The Bourne Identity is a 2002 American action thriller spy film loosely based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name. It stars Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, an amnesiac attempting to discover his true identity amidst a clandestine conspiracy within the Central Intelligence Agency . The film also stars Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox and Julia Stiles. This film is the first in the Bourne film series, being followed by The Bourne Supremacy , and The Bourne Ultimatum . The fourth movie, The Bourne Legacy, is scheduled for release in August 2012. The film was directed by Doug... Liman and adapted for the screen by Tony Gilroy and William Blake Herron. Although Robert Ludlum died in 2001, he is credited as the film's producer alongside Frank Marshall. Universal Pictures released the film to theatres in the United States on June 14, 2002 and it received a positive critical and public reaction. An Italian fishing boat crew working off the coast of Marseille, France finds an unconscious man adrift in the Mediterranean with two gunshot wounds in his back.
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| Release date: | June 6, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Doug Liman |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 119 Minutes |
| Producer: | Doug Liman, Richard N. Gladstein, Patrick Crowley |
| Editor: | Saar Klein |
| Music by: | John Powell |
| Cinematography: | Oliver Wood |
| Screenplay by: | Tony Gilroy, William Blake Herron |
| Estimated budget: | $60,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Bourne Identity |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action, Adventure |