth behind the memories of his former life that continue
to haunt him.
CAST & FILMMAKERS
Director: Paul Greengrass
Screenplay By: Tony Gilroy
Based on the Novel By: Robert Ludlum
Producers: Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley, Paul L. Sandberg
Executive Producers: Doug Liman, Jeffrey M. Weiner, Henry Morrison
Cinematographer: Oliver Wood
Production Designer: Dominic Watkins
Editors: Christopher Rouse, Richard Pearson
Costume Designer: Dinah Collin
Music By: John Powell
Cast: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban,
Gabriel Mann, and Joan Allen
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
DVD
Street Date: December 7, 2004
Order Close: October 19, 2004
Suggested Retail Price: $29.98 SRP (19.95 MAP)
DVD Selection Number: 24993 (Widescreen) 24994 (Full Frame)
Running Time: 1 hour 49 minutes
Number of Layers: Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen; 1.33:1 Full Frame
Rating: PG-13 (For violence and intense action, and for brief language.)
Technical Info: English Dolby Digital 5.1/Captions; Spanish Dolby Digital
5.1/Subtitles; French Dolby Digital 5.1/Subtitles.
Bonus Material: Explosive Deleted Scenes; Crash Cam: Racing through the
streets of Moscow; Bourne to Be Wild: Fight Training;
Blowing Things Up; The Go-Mobile Revs up the Action;
Anatomy of a Scene: The Explosive Bridge Chase Scene;
Matching Identities: Casting; Keeping It Real; On the
move with Jason Bourne.
VHS
Street Date: December 7, 2004
Pre-Order Date: October 19, 2004
Copyright: 2004 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Price: $22.98 SRP ($15.95 M.A.P.)
Selection Numbers: 62597 (English) 63027 (Spanish)
Running Time: 1 hour 49 minutes
Rating: PG-13 (For violence and intense action, and for brief language)
Picture: Full Frame
Audio: Hi-Fi Stereo Surround
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