The Bourne Identity

The name Bourne came from Ansel Bourne, a preacher in Rhode Island, the first documented case of "dissociative fugue", a condition not unlike dissociative amnesia or dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder). One day in 1887 he forgot who he was, started a new life in Pennsylvania under the name Brown, and opened a convenience store. About three months later, he woke up and not only remembered his life as Bourne, but forgot all of his life as Brown, and was quite confused as to why he was in Pennsylvania.

Bourne arranges to meet his boss on the bridge at 5:30 p.m. The farmhouse decorations indicate it's around Christmas time. At 5:30 p.m. in Paris in mid-winter, it would be almost, if not completely, dark.

A thunderstorm sounds in the background of the Universal logo.

The DVD contains an alternate (more Hollywood-like) ending: Jason looks down on Marie's scooter rental from a hill, then walks down to it. Marie comes out, sees him and goes towards him. Then they embrace and kiss with a glowing sun in the background...