Syriana
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.
- genus: Drama, Thriller
- Studio: Participant, 4M, Section Eight, FilmWorks, MID Foundation, Warner Bros. Pictures
- keyword: petrol, central intelligence agency (cia), middle east, capitalism, globalization, persia, war on terror, conspiracy, false flag, geopolitics, us imperialism, war for oil
- cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, Amanda Peet, William Hurt
