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The Bourne Identity (2002)

PG_13 119 min  -  Action | Crime | Mystery  -   14 June 2002 (USA)
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A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and without memory, then races to elude assassins and recover from amnesia.

Director:

Doug Liman

Writers:

Tony Gilroy (screenplay), W. Blake Herron (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

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Storyline

Based very loosely on Robert Ludlum's novel, the Bourne Identity is the story of a man whose wounded body is discovered by fishermen who nurse him back to health. He can remember nothing and begins to try to rebuild his memory based on clues such as the Swiss bank account, the number of which, is implanted in his hip. He soon realizes that he is being hunted and takes off with Marie on a search to find out who he is and why he is being hunted. Written by ibjsm  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Bank Account | Passport | Fishing Boat | U.S. Embassy  | See more »

Taglines:

Danger is Bourne. See more »

Genres:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and some language See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

USA | Germany | Czech Republic

Language:

English | French | German | Dutch | Italian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Agent bez minulosti See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$27,118,640 (USA) (16 June 2002) (2638 Screens)

Gross:

$121,468,960 (USA) (10 November 2002)
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Company Credits

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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital  | SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The film has almost nothing to do with the original novel, while the 1988 mini-series with Richard Chamberlain followed the novel very closely. See more »

Goofs

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the scene where the assassins are coming up after Bourne has talked to his boss you see the third assassin inserting a new magazine into his rifle. However, the sound heard as he inserts the magazine is that of a round being chambered. Additionally, right before he is shot by Bourne as Bourne falls, he is heard to chamber another round (this would in actuality be correct at that point, as he hadn't chambered a round initially, only loaded a magazine.) See more »

Quotes

Jason Bourne: Whatever we do, we have to do it together. We have to...
Marie: We? The only thing we had in common was that neither one of us knew who you were! We are past that now.
Jason Bourne: Marie! Listen to me! The police will find us, and the people who took that picture, the people who killed Wombosi, they are going to come here and they will kill us.
Marie: The people you work for!
Jason Bourne: I will take you wherever you need to go. I will take you there, and I will leave you there. You can do whatever you want, you never have to see me again. But not here. If we stay here, we die.
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Crazy Credits

A thunderstorm sounds in the background of the Universal logo. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Eden of the East: Ôji-sama o hirotta yo (#1.1)" (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"Epoca"
Written by Philippe Cohen Solal, Christophe H. Muller, Eduardo Makaroff
Performed by Gotan Project
Courtesy of ¡Ya Basta! Records
By Arrangement with Big Sounds International See more »