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| Magnum Bilingual Triglot Retired Moderator Pro Member United States Joined 7123 days ago 359 posts - 353 votes  Speaks: English*, Serbian*, French Studies: German Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 23 18 May 2006 at 2:07am | IP Logged | ||
I'm going to try and find the first one in French! Hopefully some bookstore in the USA will have it for sale. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7109 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 10 of 23 18 May 2006 at 2:35am | IP Logged | ||
I was expecting that www.amazon.fr would have it but rather ludicrously it appears you can buy the version in English but not in French. Quel dommage! Andy. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6774 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 11 of 23 18 May 2006 at 3:35am | IP Logged | ||
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Andy, it is indeed available in French at Amazon.fr:
http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/0586049347/ The others seem difficult to find, as the series appears to be out of print. Your real best bet might be to find a French used book store online, if there is one (and there must be). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7109 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 12 of 23 18 May 2006 at 4:02am | IP Logged | ||
Well done that man! My searching was clearly confused by the fact that cover shown is in English... Andy. Edited by Andy E on 18 May 2006 at 4:02am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7021 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 13 of 23 18 May 2006 at 6:16am | IP Logged | ||
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I've got both films and the first three books (I didn't know there was a fourth - thanks for pointing it out Andy!).
I remember that when I first read them, I did so over just one weekend since I couldn't put any of them down. I saw the films on Sky and I was initially disappointed that they were different to the books, but I realised that they are good action films in their own right. By the way, there's an older version of The Bourne Identity film (I think it stars Richard Chamberlain, but I'm probably wrong) which was made in the eighties. If I recall correctly, it follows the book more closely than the recent film. Edited by patuco on 18 May 2006 at 8:59am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7109 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 14 of 23 18 May 2006 at 6:39am | IP Logged | ||
Ah I'd forgotten about that one. Yes, Richard Chamblerlain as Jason Bourne and Jaclyn Smith (of Charlie's Angels fame) as Marie St. Jacques. Andy. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| KSaku39 Diglot Newbie United States Joined 6836 days ago 30 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 15 of 23 18 May 2006 at 10:39am | IP Logged | ||
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Honestly, these movies shouldn't have had "Bourne" in their titles. They had nothing to do with the books, even eliminating the main villian (Carlos the Jackal), who in my opinion was the most interesting character.
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| JFA Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6768 days ago 44 posts - 48 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written) Studies: Modern Hebrew | Message 16 of 23 29 May 2006 at 6:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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I hope this isn't too much of a derailment.
I, too, love movies in which the characters speak more than one language and always feel inspired to learn languages after watching them. My favorite scene in the movie "Braveheart" is when Wallace is in the tent with the princess and the old dude who says that Wallace is a savage in Latin to which Wallace responded in Latin and French. But I'm not so naive as to think that the real Wallace could speak other than his own native language. I recently watched "the Interpreter," which I thought was ok, but I ended up falling asleep towards the end of it. In addition to the African langiage she spoke (can't remember the name) I heard the main character speaking French and Hebrew. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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