The Bourne Identity (1988) (TV)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Roger Young

Writers (WGA):

Robert Ludlum (novel)
Carol Sobieski (teleplay)

Release Date:

8 May 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller | Adventure | Action | Drama

Plot:

A man is washed ashore the beach of a small French village during a heavy storm. A retired doctor takes care of the unconscious stranger...

Plot Keywords:

Bank Account | Spy | Reconstructive Surgery | Jason Bourne | Gun

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Richard Chamberlain	...	Jason Bourne
Jaclyn Smith	...	Marie St. Jacques
Anthony Quayle	...	Gen. François Villiers
Donald Moffat	...	David Abbott
Yorgo Voyagis	...	Carlos
Peter Vaughan	...	Fritz Koenig
Denholm Elliott	...	Geoffrey Washburn
Michael Habeck	...	The fat man
Wolf Kahler	...	Gold Glasses
Philip Madoc	...	Pierre D'Armacourt
Bill Wallis	...	Chernak
Franziskus Abgottspon	...	Zurich cabbie #2 (as Franciscus Abgottspon)
Frederick Bartman	...	Man in bank lobby
John Carlin	...	Albert Stossel, asst. manager
George Lane Cooper	...	Fritz Koenig's driver

Runtime:

185 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Stereo (remix for video release)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | South Korea:12 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | USA:Unrated | West Germany:16 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

Alan Shayne Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: A suppressor (silencer) is used on a revolver, but suppressors don't work on revolvers because of gas escape from around the cylinder.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Porne Ultimatum (2008) (V)

Fantastic!

I have just finished watching this Movie and felt very complelled to come and write a review on here.

Where to start??! A good compliament of "The Bourne Identity" is simply that the 3 hours went by very quickly, never dragged on. It would have been perfect I imagine when first screened, over two evenings and the end of the first part is an excellent cliff hanger!

I loved the way clues, plot pieces unraveled as the Movie went along. The micro chip... finding out Bourne's name?... various clues forced out of people...

Richard Chamberlain, was good, likeable. He tackled the role very well and was, in the most part, very sucessful. Jaclyn Smith, I suppose, was the reason I watched this Movie. I am a fan of hers, initially from Charlie's Angels of course, and this was the 8th Movie featuring her I have collected. Because it's the most recent one I have seen I would be inclined to say it is my favourite but I honestly think it is! Far too often her Movies are family dramas and this is a Spy Thriller!! Yay! Marie (Jaclyn's character) develops a great deal through the Movie, her preconceptions alter, she falls in love, she becomes stronger.

I get the impression the 2002 version won't spend as much time focussing on the relationship between Bourne and Marie but I think that is just as important as the action. I certainly imagine the action scenes are better. There are no major complaints I can make about the action in this 1988 version except perhaps the "fat villain" may not have been very good at it, not too convincing. To mention one other slight down side to the film (there must be + and -) the opening scene didn't look great, of the ship, looked a bit model-ly.

But that is simply because there was no huge budget, afterall it is a TV Movie, and an excellent one at that! A good cast, Paris was an inspired choice for the main location of the movie and overall this is a Movie with a fantastic plot and main cast.