I Tivoed what I thought was going to be The Bourne Identity with Matt Damon, but instead got the FOUR HOUR Bourne Identity with Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith from 1988!

That same year, Matt Damon changed the spy genre forever with his starring role in the action thriller The Bourne Identity.

Robert Ludlum’s 1980 best-seller — the first in a trilogy — has been adapted before, as a 1988 TV movie starring Richard Chamberlain. Now it’s ”Bourne” again with a big cast and a ...

The Bourne Identity went through a lot of changes both after and during its production. Even on the script level, the screenplay was being fine-tuned into the film that would eventually hit theaters.

Birth of "The Bourne Identity" This 14-minute making of featurette holds few surprises, with the usual focus on plot and characters forming most of the interviewees' comments.