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8 episodes in this season

Indiana Jones: The True Story

45 min

James Bond: The True Story

45 min

Escape from Alcatraz: The True Story

45 min

Al Capone and the Untouchables: The True Story

45 min

Amityville Horror: The True Story

45 min

The Hunt For Red October: The True Story

45 min

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The Bourne Identity

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Silence of the Lambs

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The True Story

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200845m

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The Bourne Identity

Season 1 · Episode 7 · Dec 27, 2009

This documentary explores the real CIA history that inspired the Jason Bourne films. Robert Ludlum based Bourne on secret CIA mind-control and assassination programs, including unethical brainwashing experiments on psychiatric patients. The novels also drew on Ludlum's CIA contacts and real-life figures such as Carlos the Jackal. For *The Bourne Identity*, director Doug Liman replaced the original villain with Operation Treadstone, a fictional CIA black-ops unit inspired by the Iran-Contra affair, in which CIA operatives secretly conducted illegal missions in Nicaragua. Liman, whose father led the Iran-Contra investigation, used his firsthand insight into espionage to shape the story. Bourne's combat, driving, and survival skills were also designed to reflect the abilities of real elite intelligence operatives.

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The True Story

TV Series

200845m

Documentary

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The Bourne Identity

Season 1 · Episode 7 · Dec 27, 2009

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