The Bourne Identity (2002) | Why Would I Know That?

At a roadside diner, Bourne (Matt Damon) shares his identity crisis with Marie (Franka Potente).

FILM DESCRIPTION:
The best-selling suspense novel by late author Robert Ludlum comes to the screen for a second time, following a 1988 made-for-TV movie. Matt Damon stars as Jason Bourne, a barely alive amnesiac with a pair of bullet wounds in his back, pulled from the Mediterranean by Italian fishermen. Bourne's only clue to his own identity is a bank account number etched on a capsule implanted in his body. He quickly finds the Zurich bank where money, a gun, and a few identification documents await, but after he's pursued by security goons at the American consulate, Bourne realizes he can trust no one and offers a German gypsy named Marie (Franka Potente) ten thousand dollars for a ride to Paris. Encountering more professional killers bent on his destruction, Bourne discovers that he possesses a surprising degree of skill in combat, martial arts, and linguistics -- handy talents that clearly indicate his past includes work as a spy and assassin, but for whom? With Marie's reluctant help, Bourne edges closer to the truth, something CIA officials want concealed at all costs. The Bourne Identity co-stars Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, and Julia Stiles.

CREDITS:
TM & © Universal (2002)
Cast: Matt Damon, Franka Potente
Director: Doug Liman
Producers: Patrick Crowley, Richard N. Gladstein, Doug Liman, Robert Ludlum, Frank Marshall, David Minkowski, Matthew Stillman, Andrew R. Tennenbaum
Screenwriters: Tony Gilroy, W. Blake Herron, Robert Ludlum