The Bourne Identity (2002 film)
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
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- No it's not coming back goddammit that's the point! I've been going through all of this... all of this shit for two days.
- 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?
- 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!
- to Conklin
Marie Kreutz
[edit]- (Jason is repeatedly pressing the buzzer for his apartment) I guess you're not home.
- Nobody does the right thing.
- You have ID? (to Bourne at end of film)
Conklin
[edit]- I don't like her. I want to go deep.
- I can't help Jason, unless I know what the problem is!
- You're US government property! You're a malfunctioning thirty million dollar weapon!
- You chose the boat as the goddamn strike point!
Other
[edit]- Nykwana Wombosi: If you are going to kill me, kill me dead!
- The Professor: Look at this. Look at what they make you give.
Dialogue
[edit]- Giancarlo [ship's doctor]: 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- [during a car chase through the streets of Paris]
- Bourne: So…
- Marie: What?
- Bourne: We've got a bump coming up.
- [drives their Mini down a flight of stairs]
- 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.
- [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...
- Bourne: Think I can rent a scooter?
- Marie: You have ID?
- Bourne: (Bourne smiles) Not really.
Taglines
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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 - Nicki Parsons
See also
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Categories:
- 2002 films
- 2000s German films
- Political thriller films
- Films about amnesia
- Bourne films
- Films set in Paris
- Films set in France
- Films set in Zürich
- Films set in Switzerland
- Chase films
- 2000s American films
- Spy films
- Buddy spy films
- Films set in Langley
- Films set in Virginia
- Action thriller films
- Films directed by Doug Liman
- Screenplays by Tony Gilroy