The Bourne Identity
He was the perfect weapon until he became the target.
2002 | 119m | English
Popularity: 10 (history)
| Director: | Doug Liman |
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| Writer: | Tony Gilroy, Robert Ludlum, William Blake Herron |
| Staring: |
| Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for? | |
| Release Date: | Jun 14, 2002 |
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| Director: | Doug Liman |
| Writer: | Tony Gilroy, Robert Ludlum, William Blake Herron |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | sniper, escape, mission of murder, cell phone, langley virginia, jason bourne, assassin, barcelona, spain, lovers, multiple identities, safe deposit box, intense, amnesia, spy, flashback, surveillance camera, hand to hand combat, powerful, paris, france, secret identity, shootout, hamburg, germany, action hero, based on novel or book, passport, foot chase, fishing boat, bourne |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Hypnotic, Kalima Productions, Stillking Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $214,034,224
Budget: $60,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Patrick Corcoran | Executive Assistant |
| Cyrille Hertel | Stunt Double |
| Joseph Middleton | Casting |
| Dan Weil | Production Design |
| Laurent Piron | Art Direction |
| Alexandrine Mauvezin-Bosque | Set Decoration |
| Catherine Boisgontier | Costume Supervisor |
| Christian Calviera | Costume Supervisor |
| Hana Kučerová | Costume Supervisor |
| T. David Pash | Production Manager |
| Tink Ten Eyck | Production Supervisor |
| Jana Chovancova | Art Department Coordinator |
| Karen Baker Landers | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Per Hallberg | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Christopher Assells | Sound Effects Editor |
| Mark Choi | Sound Effects Editor |
| Bruce Tanis | Sound Effects Editor |
| Perry Robertson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Dan Hegeman | Sound Effects Editor |
| Dino DiMuro | Sound Effects Editor |
| Scott Millan | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Bob Beemer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Dan O'Connell | Foley |
| Pamela Choules | Visual Effects Editor |
| Linda Drake | Visual Effects Editor |
| Peter Donen | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Catherine Sudolcan | Visual Effects Producer |
| Darin McCormick-Millett | Visual Effects Producer |
| David Dwiggins | Visual Effects Producer |
| Jaromír Šedina | Steadicam Operator |
| Egon Endrényi | Still Photographer |
| Mikaël Monod | Gaffer |
| Sarka Zvolenska | Set Costumer |
| Peter Ettinger | First Assistant Editor |
| Thomas M. Harrigan | First Assistant Editor |
| Bunny Andrews | Music Editor |
| Jiří Husák | Transportation Coordinator |
| Claudine Strasser | Script Supervisor |
| Michael Singer | Unit Publicist |
| Tommaso Pellicci | Location Manager |
| Marella Gambaro | Location Manager |
| Alain Darthou | Construction Coordinator |
| Fabien Pondevaux | Location Scout |
| Nathalie Sarret | Painter |
| Isabelle Kostic Crosley | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Jean-Marc Auriol | Standby Painter |
| Adam Kowalski | Camera Operator |
| Gil Pannetier | First Assistant Camera |
| Kay Georgiou | Key Hair Stylist |
| Patrick Girault | Hairstylist |
| James McKee Smith | Additional Music |
| Marc Leroyer | Armorer |
| Václav Kocman | Driver |
| Bianca Bezdek-Goodloe | Legal Services |
| Martin Grange | Picture Car Coordinator |
| Whitney Scott Bain | Post Production Assistant |
| Sean T. Stratton | Post Production Supervisor |
| Barbora Ruzicková | Set Production Assistant |
| Fabrice Allan | Stand In |
| Julien Pruvot | Transportation Captain |
| Jenny Panoutsopoulos | Unit Production Manager |
| Miroslav Pavlík | Video Assist Operator |
| Stephen R. Sheridan | Color Timer |
| Jan Cermak | Best Boy Electric |
| Alexandre Diaz | Electrician |
| Gabriela Bártková | Production Accountant |
