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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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
Amr Waked actedIn Syriana
Jennifer Fox notableWork Syriana
Michael Nozik notableWork Syriana
Mazhar Munir knownFor Syriana
Mazhar Munir notableWork Syriana
Bennett Holiday characterIn Syriana
Bennett Holiday appearsIn Syriana
Bennett Holiday partOfFictionalUniverse Syriana
this entity surface form: Syriana universe
Bennett Holiday firstAppearance Syriana
this entity surface form: Syriana (2005 film)
Stephen Mirrione notableWork Syriana
Stephen Gaghan notableWork Syriana
Stephen Gaghan directed 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
Robert Elswit workedOn Syriana
Bob Barnes appearsIn Syriana
Bob Barnes firstAppearance Syriana
William Hurt notableWork Syriana
William Horberg notableWork Syriana
William Horberg notableWork Syriana
this entity surface form: Syriana (2005 film)
Bryan Woodman appearsIn Syriana
Max Minghella notableWork Syriana
Max Minghella appearedIn Syriana
Section Eight notableWork Syriana
Tom McCarthy actedIn Syriana