The Bourne Identity [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Doug Liman

Overview

The best-selling suspense novel by late author Robert Ludlum comes to the screen for a second time, following a 1988 made-for-TV movie. Matt Damon stars as Jason Bourne, a barely alive amnesiac with a pair of bullet wounds in his back, pulled from the Mediterranean by Italian fishermen. Bourne's only clue to his own identity is a bank account number etched on a capsule implanted in his body. He quickly finds the Zurich bank where money, a gun, and a few identification documents await, but after he's pursued by security goons at the American consulate, Bourne realizes he can trust no one and offers a German gypsy named Marie (Franka Potente) ten thousand dollars for a ride to Paris. Encountering more professional killers bent on his destruction, Bourne discovers that he possesses a surprising degree of skill in combat, martial arts, and linguistics -- handy talents that clearly indicate his past includes work as a spy and assassin, but for whom? With Marie's reluctant help, Bourne edges closer to the truth, something CIA officials want concealed at all costs. The Bourne Identity co-stars Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, and Julia Stiles.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/05/2016
UPC:	0025192346699
Original Release:	2002
Rating:	PG-13
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:59:00

Special Features

The Ludlum Identity; The Ludlum Supremacy; The Ludlum Ultimatum ; Alternate Opening and Alternate Ending; Deleted Scenes; Extended Farmhouse Scene; The Birth of The Bourne Identity; The Bourne Mastermind: Robert Ludlum; Access Granted: An Interview with Screenwriter Tony Gilroy; From Identity to Supremacy: Jason & Marie; The Bourne Diagnosis; Cloak and Dagger: Covert Ops; Inside a Fight Sequence; Moby "Extreme Ways" Music Video; Feature Commentary with Director Doug Liman; U-Control: Treadstone Files; U-Control: Bourne Orientation; U-Control: Picture in Picture

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Matt Damon	Bourne
Franka Potente	Marie
Chris Cooper	Conklin
Clive Owen	The Professor
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	Wombosi
Gabriel Mann	Zorn
Walton Goggins	Research Tech
Josh Hamilton	Research Tech
Julia Stiles	Nicolette
Orso Maria Guerrini	Giancarlo(as Orso Maria-Guerrini)
Tim Dutton	Eamon
Denis Braccini	Picot
Judy Parfitt	Actor
Gil Amelio	Actor
Nicky Naud?	Castel(as Nicky Naude)
David Selburg	Marshall
Jimmy Jean-Louis	Wombosi Bodyguard
Demetri Goritsas	Com Tech
Russell Levy	Manheim(as Russel Levy)
Anthony Green	Security Chief
Hubert Saint-Macary	Morgue Boss(as Hubert Saint Macary)
David Bamber	Consulate Clerk
Gwena?l Clause	Deauvage
Emanuel Booz	Taxi Driver(as Manu Booz)
Philippe Durand	Morgue Attendant
Vincent Franklin	Rawlins
Paulette Frantz	Concierge
Thierry Ren?	Wombosi Counselor
Brian Cox	Ward Abbott
John Powell	Composer

Technical Credits

Tony Gilroy

William Herron

Robert Ludlum	Executive Producer
Frank Marshall	Executive Producer
Patrick Crowley	Producer
Richard N. Gladstein	Producer
Doug Liman	Producer
Tony Gilroy	Screenwriter
Joseph Middleton	Casting
William Herron	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

At first glance, boyish Matt Damon might strike you as unsuited to play a formidable secret agent, but he does remarkably well in the role in this intricate, action-packed, and well-crafted spy thriller. Adapted from the bestselling novel by Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Identity opens with the rescue of a badly wounded amnesiac (Damon), who carries beneath his skin a tiny capsule bearing the number of a Swiss bank account. Upon recovering, the befuddled young man claims a veritable fortune -- and passports bearing several different names -- from his safety deposit box. Understandably eager to find out which one of these identities is his real one, he hires a young Gypsy woman (Run Lola Run’s Franka Potente) to drive him to Paris. From this point, the script by Tony Gilroy and William Blake Herron gets incredibly complicated; the Damon character, who uses his "Jason Bourne" identity for the time being, becomes the object of repeated assassination attempts, which he foils by employing skills he never knew he had. Fine character actors Chris Cooper and Brian Cox are chillingly convincing as CIA bigwigs who decide that "Bourne" must be eliminated and assign their top assassin (Clive Owen) to do the job quickly and, if possible, quietly. Doug Liman (Swingers) directs with headlong single-mindedness, hurling his protagonist into one death trap after another and extricating him with dizzying speed. Wintry European exteriors and drab interior settings give the film a grayish cast, but The Bourne Identity isn’t about pretty pictures; it’s about international intrigue and one man’s refusal to be a pawn in some sinister, global chess game. Improbable but engrossing, The Bourne Identity will keep you poised on the edge of your chair.