Syriana

Syriana is an 2005 American political drama thriller movie written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, and produced by Jennifer Fox, Michael Nozik, Georgia Kacandes, Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney. The movie stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, Amanda Peet, William Hurt, and Christopher Plummer.

Syriana
Directed byStephen Gaghan
Produced by
  • Jennifer Fox
  • Michael Nozik
  • Georgia Kacandes
Screenplay byStephen Gaghan
Based onSee No Evil
by Robert Baer
Starring
Music byAlexandre Desplat
CinematographyRobert Elswit
Edited byTim Squyres
Production
company
Participant Productions
Section Eight Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20) (New York City premiere)[1]
  • November 23, 2005 (2005-11-23) (United States)
Running time
127 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Arabic
Urdu
Persian
Mandarin
French
Budget$50 million[3]
Box office$94 million[3]

Plot

The movie is about a lot of people doing complicated things. One of the people is a CIA agent (Clooney) who is angered when his boss tries to invade his privacy. Another person, Damon, whose child dies, gets a better job working for a king. Then another person, a lawyer, Jeffrey Wright finds out that the oil company is actually not good and should be removed from power immediately. The last part of the movie is about two Muslims who become suicide bombers because they feel offended.

Other websites

  1. Everything Is Connected (22 November 2005)CBS News. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  2. Syriana (15)British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Syriana (2005)Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 28, 2015.