Syriana

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"Syriana" is a 2005 geopolitical thriller film that interweaves multiple storylines to explore the complexities of the global oil industry, U.S. foreign policy, and Middle Eastern politics.


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instanceOf film
geopolitical thriller film
award Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
awardWinner George Clooney
basedOn See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
basedOnAuthor Robert Baer
character Bennett Holiday
Bob Barnes
Bryan Woodman
Prince Nasir Al-Subaai
cinematographyBy Robert Elswit
countryOfOrigin United States
countryOfSetting Middle East
United States
director Stephen Gaghan
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures
editedBy Tim Squyres
genre political drama film
thriller film
language Arabic
English
Persian
Urdu
mainTheme Middle Eastern politics
U.S. foreign policy
global oil industry
musicBy Alexandre Desplat
narrativeStructure multi-strand storyline
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
portrays CIA operations
corporate corruption
oil industry mergers
terrorism
producer George Clooney
Jennifer Fox
Michael Nozik
Steven Soderbergh
productionCompany Participant Productions
Section Eight Productions
releaseDateUS 2005-11-23
releaseYear 2005
runtimeMinutes 128
stars Alexander Siddig
Amanda Peet
Chris Cooper
Christopher Plummer
George Clooney
Jeffrey Wright
Mark Strong
Matt Damon
Mazhar Munir
Tim Blake Nelson
William Hurt
writer Stephen Gaghan

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