Greengrass
Britishnoun
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There’s no movie star to take charge, and Greengrass doesn’t inflate the passengers into larger-than-life heroes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Director Paul Greengrass, then most recently of “The Bourne Supremacy,” took on the hijacked flight whose passengers fought back before it crashed in Pennsylvania.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Mr. Greengrass stuck with the technique in his hits “The Bourne Supremacy,” “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “Jason Bourne.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Our critic said “At his best, Mr. Greengrass deploys his frequently used facility for establishing a documentary feel . . . to re-create the overwhelming desperation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2025
One night we camped with a party of Shawnees, whose chief was called Greengrass, and who behaved in the most friendly manner to us.
From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various
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