Syriana (movie)
- User score: 6.4
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Stephen Gaghan
- Production companies: Participant, 4M, Section Eight, FilmWorks, MID Foundation, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Budget: $50,000,000
- Revenue: $93,974,620
- Release date: 11/23/2005
- Run time: 128 min.
Movie description
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.