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Syriana
Everything is connected.
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.
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Synopsis
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.
More about Syriana
Cast
George ClooneyBob Barnes
Matt DamonBryan Woodman
Jeffrey WrightBennett Holiday
Chris CooperJimmy Pope
Amanda PeetJulie Woodman
William HurtStan
Christopher PlummerDean Whiting
Alexander SiddigPrince Nasir Al-SubaaiCredits
- Directed by
- Stephen Gaghan
- Written by
- Stephen Gaghan
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $50M
- Box office
- $94M
Production
ParticipantUnited States- 4M
Section EightUnited States- FilmWorks
- MID Foundation
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States
