Syriana
Everything is connected.
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines.Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty.
- Director
- Stephen Gaghan
- Worldwide
- $94M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.
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Box Office & Release
Syriana returned 1.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $50M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $94M
- Release date
- Nov 23, 2005
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Arabic, English
- Country
- United States of America
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