Remembering who you are is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Bourne Identity, from dealing with Director Doug Liman’s erratic behavior to the endless amount of reshooting to get the film right.
 
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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.
 
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Swingers & Go Director Doug Liman
02:06 - The Bourne Identity Flies to Universal
03:09 - William Blake Herron’s Faithful Adaptation
03:35 - Tony Gilroy Brings Bourne Down to Earth
05:36 - Casting Matt Damon as Jason Bourne
06:33 - Liman Ditches Gilroy and Montreal
07:34 - David Self’s New Script Angers Damon
08:17 - Frank Marshall Tries Wrangling Liman
10:14 - Liman’s Paranoia of Universal
10:51 - The New Wave of Action Films
12:06 - Reviving the Farmhouse Set Piece
13:22 - Shooting Clive Owen Without Permission
14:35 - Problem Solving for Editor Saar Klein
15:24 - Reshooting the Ending
16:56 - Debating the Disaster
17:40 - The Bourne Identity Releases June 14, 2002
18:12 - Liman Gets Booted from the Sequels
18:46 - The Bourne Series’ Troubles
19:59 - Bourne Shapes the Future of Action Films

 
Sources:
BBC: https://bbc.in/417Tkn5
Box Office Mojo: https://bit.ly/429AMDx
Entertainment Weekly: https://bit.ly/3mp1xDz
Film School Rejects: https://bit.ly/3kLJmaK
GQ: https://bit.ly/3Ej2Tpu
The Guardian: https://bit.ly/3IfJJ56
Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/3ImSvQa
LA Times: https://lat.ms/3IRSgvj
Movie Habit: https://bit.ly/3IdM28P
New York Magazine: https://nym.ag/3JeH51h
The New Yorker: https://bit.ly/3xAaJqZ
The Ringer: https://bit.ly/3YCklgk
Rolling Stone: https://bit.ly/3yqwzxB
Rotten Tomatoes: https://bit.ly/3ZrLL9Q
Variety: https://bit.ly/3k2Qm2C
Variety: https://bit.ly/3lJOYCG
Wall Street Journal: https://on.wsj.com/3SM2r9v

 
Featured Clips:
The Bourne Identity (2002) and special features

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Letterkenny (2016- )
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Scrubs (2001–2010)
Swingers (1996)
Ted Lasso (2020- )
Austin Film Festival: https://youtu.be/qwaBr7l5pcE
The Bobbie Wygant Archive: https://youtu.be/zHRkotXGyAs
Collider: https://youtu.be/VFEAOlaKIMc
TIFF Talks: https://www.youtube.com/live/9rMCgVrWnf8?feature=share

 
Music:
John Powell - The Bourne Identity OST
Moby - Extreme Ways
Paul Oakenfold - Ready Steady Go
Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

 
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