The Bourne Identity(2002)

Name: The Bourne Identity
Director: Doug Liman
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Released: Jun 14, 2002
Cast: Franka Potente, Matt Damon, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox

Universal Pictures

PG-13
Rated PG-13 for violence and some language
1h 59m

Release Date: Jun 14, 2002

84%
93%
A-
7.8

A man is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea with two bullets in his back and no memory of who he is. A Swiss bank account number embedded in his hip leads him to money, passports, and the beginning of a trail. As he pieces together fragments of a life he cannot recall, the CIA begins closing in. A spy thriller about identity and survival.

Release Details

Original Release | Jun 14, 2002 | Wide

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$27,118,640
Total US & Canada:
$121,661,683
Total International
$92,372,541
Total Worldwide:
$214,034,224

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Director & Top Cast

Doug Liman
Director

Franka Potente
Actor

Matt Damon
Bourne

Chris Cooper
Actor

Clive Owen
Actor

Brian Cox
Actor

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Actor

Gabriel Mann

Actor

Walton Goggins

Actor

Josh Hamilton

Actor

Julia Stiles

Actor

Orso Maria Guerrini

Actor

Tim Dutton

Actor

Denis Braccini

Actor

Nicky Naudé

Actor

David Selburg

Actor

Demetri Goritsas

Actor

Russell Levy

Actor

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: DTS,Dolby Digital,SDDS

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States, Germany, Czech Republic

Language: English,French,German,Dutch,Italian,Yoruba

Summaries

Plot Summary

The Bourne Identity is a 2002 American action thriller directed by Doug Liman and written by Tony Gilroy and William Blake Herron. Based on Robert Ludlum's 1980 novel of the same name, the film stars Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, an amnesiac who must reconstruct his identity while evading CIA assassins sent to eliminate him. Franka Potente plays Marie Kreutz, the woman who helps him stay on the move. The cast includes Chris Cooper as CIA operative Alexander Conklin, Clive Owen as a rival assassin, Brian Cox as Ward Abbott, and Julia Stiles as Nicky Parsons. The score is by John Powell. The film was released in the United States on June 14, 2002, by Universal Pictures, grossing $121.5 million domestically and $214.4 million worldwide against a $60 million budget. It launched one of the most commercially successful spy franchises of the 2000s, spawning four sequels. The film was shot across locations in Europe, including Paris, Zürich, and Bourne-end. Core themes include identity, memory, institutional power, moral agency, and survival. The film is for general audiences and is widely credited with reshaping the modern action thriller genre.

Storyline

When a body is recovered at sea still alive, the mystery man (Damon) seems to have forgotten everything in life, including who he was. Eventually he begins to remember smaller details in life and soon finds out that his name was Jason Bourne. What he doesn't like is the gun and fake passports belonging to him. Now Bourne, and his new friend, Marie Helena Kreutz (Potente) travel from country to country in search of his new identity. But someone is not happy to see him alive, and is frantically trying to track him down. — Peet On a stormy night, a young man is pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea by the crew of a fishing boat. Thinking the young man is dead, a curious fisherman with a scalpel finds two bullets in his back and a miniature laser device in his hip. The laser reveals a Swiss bank account number. But our wet hero isn't dead, and soon finds himself in Zurich. In the bank vault the young man discovers his name, Jason Bourne. In addition, he finds a baffling pile of different passports, all with his picture, and a huge pile of cash. In the U.S. Embassy, Jason Bourne discovers his love interest and travel partner, Marie, along with the fact that someone wants to kill him. Armed with a bag of money and mysterious martial arts skills, with Marie by his side, Bourne scours Paris for clues about his identity and past life... and finds himself in the middle of two assassination plots masterminded by the CIA. — Joshua Bess

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Fun Facts

The Bourne Identity (2002) follows amnesiac CIA assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), rescued from the Mediterranean with two bullets in his back and a microchip implant revealing his Swiss bank account number.