What's the Difference between The Bourne Identity the Book and The Bourne Identity the Movie?
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Jason Bourne
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Jason Bourne
Portrayed by: Matt Damon
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The Bourne Identity Book vs Movie
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Bourne was an assassin in the Vietnam war with an alias Cain. |
He has an alias of Kane, but he was never in Vietnam. He was an assassin. |
He is treated by a doctor in Marseille for a long period of time, to recover. |
He is treated by the doctor on the boat which finds him.
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The story takes place in 1980. |
The story takes place in 2002. |
Bourne has a microfilm implanted in his hip revealing a bank account in Zurich. |
Bourne has a small laser pointer implanted in his hip revealing a bank account in Zurich.
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An English doctor, Geoffrey Washburn, operates on Bourne's wounds after the ship's captain gives Bourne to him. |
The ship's doctor stitches together Bourne's wounds after retrieving him from the water. |