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Syriana

  • 20052005
  • RR
  • 2h 8m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
130K
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POPULARITY
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George Clooney in Syriana (2005)
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A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
130K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
5,993
34
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    • Director
      • Stephen Gaghan
    • Writers
      • Stephen Gaghan
      • Robert Baer(book "See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism")
    • Stars
      • George Clooney
      • Matt Damon
      • Amanda Peet
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Stephen Gaghan
    • Writers
      • Stephen Gaghan
      • Robert Baer(book "See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism")
    • Stars
      • George Clooney
      • Matt Damon
      • Amanda Peet
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    • 653User reviews
    • 341Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 13 wins & 30 nominations total

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    Top cast

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    George Clooney
    George Clooney
    • Bob Barnes
    Matt Damon
    Matt Damon
    • Bryan Woodman
    Amanda Peet
    Amanda Peet
    • Julie Woodman
    Kayvan Novak
    Kayvan Novak
    • Arash
    Amr Waked
    Amr Waked
    • Mohammed Sheik Agiza
    Christopher Plummer
    Christopher Plummer
    • Dean Whiting
    Jeffrey Wright
    Jeffrey Wright
    • Bennett Holiday
    Chris Cooper
    Chris Cooper
    • Jimmy Pope
    Robert Foxworth
    Robert Foxworth
    • Tommy Barton
    Nicky Henson
    Nicky Henson
    • Sydney Hewitt
    Nicholas Art
    • Riley Woodman
    Steven Hinkle
    Steven Hinkle
    • Max Woodman
    Daisy Tormé
    Daisy Tormé
    • Rebecca
    Peter Gerety
    Peter Gerety
    • Leland Janus
    Richard Lintern
    Richard Lintern
    • Bryan's Boss
    Jocelyn Quivrin
    Jocelyn Quivrin
    • Vincent
    Mazhar Munir
    Mazhar Munir
    • Wasim Khan
    Shahid Ahmed
    • Saleem Ahmed Khan
    • Director
      • Stephen Gaghan
    • Writers
      • Stephen Gaghan
      • Robert Baer(book "See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism") (suggestion)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      George Clooney suffered a spinal injury during a stunt. Due to the weight he gained for his role, the injury left him bedridden for a month and caused severe migraines, which prevented him from doing publicity for Ocean's Twelve (2004). The injury was eventually corrected with surgery. Clooney has since called his weight gain "pretty stupid".
    • Goofs
      (at arouns 3 mins) The scene is supposed to be located in Tehran, but on the license plate of Bob's car it is misspelled as Nehran (one dot failing). In Iranian movies and serials, cars have white license plates with all characters in one line, but this license plate is yellow with the text written on two lines. The Arabic numerals 4, 5 and 6 are different from the Persian numerals; this license plate shows an Arabic 4 and 6.
    • Quotes

      Bryan Woodman: But what do you need a financial advisor for? Twenty years ago you had the highest Gross National Product in the world, now you're tied with Albania. Your second largest export is secondhand goods, closely followed by dates which you're losing five cents a pound on... You know what the business community thinks of you? They think that a hundred years ago you were living in tents out here in the desert chopping each other's heads off and that's where you'll be in another hundred years, so, yes, on behalf of my firm I accept your money.

    • Crazy credits
      There are no opening credits after the title is shown.
    • Connections
      Featured in HBO First Look: Syriana (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Let Da Monkey Out
      Written by Redman (as Reggie Noble), Erick Sermon and Johnny 'Guitar' Watson (as Johnny Guitar Watson)

      Performed by Redman

      Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

      Contains samples from "If I Had The Power"

      Performed by Johnny 'Guitar' Watson

      Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc.

    User reviews653

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    9/10
    Syriana..A Serious and Searing Vision of the World!
    From PASTO, COLOMBIA-Via: L. A. CA; CALI, COLOMBIA+ORLANDO, FL ----------------The ONLY Tony Kiss Castillo on FaceBook!-----------------

    Syriana, certainly supremely somber and dark, both in focus and in execution, with a cast replete with A-Listers like George Clooney (also listed as one of the executive producers), Matt Damon, Chris Cooper, Christopher Plummer and Amanda Peet, had a budget of 50 million dollars.... All for the purpose of presenting a striking vision of the troubled state of the world in which we live.

    To dig a little deeper regarding Syriana, a film nominated for several Oscars (which were quite well deserved, in my opinion) is the kind of psychological-political thriller where you, the spectator, is forced to put your brain into hyper drive in every scene, every line from the movie, from start to its final seconds....

    If you do not want to end up with gaps in the arc of the story, you'd best not let down your mental guard, even for the briefest of moments! So, if you prefer your films "Light & Breezy", Syriana may not be the most appropriate option. The story development is not linear. Constantly changing location, focus, characters and, especially, chronology! Syriana is akin to taking a cinematic rocket ride. Beginning its journey slowly, deliberately, but with a huge explosion from the ignition of its engines. Then, there is rapid and constant acceleration throughout its entire trajectory! Gradually, one begins to feel a constantly building imminent danger.

    To the extent that Syriana approaches its climax, there is a pervasive sense of impotence that is transmitted to the viewer and to each character and each entity in the story. It is as if each and every one involved were all cells in some Gestalt organism with a separate life all its own, yet, unable to change course and detain the inevitable. Syriana is a most convincing portrait of a coolly calculating, complicated & Machiavellian world

    9********* ..... ENJOY! / DISFRUTELA!

    Any comments, questions or observations, in English, o en Español, are most welcome!......
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 9, 2005 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Arab Emirates
    • Official sites
      • Warner Bros. (Japan)
      • Warner Bros. (United Kingdom)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Urdu
      • Arabic
      • Persian
      • French
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • See No Evil
    • Filming locations
      • Casablanca, Morocco
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Participant
      • 4M
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $50,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $50,824,620
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $374,502
      • Nov 27, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $93,974,620
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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