The Bourne Identity (2002 film)

I can tell you that our waitress is left-handed and the guy sitting up at the counter weighs two hundred and fifteen pounds and knows how to handle himself. … How can I know that and not know who I am?

The Bourne Identity is a 2002 film starring Matt Damon about an amnesiac-afflicted victim discovering clues to his identity that seem to indicate he is an assassin leading him on a whirlwind secret intelligence caper chase across Europe.

Directed by Doug Liman. Screenplay by Tony Gilroy and William Blake Herron. Based on the novel by Robert Ludlum.

Matt Damon is Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne

[to himself, in French] Do you know who I am? I do not know who I am. [in Dutch] Tell me who I am. If you know who I am... Please stop messing around... ...and tell me.
I'm an American... Okay.
Who has a safety deposit box full of... money and six passports and a gun? Who has a bank account number in their hip? I come in here... and the first thing I'm doing is I'm catching the sight lines and looking for an exit.
I can tell you the license plate numbers of all six cars outside. I can tell you that our waitress is left-handed and the guy sitting up at the counter weighs two hundred and fifteen pounds and knows how to handle himself. I know the best place to look for a gun is the cab of the gray truck outside, and at this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. Now why would I know that? How can I know that and not know who I am?
[to Marie] You can never come back to this car.
I'm definitely Kane. I just had a meeting as Kane. And he knew me as Kane. So I'm definitely Bourne. I'm also definitely Kane.
You got to get out. You got to start running. You get low, you stay low. No more friends. Nothing familiar. There's enough in there for you to make a life. Any life.
You move, you die.
I swear to God, if I even feel somebody behind me, there is no measure to how fast and how hard I will bring this fight to your doorstep! I'm on my own side now.

Marie Kreutz

[Jason is repeatedly pressing the buzzer for his apartment] I guess you're not home.
Sure. Yeah. Sure. Uh, he went out the window. Why would someone do that?
This guy at the front desk was smiling at me. I thought-- all this trouble-- maybe it's easier to just ask for them.
The only thing we had in common was that neither of us knew who you were. We passed that now.
You have ID?

Alexander Conklin

[about Marie] I want to know every place she's slept in the past six years.
Great police work. Really brilliant. Why don't they just hang out a banner that says "Don't come back"? Jesus Christ. What is the French word for "stakeout"?
You're worried about a budget meeting? We don't take care of this, we don't make it to the men's room. Is that clear enough for you? We will burn for this. We will both of us burn.
It only goes two ways. Either you come in and let us make this right... or we'll keep going until we're satisfied.
You're U.S. Government property! You're a malfunctioning, 30-million-dollar weapon! You're a total goddamn catastrophe and by God, if it kills me, you're gonna tell me how this happened.
[to Bourne] Kill Wombosi? Hell, we can do that any time we want. I can send Nicky to do that, for Christ's sake! Mr. Wombosi was supposed to be dead three weeks ago. He was supposed to have died in a way where the only possible explanation was that he'd been murdered by a member of his own entourage! I don't send you to kill! I send you to be invisible. I send you because you don't exist.
For Christ's sake, you're the one who picked the yacht as the goddamn strike point!
You were in, Jason! You were in, it was over!

Other

Marshall: That's Nykwana Wombosi speaking in Paris the day before yesterday. He was an irritation before he took power, a problem when he was in power, and he's been a disaster for us in exile.
Nykwana Wombosi: They want war? Then we will give them war! If they want to kill me, they better kill me the first time. They better kill me dead.
The Professor: Look at this. Look at what they make you give.
Nicky Parsons: It's Bourne, isn't it?
Ward Abbott: Okay, this is... Blackbriar. Blackbriar is a joint DOD communications program that we really feel has good traction to it. It's got legs. It'll run and run.

Dialogue

Giancarlo [ship's doctor]: I'm a friend. I'm your friend. My name is Giancarlo. Who are you? What's your name? What's your name?

Bourne: I don't know. Oh, God...

Giancarlo: What's this? You tied these knots? So it starts to come back, eh?

Bourne: No, it doesn't start to come back. The knots, 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.

Giancarlo: Yes, yes, it will come back...

Bourne: No it's not coming back goddammit that's the point! I'm down here looking through all this shit -- for two weeks, I'm down here. It's not working. I don't even know what to look for.

Giancarlo: You need to rest. It will come back.

Bourne: What if it doesn't come back? We get in there tomorrow, I-I don't even have a name...

Ward Abbott: I was recalling a conversation we had some time ago, talking about Treadstone. I seem to remember Nykwana Wombosi's name might have come up.

