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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Syriana canonical 40
Syriana (2005 film) 2
Syriana (inspiration for film) 1

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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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfSetting Middle East ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Stephen Gaghan ⓘ
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Tim Squyres ⓘ
genre political drama film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: 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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Matt Damon → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
George Clooney → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
Jeff Skoll → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
Amanda Peet → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
Amanda Peet → appearedIn → Syriana ⓘ
Tim Squyres → editedFilm → Syriana ⓘ
Jeffrey Wright → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
Amr Waked → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
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Participant Media → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
Jennifer Fox → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
Michael Nozik → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
Participant Productions → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
Section Eight Productions → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
Mazhar Munir → knownFor → Syriana ⓘ
Mazhar Munir → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
Bennett Holiday → characterIn → Syriana ⓘ
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Bennett Holiday → firstAppearance → Syriana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriana (2005 film)
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Stephen Gaghan → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
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Stephen Gaghan → wroteScreenplayFor → Syriana ⓘ
Alexander Siddig → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
Alexander Siddig → playedIn → Syriana ⓘ
Robert Baer → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriana (inspiration for film)
Robert Baer → subjectOf → Syriana ⓘ
Robert Baer → inspiredWork → Syriana ⓘ
Robert Elswit → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
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Bob Barnes → appearsIn → Syriana ⓘ
Bob Barnes → firstAppearance → Syriana ⓘ
William Hurt → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
Prince Nasir Al-Subaai → appearsIn → Syriana ⓘ
Prince Nasir Al-Subaai → fictionalUniverse → Syriana ⓘ
William Horberg → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
William Horberg → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriana (2005 film)
Bryan Woodman → appearsIn → Syriana ⓘ
Bryan Woodman → firstAppearance → Syriana ⓘ
Max Minghella → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
Max Minghella → appearedIn → Syriana ⓘ
Section Eight → notableWork → Syriana ⓘ
Tom McCarthy → actedIn → Syriana ⓘ