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Dec 8, 2005 · “Syriana” is an endlessly fascinating movie about oil and money, America and China, traders and spies, the Gulf States and Texas, reform and revenge, bribery and betrayal. Its interlocking stories come down to one thing: There is less oil than the world requires, and that will make some people rich and others dead.
Nov 23, 2005 · Swaddled in 30 extra pounds and a thick gray beard, George Clooney moves through his portion of "Syriana" with furrowed brow and a slow, careful gait. His character, Bob Barnes, is a not ...
Syriana. The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday (Jeffrey Wright) is an American lawyer in charge of ...
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- Stephen Gaghan
- R
- George Clooney
Syriana: Directed by Stephen Gaghan. With Kayvan Novak, George Clooney, Amr Waked, Christopher Plummer. A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.
- (135K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Stephen Gaghan
- 2005-12-09
The movie starts with the introduction of a character, Bob (George Clooney), an American CIA agent who works in the Middle East for years witnessing the destruction of social injustice. The movie then turns light to the American governmental affairs and its due process to make oil business proposals and governmental decisions to promote oil ...
Both Smiley and Clooney’s character, Bob Barnes, are shrewd, well-connected, middle-aged spies who nonetheless allow their governments to use them as pawns in high-level hugger-mugger.
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Nov 23, 2005 · A power struggle over oil in the Middle East is the backdrop for the new film Syriana, starring George Clooney and Matt Damon.