| Hilde Odelga | Production Coordinator |
| Pierre-Yves Bruneel | Boom Operator |
| Julianne Jordan | Music Supervisor |
| Bernard Bats | Production Sound Mixer |
| Malcolm Luker | Scoring Mixer |
| Jeff Glueck | Sound Engineer |
| Steve Watson | 24 Frame Playback |
| Ken Dackermann | Digital Compositors |
| Philippe Hubin | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Sarah Peacock | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Bettina von den Steinen | Supervising Art Director |
| Gary Hebert | Title Designer |
| Steven Desbrow | Aerial Camera Technician |
| Jeremy Braben | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Martin De Chabaneix | Camera Loader |
| Jean-Pierre Deschamps | Key Grip |
| Damien Auriol | Grip |
| Jean-Luc Russier | Key Makeup Artist |
| Patricia Planche | Makeup Artist |
| Jean-Christophe Spadaccini | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Jim Pearson | Marine Coordinator |
| Claire Letouze | Second Assistant Director |
| Petr Němeček | Third Assistant Director |
| Liza D. Espinas | Associate Editor |
| Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter |
| Vanessa Baker | ADR Voice Casting |
| Julie Meunier | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Caroline Mendez | Assistant Production Manager |
| Claire Hammond | Casting Assistant |
| Kate Dowd | Local Casting |
| Julie Feiner | ADR Editor |
| Todd Egan | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Michael Hertlein | Foley Editor |
| Kevin Connolly | Musician |
| Anna MacKenzie | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Fumi Mashimo | Lead Animator |
| Bruce Fowler | Orchestrator |
| Kimaree Long | Dialogue Editor |
| Mark L. Mangino | Dialogue Editor |
| Stephanie Flack | Dialogue Editor |
| Lauren Stephens | Dialogue Editor |
| Karel Vaňásek | Property Master |
| Pascal Lavoué | Property Master |
| Loïc Barnier | Costumer |
| Nathalie Suhard | Dresser |
| Inès de la Bévière | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Jeremy Moffett | Third Assistant Director |
| Thomas Lechevallier | Art Department Trainee |
| Jan Kotik | Graphic Designer |
| Jerome Fortier | Head Carpenter |
| Benoît Sanson | Property Buyer |
| Wendy Czajkowsky | ADR Mixer |
| Colin Cooper | ADR Recordist |
| Tony Negrete | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| John T. Cucci | Foley Artist |
| James Ashwill | Foley Mixer |
| Linda Lew | Foley Recordist |
| Mario Lorenzo | Sound Supervisor |
| Lawrence Michael | Special Effects Technician |
| Scott Hilton | Visual Effects Production Assistant |
| Mamie McCall | Visual Effects Production Manager |
| Laurent Boismaré | Stunt Double |
| Charlie Estepp | Stunt Driver |
| Boris Abaza | Assistant Camera |
| Mario d'Orio | Best Boy Grip |
| Hugues Espinasse | Clapper Loader |
| Libor Brůha | Focus Puller |
| Arnaud Delannoy | Second Assistant Camera |
| Glenn Cunningham | Assistant Editor |
| Mark Sachen | Color Timer |
| Michael Healey | Digital Colorist |
| Hunter S. Ellis | Post Production Coordinator |
| David Koranda | Assistant Location Manager |
| Veronika Lencová | Location Assistant |
| Pete Anthony | Conductor |
| Melanie Boettcher | Accountant |
| Marie-Noëlle Hauville | Assistant Accountant |
| Jérôme Albertini | Assistant Unit Manager |
| Matt Bouchard | CG Artist |
| Mark Freund | Compositing Supervisor |
| Richard Patterson | Digital Supervisor |
| Marie-Sylvie Caillierez | Extras Casting |
| Guy Guermouh | Generator Operator |
| Carolyn Garcia | Production Assistant |
| Marco Bergamaschi | Production Secretary |
| Christopher A. Jackson | Technical Advisor |
| Lou Kleinman | Foley Editor |
| Warren Drummond | Storyboard Artist |
| Jiri Simberský | Stunt Double |
| Gareth Milne | Stunts |
| Jindřich Klaus | Stunt Driver |
| Jiří Horký | Stunts |
| Jan Holíček | Stunts |
| Jean-Jacques Desplanque | Stunt Double |
| Shifuji Shaurya Bharadwaj | Stunts |
| Charlet Recors | Aerial Camera |
| Oliver Wood | Director of Photography |
| Saar Klein | Editor |
