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Release Date
• USA: Jun 14, 2002
• UK: 6 Sep 2002
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 21, 2003
• R2: 10 Mar 2003
Budget $75,000,000
Official Website:
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MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for violence and some language.
Running Time
1 hour, 59 minutes
Country USA, Germany
Studio Hypnotic and Kennedy, Marshall
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Other Titles
• The Bourne Identity
• Die Bourne Identität (2002)
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Spy, Escape, Martial Arts, Murder, Sea, Cult Classic
Tagline: He was the perfect weapon until he became the target.
Plot: As THE BOURNE IDENTITY begins, a man who may or may not be Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is found floating in the Mediterranean Sea and is hauled onto a fishing boat. When the ship's doctor examines the unconscious castaway, he discovers two bullet wounds and an implanted device that displays a Swiss bank account number. With nothing but this code, the amnesiac Bourne travels to Zurich and gains access to a safe-deposit box containing a gun, thousands of dollars in various currencies, and valid passports from numerous countries--each listing a different identity. Within minutes, Bourne is on the run from a seemingly ever-present agency, relying on language and fighting skills he didn't even know he possessed. Offering $20,000 for a ride to Paris, Bourne gains the reluctant help of the nomadic Marie (Franka Potente). Meanwhile, the shadowy organization, headed by a tough-talking bureaucrat (Chris Cooper), sends numerous assassins (including the Professor, played by Clive Owen) after Bourne and Marie. As their situation grows more perilous, the two strangers struggle to find out who Bourne really is and why they are being hunted.Doug Liman's adaptation of Robert Ludlum's best-selling novel is a remarkable exercise in straightforward storytelling, with the director wisely choosing to
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Robert Ludlum
The Bourne Supremacy, The Osterman Weekend, The Bourne Identity | Tony Gilroy
The Bourne Supremacy, Proof of Life, Dolores Claiborne |
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Matt Damon
Saving Private Ryan, Good Will Hunting, Ocean's Eleven |
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The Bourne Supremacy, The Life of David Gale, Great Expectations |
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