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The farmhouse sequence (one final choice)

Bill Simmons: The opening fishing-boat rescue throws the audience directly into the mystery, with bullets and a bank-account projector removed from Bourne's body.

Bill Simmons: Bourne opening the Swiss security-deposit box works because its passports, money, and weapon reveal a past he cannot remember.

The film

The Bourne Identity (2002)

Directed by Doug Liman · Action

119 minutes

Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Matt Damon Jason Bourne
Franka Potente Marie Kreutz
Chris Cooper Alexander Conklin
Clive Owen The Professor
Brian Cox Ward Abbott

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