Syriana (2005)
Rating: 6.4/10
Duration: 128 min
Director(s): Stephen Gaghan,
Description:
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
- Alexander Siddig as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai
- Jeffrey Wright as Bennett Holiday
- Kayvan Novak as Arash
- Amanda Peet as Julie Woodman
- Chris Cooper as Jimmy Pope
- George Clooney as Bob Barnes
- William Hurt as Stan
- Matt Damon as Bryan Woodman
- Christopher Plummer as Dean Whiting
- Amr Waked as Mohammed Sheik Agiza
- Robert Foxworth as Tommy Barton
- Nicky Henson as Sydney Hewitt
- Nicholas Art as Riley Woodman
- Steven Hinkle as Max Woodman
- Daisy Tormé as Rebecca