The Bourne Identity (1988 film)

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The Bourne Identity
Directed by Roger Young
Produced by Frederick Muller
Written by Novel:
Robert Ludlum
Screenplay:
Carol Sobieski
Starring Richard Chamberlain
Jaclyn Smith
Anthony Quayle
Donald Moffat
Music by Laurence Rosenthal
Release date(s) 1988
Running time 185 min.
Language English, French, German
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The Bourne Identity is a 1988 miniseries adaptation of Robert Ludlum's bestselling book of the same name (1980).

The film follows the storyline of the first novel, with a rather long run-time (3 hours 5 min). With commercials added, the running time was extended to four hours, and the film was first shown on ABC in two two-hour installments over two nights.

In 2002, a Hollywood version of The Bourne Identity was released, with sequels The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum released in 2004 and 2007 respectively. The first film was based loosely upon the original Ludlum source novel. The sequels used original stories and did not follow the Ludlum source novels.

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