Movies: With Book Tie-Ins
The Bourne Identity
A man (Matt Damon) fished out of the Mediterranean Sea awakens from an unconscious state, to discover he has been shot several times in the back, and has microfilm implanted in his left hip. But he has no idea who he is because he has a severe cause of amnesia. He soon becomes the target of international terrorists, and the only person who can help him figure out the answers to his true identity is a woman (Franka Potente) who knows his past.
Basic Stats
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Release Date: June 14, 2002
Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Clive Owen,
Judy Parfitt, Gabriel Mann DVD/Video Release Date: January 21, 2003
Director: Doug Liman MPAA Rating: PG-13 - for violence and some language
Screenwriters: Tony Gilroy, Genre: Spy, Thriller
W. Blake Herron
Running Time: 113 minutes
Story Sources: Based on the novel
by Robert Ludlum: The Bourne Identity Country: United States of America
Studio: Universal
Production Company:
Kennedy/Marshall-Hypnotic
Recommendations
The book and the movie, The Bourne Identity, are two very different subjects. The book contains more action, and more thrills then the movie will ever supply. Although I must admit that Matt Damon did an excellent job portraying Jason Bourne. The book is fairly different then the movie, the plots are entirely different but deal with almost the same characters. Some of the characters bearings and statuses are altered slightly, for example Marie in the book is a well-known economist with a doctorate degree, she lives in Ottawa, CA, but is in Zurich, Germany for a conference. In the movie Marie is in Zurich, Germany on a student-visa and is in bad need of money, she doesn't have a doctorate degree, nor is there any mention of her being an economist. Apart from the differences in the plot and the slight change of a couple characters, the movie and book were both excellent over-all. Although I might go so far as to say that the book was a bit better then the movie.
Sequels or Trilogies:
The Bourne Supremacy
By: Robert Ludlum
The Bourne Ultimatum
By: Robert Ludlum
(The books up above are the sequel
and the trilogy to The Bourne Identity.)