Syriana (2005)
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.
- Released
- 2005-11-23
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Stephen Gaghan
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 1570 votes
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
- Christopher Plummer as Dean Whiting
- Alexander Siddig as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai
- Kayvan Novak as Arash
- Amr Waked as Mohammed Sheik Agiza
- Robert Foxworth as Tommy Barton
- Nicky Henson as Sydney Hewitt