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The Bourne Identity (2002) -- A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and without memory, then races to elude assassins and recover from amnesia.
The Bourne Identity (2002) -- A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and without memory, then races to elude assassins and recover from amnesia.

Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   104,789 votes
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Director:
Doug Liman
Writers (WGA):
Tony Gilroy (screenplay) and
W. Blake Herron (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
14 June 2002 (USA) more
Tagline:
He was the perfect weapon until he became the target. more
Plot:
A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and without memory, then races to elude assassins and recover from amnesia. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
An Excellent Non-Stop Action Movie more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Die Bourne Identität (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence and some language.
Runtime:
119 min
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

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Trivia:
The 2 September 2000 draft of the screenplay credits David Self as a writer. He is not credited in the final film. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: One of the musical score songs is entitled 'On Bridge No. 9', referring to Bourne and Conklin on Pont Neuf in Paris. While 'neuf' is 'nine' in French, it is also the masculine singular for 'new', which is the case here. Pont Neuf is actually the 'New Bridge' in Paris, not 'Bridge No. 9". more
Quotes:
Giancarlo: [Picking up an intricately done knot of rope] What's this? You tie these knots? So it starts to come back, huh?
Jason Bourne: No, it doesn't start to come back. The knot's like everything else, I just found the rope and I did it. The same way I can, I can read, I can write. I can add, subtract. I can make coffee. I can shuffle cards. I can set up a chessboard.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Simpsons: The Italian Bob (#17.8)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Tous Les Bateaux, Tous Les Oiseaux more

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Why did Bourne break into the security office?
What happened to the body that was planted in the morgue under the name Michael Kane?
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53 out of 84 people found the following comment useful:-
An Excellent Non-Stop Action Movie, 20 September 2003
9/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The crew of a fishing vessel find a body floating in the middle of the ocean. They bring it on board and the improvised 'doctor' finds two bullets on the back and a Swiss bank account implanted in the hip of the body. The 'body' indeed is not dead but unconscious: he is Jason Bourne (Matt Dammon), a CIA secret and very well prepared agent with amnesia. During the period of fishing in the sea, he recovers his health. Once on shore, he decides to go to the Swiss bank and then to the American Consulate. There he meets Marie Helena Kreutz (Franka Potente, from 'Run Lola Run' and 'Anatomy') and they two together will pass to the most spectacular actions along the film. The great Matt Dammon and Franka Potente are perfect. This movie is everything that 'Tripple X' and 'Die Another Day' intended to be and did not offer to the viewer: a non-stop and excellent action film. Fortunately this screenplay was not in the hands of Tom Cruise, otherwise he would like to perform the role of Jason Bourne and spoil this film, as usual. It is amazing the filmography of Matt Dammon. This great actor knows how to select good screenplays. I am not familiarized with the filmography of Franka Potente ( I believe most of them has not been released on VHS or DVD in Brazil), but in 'Run Lola Run' and 'Anatomy' I liked her performance very much. One thing that called my attention along this movie was her perfect accent in English (with the exception of the 'sh....' expressions in German). The great Chris Cooper and Julia Stiles perform secondary roles along this outstanding action movie. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "A Identidade Bourne" ("The Bourne Identity")

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