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Syriana
Sign in to saveSyriana is a 2005 American political thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, loosely based on Robert Baer's 2003 memoir See No Evil. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Amanda Peet, Christopher Plummer, Alexander Siddig, and Mazhar Munir.
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Syriana is a 2005 American drama and thriller film directed by Stephen Gaghan. The screenplay was written by Gaghan and Robert Baer, based on a work by Baer. The cast includes George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, and Amr Waked. Steven Soderbergh served as producer and executive producer, alongside George Clooney, Jeff Skoll, and Ivan Reitman. Alexandre Desplat composed the score, and Tim Squyres was the film editor.
Produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the film was filmed in Geneva, Baltimore, Switzerland, and Annapolis. It has a runtime of 128 minutes and was released on November 23, 2005, and February 23, 2006. The film received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. It also received the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films award.
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6.4The 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.
Cast
- George Clooney as Bob Barnes
- Matt Damon as Bryan Woodman
- Jeffrey Wright as Bennett Holiday
- Chris Cooper as Jimmy Pope
- Amanda Peet as Julie Woodman
- William Hurt as Stan
Themes
- petrol
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- middle east
- capitalism
- globalization
- persia
- war on terror
- conspiracy
- false flag
- geopolitics
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
138,155 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
Metacritic
76/100
- Year
- 2005
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 13 wins & 30 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Syriana
- Film.image
- Syriana.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Stephen Gaghan
- Film.screenplay
- Stephen Gaghan
- Film.music
- Alexandre Desplat
- Film.cinematography
- Robert Elswit
- Film.editing
- Tim Squyres
- Film.studio
- Participant ProductionsSection Eight Productions
- Film.distributor
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Film.runtime
- 128 minutes
- Film.language
- EnglishArabicUrduPersianMandarinFrench
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.budget
- $50 million
- Film.gross
- $94 million
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Emir storyline
- Assassination storyline
- Wasim storyline
- Merger storyline
- Cast
- Production
- Principal photography
- Score
- Title
- Release
- Reception
- Critical reception
- Top ten lists
- Accolades
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Syriana is a 2005 American political thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, loosely based on Robert Baer's 2003 memoir See No Evil. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Amanda Peet, Christopher Plummer, Alexander Siddig, and Mazhar Munir.
Syriana was shot in 200 locations on five continents, with large parts shot in the Middle East, Washington, D.C., and Africa. In an interview with Charlie Rose, Gaghan described incidents (including planned regime changes in Venezuela) from personal meetings and interviews with the most powerful oil owners, owners of media houses, lobbyists, lawyers, and politicians which were included in the film. As with Gaghan's screenplay for Traffic, Syriana uses multiple, parallel storylines, jumping among locations in Iran, Texas, Washington, D.C., Switzerland, Spain, and Lebanon.
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