Syriana

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film geopolitical thriller film

"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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Predicate	Object
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 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Amanda Peet → George Clooney → Jeff Skoll → Matt Damon →	notableWork
Amanda Peet →	appearedIn