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Are you ready to reveal your secret identity as a Bourne aficionado? Test your knowledge with this Jason Bourne movie quiz.Actor Matt Damon plays the character Jason Bourne in the "Bourne" film franchise. Actors Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe and Sylvester Stallone were all considered before Damon landed the role.
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"The Bourne Identity" was the first film of the franchise and was released on June 14, 2002. The film was originally slated for release in September 2001 but was delayed by the re-shooting of a few scenes.
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In "The Bourne Identity," Jason Bourne is discovered by fishermen in the Mediterranean Sea. When Bourne regains consciousness on the boat, he has no memory of who he is.
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In "The Bourne Identity" Bourne first meets Marie Kreutz at a U.S. Embassy. The Marines seen in the film were actual U.S. Marines assigned to embassies in Europe who appeared in their own authentic uniforms.
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Actor Richard Chamberlain played the character Jason Bourne in a 1988 television miniseries titled "The Bourne Identity" on ABC.
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In "The Bourne Identity" Jason Bourne pays Marie $20,000 to drive him from Zurich to Paris. German actress Franka Potente plays Marie Kreutz in the film. In the original screenplay, Marie was an American student abroad, but the role was re-written with a German twist when Potente landed the part.
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In the movie "The Bourne Identity" Jason Bourne says to Marie, "How could I forget about you? You're the only person I know."
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Robert Ludlum is the original author of the "Jason Bourne" book trilogy on which the films are loosely based. The first book in the series, "The Bourne Identity," was published in February 1980. After Ludlum's death in 2001, author Eric Van Lustbader penned an additional nine books in the "Bourne" series.
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In the opening scenes of "The Bourne Supremacy" Jason Bourne and Marie Kreutz are hiding in Goa, India. Goa is a small state and former Portuguese colony on the western coast of India.
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In the film "The Bourne Identity" Jason Bourne fails to assassinate the fictional Nigerian politician Nykwana Wombosi. Wombosi shoots Bourne twice as he falls into the sea, triggering Bourne's memory loss.
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In "The Bourne Supremacy" the fictional Brecker Hotel is located in Berlin, Germany. The hotel is the site of character Jason Bourne's first mission.
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In the "Bourne" movies the title character Jason Bourne is part of a top-secret CIA program named Operation Treadstone.
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Jason Bourne's real name before joining Operation Treadstone in the "Bourne" movies was David Webb.
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In "The Bourne Supremacy" character Ward Abbott kills his CIA subordinate Danny Zorn to cover his own crimes. Emmy Award-winning actor Brian Cox plays Ward Abbott in the "Bourne" movies.
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In "The Bourne Identity" Jason Bourne discovers that he had been living in Paris as John Michael Kane before he disappeared for several weeks.
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"The Bourne Legacy" is based on the character Aaron Cross and is played by actor Jeremy Renner. The film does not feature Matt Damon.
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In the film "The Bourne Identity" character Alex Conklin tells his CIA staff, "I want Bourne in a body bag by sundown."
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In "The Bourne Supremacy" character Jason Bourne uses a tightly rolled magazine as a weapon while fighting fellow Treadstone operative Jarda. Matt Damon trained in boxing, Jeet Kune Do and Filipino Kali martial arts for his role as Jason Bourne.
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In "The Bourne Ultimatum," Simon Ross is a reporter for The Guardian newspaper. The Guardian is a British national newspaper that was founded in 1821.
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In "The Bourne Supremacy" the character Marie Kreutz is shot by a Russian assassin named Kirill. Actor Karl Urban plays the assassin, who was known only as 'Mock-Bourne' in early drafts of the script.
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At the end of "The Bourne Supremacy" Pam Landy reveals to Jason Bourne that she knows he is from Nixa, Mo. Bourne's hometown is an actual place: Nixa is in southwest Missouri and has a population of about 19,000 people.
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The Waterloo station is featured in the film "The Bourne Ultimatum." Filmmakers were not allowed to shut down the station for production, so pedestrians can be seen pointing and looking at the camera during the movie.
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"The Bourne Legacy" features the character Aaron Cross, who is part of an experimental operation codenamed Outcome. Cross is played by actor Jeremy Renner.
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In "The Bourne Legacy" Aaron Cross is known as Outcome No. 5 within the CIA operation.
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In "The Bourne Supremacy" Pam Landy gives Jason Bourne the address of the Treadstone facility by using the numbers 4-15-71. The address of the fictional facility is 415 East 71st St. in New York City.
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In "The Bourne Legacy" Dr. Marta Shearing helps wean Aaron Cross off of the medication provided by Operation Outcome. Actress Racheal Weisz plays character Marta Shearing.
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In 2008, "The Bourne Ultimatum" became the only movie in the franchise to win an Oscar. "The Bourne Ultimatum" won Oscars for three categories; Best Achievement in Film Editing, Best Achievement in Sound Editing and Best Achievement in Sound Mixing.
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In "The Bourne Identity" Jason Bourne carries a red bag into the U.S. Embassy. The original red bag prop used in the film is now owned by Adam Savage of the television show "Mythbusters."
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In "The Bourne Ultimatum" Noah Vosen tells CIA staff to "issue a standing kill order on Jason Bourne, effective immediately." The character Noah Vosen is played by long-time actor David Strathairn.
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In "The Bourne Legacy" Aaron Cross writes "no more" on a mirror.
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