Syriana
- Released on
- Runtime
- 128 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- George Clooney
- Matt Damon
- Jeffrey Wright
- Chris Cooper
- Amanda Peet
- William Hurt
- Christopher Plummer
- Alexander Siddig
- Kayvan Novak
- Amr Waked
- Robert Foxworth
- Nicky Henson
- Nicholas Art
- Steven Hinkle
- Daisy Tormé
- Peter Gerety
- Richard Lintern
- Mazhar Munir
- Jocelyn Quivrin
- Shahid Ahmed
- Bikram Singh Bhamra
- Roger Yuan
- Jamey Sheridan
- Randall Boffman
- Max Minghella
- Nadim Sawalha
- Akbar Kurtha
- Sonnell Dadral
- Tim Blake Nelson
- Mark Strong
- Badria Timimi
- Viola Davis
- Ozzie Yue
- Donna Mitchell
- David Clennon
- Susan Allenback
- Katherine Hoskins Mackey
- Linda E. Williams
- Susan Duvall
- Bahar Soomekh
- Susan Halsey Singer
- Elena Rosa
- Lauren Minite
- Anna George
- Wendy Kush
- Mike Monroe
Director
- Stephen Gaghan
Producers
- Michael Nozik
- Georgia Kacandes
- Jennifer Fox
Screenwriter
- Stephen Gaghan
