The Bourne Identity

Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle, et al.

Product Description

An amnesiac assassin flees toward the truth with a woman he has kidnapped. From the Robert Ludlum novel.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 085392356522
• Release Date: August 2002
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Warner Home Video
• Director: Roger Young
• Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle, Donald Moffat, Yorgo Voyagis, Denholm Elliott
• Runtime: 3 hours, 10 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Closed-captioned; Color; Widescreen; NTSC
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Bourne is a lot nicer than in the book.

This is an intriguing TV mini-series, and it will hold your attention from beginning to end. The plot is well-conceived, and there are no holes to drive trucks through. They could not have picked better actors for the characters. They may not match the descriptions in the book, but this is not a book. An introductory scene with a body (Richard Chamberlain) sinking slowly in the water. It looked like the body may have a few holes in it. It is found and unceremoniously dumped at the door of a doctor (Denholm Elliott). As he recovers from his wounds, we realize he has amnesia. People are out to kill him. He had a capsule embedded in his body that contained what looked like a code. He must find out who he is and why people are out to get him. In the process, it looks more and more like he is a well-known terrorist. The Bourne in the movie is much nicer than the book version. You have to make allowances for the transformation to the screen. However, he does a lot more borrowing instead of stealing and is not as vicious with people on his travels. The director did not distort the story for his agenda, as later versions of this story did. The basic story is someone wakes up with amnesia and naturally must find out who he is and why someone wants to kill him. As with all the amnesia stories, he could be good, bad, or (I'm not going to say ugly) the person he is seeking.