Conklin: I'm not sure what we're talking about.

Abbott: Someone tried to take him out. Tried, and failed. Was this Treadstone?

Conklin: You're asking me a direct question?

Abbott: Yes.

Conklin: I thought you were never gonna do that.

Abbott: What happened?

Conklin: Well…we, uh, lost communication with our man.

Abbott: This was almost two weeks ago.

Conklin: We've been working 'round the clock, the whole unit. We've been sleeping down there. Believe me, we're doing everything we can.

Abbott: And you don't let me know this?

Conklin: You never wanted to before.

Abbott: You never made a mistake before.

Conklin: Get everybody up. Do it now. I want them all activated.

Zorn: All of them? At the same time?

Conklin: You heard me. I want Bourne in a body bag by sundown.

Bourne: Fuck it. I can't remember anything that happened before two weeks ago.

Marie Kreutz: Lucky you.

Marie: With you, you'll probably just forget about me if I stayed here.

Bourne: How could I forget about you? You're the only person I know.

Bourne: Do you think I want you to go to the cops? You think that's good for me? You want to go, fine. You go to the cops, I gotta run.

Marie: You tell them what happened.

Bourne: I don't know what happened! I don't know who this guy was! I don't know about that picture! I don't know who I am! Look, I'm-- You're acting like I'm trying to burn you here. I'm just trying to do the right thing.

Marie: Nobody does the right thing.

Bourne: Look, I can't run with you. I can't-- We run-- I gotta live like this. I gotta-- I don't even know who I'm hiding from. These people know who I am. Now I gotta-- I gotta stay here. I gotta figure this out.

Marie: So figure it out.

[during a car chase through the streets of Paris]

Bourne: So…

Marie: What?

Bourne: Uh, we got a bump coming up.

[drives their Mini down a flight of stairs]

Wombosi's Assistant: We need to be careful.

Wombosi: "We?" No, you. You need to bring me back that bastard Kane's head, put it in front of this house, and show them what kind of war we are fighting!

Bourne: Who else is out here? Who else? How many you got with you? I'm not gonna ask you again.

The Professor: I work alone, like you. We always work alone...

Bourne: What do you mean?

The Professor: Who are you, Rome? Paris? Treadstone, both of us.

Bourne: Treadstone?

The Professor: Which one?

Bourne: Paris. I live in Paris.

The Professor: Do you get the headaches?

Bourne: ...Yeah.

The Professor: Oh, I get such bad headaches. You know at night, when you're driving a car? I dunno, maybe it's something to do with the headlights...

Bourne: What is Treadstone?

The Professor: Treadstone sent pills, they said "Go to Paris"...

Bourne: Is Treadstone in Paris?

The Professor: ...Look at this. Look at what they make you give.

Conklin: I can't fix this if I don't know what the problem is. Tell me what we're into, and I'll do the best I can. Why don't you talk to Marie, Jason? Let's ask Marie what she wants.

Bourne: I don't think she gives a shit. She's dead.

Conklin: I'm sorry to hear that. How did that happen?

Bourne: She was slowing me down.

Abbott: Well, so far, you've given me nothing but a trail of collateral damage from Zurich to Paris. I don't think I could do much worse.

Conklin: Well, why don't you go upstairs and book a conference room? Maybe you can talk him to death.

Bourne: Are you Treadstone?

Conklin: Am I Treadstone? Me?! [to Nicky] He's lost it! [to Bourne] You better start filling in the blanks here! 'Cause I thought we were on the same side.

Bourne: Whose side is that?

Bourne: I don't wanna do this any more.

Conklin: I don't think that's a decision you can make.

[last lines; Bourne enters a small shop on a Greek island]

Bourne: This your store?

Marie: Yeah.

Bourne: It's nice. A little hard to find, but... Think I can rent a scooter?

Marie: You have ID?

Bourne: [Bourne smiles] Not really.

Taglines

Matt Damon is Jason Bourne
He never asked to be Bourne.
He was the perfect weapon until he became the target.
Bourne to survive
On June 14, danger is Bourne.
Danger is Bourne.
Who Am I?
Who is Jason Bourne?

Major cast

Matt Damon - Jason Bourne

Franka Potente - Marie Kreutz

Chris Cooper - Alexander Conklin

Brian Cox - Ward Abbott

Clive Owen - The Professor

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje - Nykwana Wombosi

Gabriel Mann - Danny Zorn

Julia Stiles - Nicky Parsons

External links

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