The Bourne Identity

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:	0025192346712
Original Release:	2002
Rating:	PG-13
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:59:00
Sales rank:	6,907

Special Features

Alternate Opening and Alternate Ending; Deleted Scenes; 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; The Speed of Sound; Inside a Fight Sequence; Moby"Extreme Ways" Music Video; Feature Commentary with Director Doug Liman

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

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Bourne Identity
1. "Dead" Man [6:27]
2. It's Not Coming Back [2:06]
3. To Switzerland [3:03]
4. The Wombosi Problem [1:59]
5. My Name Is Jason Bourne [6:04]
6. The American Embassy [5:57]
7. Find Jason Bourne [3:34]
8. Marie Helena Kreutz [7:20]
9. Home [7:19]
10. Assassin [4:30]
11. The Right Thing [3:24]
12. Paris Pursuit [:32]
13. Mr. Kane's Hotel Bill [4:04]
14. The Wombosi Connection [5:32]
15. Eamon [7:59]
16. The Killer Outside [8:42]
17. Bourne's Game [1:30]
18. A Malfunctioning Weapon [3:44]
19. Forced Retirement [7:39]
20. End Titles [6:58]
21. Chapter 21 [6:33]

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Disc #1 -- The Bourne Identity
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Alternate Opening and Alternate Ending
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Introduction with Executive Producer Frank Marshall, Screenwriter Tony Gilroy and Actor Brian Cox
Alternate Opening
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The Bourne Mastermind: Robert Ludlum
Access Granted: An Interview with Screenwriter Tony Gilroy
From Identity to Supremacy: Jason and Marie
The Bourne Diagnosis
Cloak and Dagger: Covert Ops
The Speed of Sound
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Wombosi on the Private Jet
Bourne and Marie By the Side of the Road
Psychologist Discusses Bourne
Bourne and Marie Practice on Subway
Inside a Fight Sequence
Moby "Extreme Ways" Music Video
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Editorial Reviews

A tight, gripping spy thriller that's nonetheless a pleasant surprise given a notoriously difficult production that included an incomplete script, usually an omen of impending artistic doom. Not to disparage his abilities in any way -- a pair of showdowns with rival assassins are high-octane show stoppers -- but so much of what works about director Doug Liman's make-or-break studio debut is in the absolutely superb, even brilliant, casting. Matt Damon is perfect in a role that requires him to be simultaneously smart but baffled, competent but confused, lethal but little-boy-lost. By comparison, Richard Chamberlain in the late '80s TV-movie version of the same novel plays like a stone carving. Franka Potente is the first solid, realistic female foil to hit this genre in a long, long time, leaving one to wonder what exactly the James Bond producers will do with characters like Pussy Galore and Honey Ryder now that they've been trumped by the modern, feminist approach of Bourne and the spoofing jabs of the Austin Powers series. Praise must also be heaped on the blink-and-you'll-miss-it performance of Clive Owen as a rival assassin, whose chilling performance suddenly twists into eerie poignancy in a Van Gogh-inspired death scene that occurs in a wheat field bursting with crows, an unexpectedly quiet high point of the film. The always reliably efficient Chris Cooper, who never seems to use a movement, facial expression, or vocal inflection without deliberate care, seems at first an odd choice for a villain, until it becomes clear that his character's villainy is hopelessly intertwined with his very bureaucratic flunkeyism. Envisioned by Universal as a franchise-launcher with at least two follow-ups to come, The Bourne Identity is a solid kick-start to a series that will, hopefully, remain grounded in the sort of reality that makes the film a slick, enjoyable thriller.