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The Bourne Identity

  • 20022002
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
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Matt Damon, Franka Potente, and Nicky Naudé in The Bourne Identity (2002)
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A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and attempting to regain his memory.A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and attempting to regain his memory.A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and attempting to regain his memory.
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
552K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,247
17
    • Doug Liman
    • Tony Gilroy(screenplay)
    • William Blake Herron(screenplay)
    • Robert Ludlum(novel)
  • Stars
    • Franka Potente
    • Matt Damon
    • Chris Cooper
    • Doug Liman
    • Tony Gilroy(screenplay)
    • William Blake Herron(screenplay)
    • Robert Ludlum(novel)
  • Stars
    • Franka Potente
    • Matt Damon
    • Chris Cooper
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 993User reviews
    • 246Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
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    Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity (2002)
    Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity (2002)
    Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity (2002)
    Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity (2002)
    Matt Damon and Franka Potente in The Bourne Identity (2002)
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    Franka Potente in The Bourne Identity (2002)
    Clive Owen in The Bourne Identity (2002)
    Chris Cooper, Walton Goggins, and Josh Hamilton in The Bourne Identity (2002)
    Brian Cox in The Bourne Identity (2002)
    Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity (2002)
    Matt Damon stars as Jason Bourne

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    Franka Potente
    Franka Potente
    • Marie
    Matt Damon
    Matt Damon
    • Bourne
    Chris Cooper
    Chris Cooper
    • Conklin
    Clive Owen
    Clive Owen
    • The Professor
    Brian Cox
    Brian Cox
    • Ward Abbott
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    Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
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    Gabriel Mann
    Gabriel Mann
    • Zorn
    Walton Goggins
    Walton Goggins
    • Research Tech
    Josh Hamilton
    Josh Hamilton
    • Research Tech
    Julia Stiles
    Julia Stiles
    • Nicolette
    Orso Maria Guerrini
    Orso Maria Guerrini
    • Giancarlo
    • (as Orso Maria-Guerrini)
    Tim Dutton
    Tim Dutton
    • Eamon
    Denis Braccini
    • Picot
    Nicky Naudé
    Nicky Naudé
    • Castel
    • (as Nicky Naude)
    David Selburg
    • Marshall
    Demetri Goritsas
    Demetri Goritsas
    • Com Tech
    Russell Levy
    • Manheim
    • (as Russel Levy)
    Anthony Green
    Anthony Green
    • Security Chief
      • Doug Liman
      • Tony Gilroy(screenplay)
      • William Blake Herron(screenplay)
      • Robert Ludlum(novel)
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    • Trivia
      Matt Damon climbed down the last 30 feet of the building himself, without a stunt double. He called it "the most gruelling thing I had to do."
    • Goofs
      Bourne arranges to meet his boss on the bridge at 5:30pm. From the farmhouse decorations we know it's around Christmas time. At 5:30pm in Paris in mid-winter it would be almost, if not completely, dark.
    • Quotes

      Jason Bourne: [Getting ready to leave Marie's car in front of his apartment house] Thanks for the ride.

      Marie: Any time.

      Jason Bourne: [after a pause] Well, you can come up, and you can... or you could wait here. I - I can go check it out, but you could wait...

      Marie: Uh, no, no...

      Jason Bourne: [as she is saying no] You could wait...

      Marie: ...no, no!

      Marie: Um, with you, you would probably just forget about me if I... stayed... here.

      Jason Bourne: How could I forget about you?

      [laughs]

      Jason Bourne: You're the only person I know.

    • Crazy credits
      A thunderstorm sounds in the background of the Universal logo.
    • Alternate versions
      The DVD contains an alternate (more Hollywood-like) ending: Jason looks down on Marie's scooter rental from a hill, then walks down to it. Marie comes out, sees him and goes towards him. Then they embrace and kiss with a glowing sun in the background...
    • Connections
      Edited into The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      It's Undeniable
      Written by Robert Ellis Orrall, Shelly Peiken

      Performed by Dave Gallagher

      Courtesy of Infinity Cat Recordings and Peer-Southern Productions, Inc.

    User reviews993

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    8/10
    Fine little action flick
    I can sympathize with reviewers who had read the book and were disappointed by this film and the liberties it apparently took with the story. I've had that happen with books I've enjoyed and it can spoil a film you might otherwise have liked. I never read the book, so I was able to appreciate this film on its own merits - slick, tough, fast-paced and refreshingly devoid of the kind of nonsense that has made the Bond films harder and harder to sit through.

    I'm especially impressed by the fights, which, as other reviewers have pointed out, are among the most believable martial-arts-based fight scenes ever seen. No big grand gestures or Olympian kicks - just fast, nasty moves designed to inflict maximum damage with minimum effort.

    The cast is uniformly good - even Damon, who is no fave of mine, comes across believably as a man who's trained to hold it all in, but isn't sure what it all is that he's holding in. Cooper, Cox and Owen shine in their all-too-brief screen time. Potente is attractive in a real person sort of way (sigh of relief for this genre) and possesses an inner strength that makes her character's actions and reactions ring truer than what we'd get from the traditional Hollywood eye-candy girlfriend these films normally feature.

    From the gritty bowels of the trawler, where Damon awakens to his situation, to the field where he confronts his most deadly assailant, the locations are the antithesis of the travel poster hotspots that Bond so frequently visits. Despite its breakneck pace (handled so well by Liman and so poorly in the sequel by his protégé), the film manages to convey a sense of melancholy that lifts it a bit above the average action thriller. Sorry book fans - it may not be your cup of Ludlum, but it's still a damn fine little action flick.
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    • jadortmunder
    • Mar 12, 2006

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    • Release date
      • June 14, 2002 (United States)
      • United States
      • Germany
      • Czech Republic
      • Universal (United States)
      • English
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      • German
      • Dutch
      • Italian
      • Yoruba
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    • Filming locations
      • Mykonos, Greece
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • The Kennedy/Marshall Company
      • Hypnotic
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    • 1 hour 59 minutes
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