| Pierre-Yves Gayraud | Costume Design |
| John Powell | Original Music Composer |
| Tony Gilroy | Screenplay |
| Nancy Bishop | Casting |
| Jean-Christophe Magnaud | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Stefen Fangmeier | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Nick Powell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Jean-Claude Lagniez | Stunt Coordinator |
| Martin Hub | Stunt Coordinator |
| Valentin Monge | Steadicam Operator |
| Dan Mindel | Additional Photography |
| Fanny Stauff | Assistant Art Director |
| Radek Brůna | Stunts |
| Nathalie Chéron | Casting Associate |
| Alain Figlarz | Stunts |
| Frédéric North | Pilot |
| Patrick Crowley | First Assistant Director |
| Chris Hogan | Dialogue Editor |
| Pascaline Girardot | Stunt Double |
| Yan Dron | Stunts |
| Alexis Kinebanyan | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Robert Ludlum | Author |
| William Blake Herron | Screenplay |
| Yvan Quehec | Electrician |
| Doug Liman | Director |
| Don Burgess | Additional Photography |
| Kostas Kefalas | Location Manager |
| Alexander Witt | Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director |
| Viktor Červenka | Stunts |
| Daran Fulham | Set Designer |
| Name | Title |
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| Patrick Crowley | Producer |
| Richard N. Gladstein | Producer |
| Robert Ludlum | Executive Producer |
| Matthew Stillman | Associate Producer |
| Andrew R. Tennenbaum | Co-Producer |
| Doug Liman | Producer |
| Frank Marshall | Executive Producer |
| David Minkowski | Associate Producer |
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Lost count the number of times I've watched The Bourne Identity but it's still a fantastic action-thriller with Matt Damon perfectly cast in the lead which if I recall at the time he was only known for dramas. Some issues with how the sequels were handled, mainly (in TBU) the suggestion Bourne and N ... icki (Julia Stiles) had some sort past relationship when it's pretty clear he was just another black ops agent. In any case, still works almost 20 years later and I'm sure I'll revisit this one again. **4.0/5**
**The Bourne Identity returns the spy genre to hard-hitting realism with face-paced hand-to-hand combat, clever espionage, and a great lead.** In the early 2000s, when James Bond was surfing on laser-melted glaciers and fighting diamond-crusted henchmen and Ethan Hunt was dual-weird diving throug ... h a flock of doves, The Bourne Identity charted a new path. Doug Liman took Good Will Hunting’s Matt Damon, whose biggest action role to this point had been watching Tom Hanks die to save him in Saving Private Ryan and turn him into a hardcore action hero. But unlike Bond and Mission Impossible, Bourne was a grounded and gritty spy that used skill and ingenuity to overcome the duplicitous intelligence agencies that wanted him dead. The action is more realistic and brutal, with the punches landing harder and pens stabbing deep. The Bourne Identity reinvented the spy genre.
Matt Damon ("Jason Bourne") is fished out off the sea by a passing fishing boat and after having had bullets removed from his back, determines to find out just what happened to him. One slight snag - he has absolutely no idea who he is! Luckily, his rescuer has some skill with a scalpel and aside fr ... om the bullets, he removes a small gadget that contains details of a Swiss bank account that ultimately gives him a name, but asks far more questions than it answers. He goes to the US embassy, but that doesn't quite go to plan and in escaping picks up the feisty "Marie" (Franka Potente) and the two have to evade chasing police and would-be assassins as they try to discover the mystery of "Treadstone". It's a gripping, end-to-end spy thriller with short, refined, fight scenes that genuinely engenders suspense and peril. Robert Ludlum's story survives largely intact and Damon, alongside a suitably duplicitous performance from Brian Cox, deliver well.