Syriana
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UPC: 7-321900-807722 (DVD)
Region Coding: 2, 4, 5
Production Year: 2005
Rating: 15 (Suitable for 15 years and over)
Strong Violence & Language
Running Time: 122 min.
DVD Release: 7/10/2006
Case Type: Keep Case
Video Formats: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Dual Layered
SRP: £17.99
Big oil means big money. Very big money. And that fact unleashes corruption that stretches from Houston to Washington to the Mideast - and ensnares industrialists, princes, spies, politicians, oilfield workers and terrorists in a deadly, deceptive web of move and countermove.

George Clooney (Academy Award®* and Golden Globe® winner as Best Supporting Actor), Matt Damon and Jeffrey Wright lead a stellar cast in a lightening-paced, whip-smart thriller written and directed by Traffic Academy Award® winner** Stephen Gaghan. From its very first scene, Syriana grips your mind and nerves with an intensity that doesn't let go for an instant. What is the price of oil? This "celluloid punch to the solar plexus" (Sunday Express) has a jolting answer.

*2005.
**2000: Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.

Genres
Action
Drama
Suspense/Thriller

Studios
Warner Bros. Pictures
Participant Productions
Section Eight Productions
Media Companies: Warner Home Video
Features
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Deleted Scenes
Interviews
Subtitles
Arabic
English
Hebrew
Icelandic
Other
Audio Tracks
English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital Dolby Surround
Audio Descriptive Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
Cast
Kayvan Novak as Arash
George Clooney as Bob Barnes
Amr Waked as Mohammed Sheik Agiza
Christopher Plummer as Dean Whiting
Jeffrey Wright as Bennett Holiday
Chris Cooper as Jimmy Pope
Robert Foxworth as Tommy Barton
Nicky Henson as Sydney Hewitt
Nicholas Art as Riley Woodman
Matt Damon as Bryan Woodman
Amanda Peet as Julie Woodman
Steven Hinkle as Max Woodman
Daisy Tormé as Rebecca
Peter Gerety as Leland Janus
Richard Lintern as Bryan's Boss
Jocelyn Quivrin as Vincent
Mazhar Munir as Wasim Khan
Shahid Ahmed as Saleem Ahmed Khan
Bikram Singh Bhamra as Pakistani Translator
Roger Yuan as Chinese Engineer
Jayne Atkinson as Division Chief
Tom McCarthy as Fred Franks
Jamey Sheridan as Terry
Randall Boffman as Distinguished Gentleman #1
Tony French as Distinguished Gentleman #2
Max Minghella as Robby Barnes
Katie Foster as Nervous Daughter
Nadim Sawalha as Emir Hamed Al-Subaai
Alexander Siddig as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai
Ozzie Yue as Chinese Oil Executive
Akbar Kurtha as Prince Meshal Al-Subaai
Sonell Dadral as Farooq
Jon Lee Anderson as Himself
Othman Bin Hendi as Arab Businessman
Bashar H. Atiyat as Nasir's Aide
Ali Al Amine as Older Kid at Pool
William C. Mitchell as Bennett Holiday Sr.
Tim Blake Nelson as Danny Dalton
Ahmed Aa Mohammed as Abu Khalifa
Ahmed Ayoub as Pakistani Teenager #1
Mohammed Asad Khan as Pakistani Teenager #2
Atta Mohammed Saleh as Old Man
Aziz Zacca as Policeman
David Clennon as Donald
Omar Mostafa as The Cleric
Said Amadis as Reza Reyhani
David J. Manners as Egypt Bureau Chief
Jamil Jabbar as Supplicant
Badria Timimi as Nasir's Wife
William Hurt as Stan
Mohammed Majd as Said Hossein Hashimi
Mark Strong as Mussawi
Driss Roukhe as Guard

Paralegals
Katherine Hoskins Mackey
Linda E. Williams


Susan Allenbach as Paralegal #1
William L. Thomas as Paralegal #2
El Mahjoub Raji as Hashimi's Man
Michael Stone Forrest as CIA Security Officer #1
Bob Baer as CIA Security Officer #2
Fritz Michel as Hotel Security Guard
Bob Fajkowski as Secretary of Defense
Jeff Baker as Tommy's Lawyer
Tarik Tamzali as Nasir's Secretary
Mitesh Soni as Martyr
Tootsie Duvall as Assistant at CIA
Nabeel Noman as Bedouin Leader
Ryan Murphy as Drone Tech
Will McCormack as Willy
Donna Mitchell as Pat Janus
James Plannette as Connex Functionary
Michael Allinson as Sir David
Crew
Direction:
Stephen Gaghan: Director
Writing:
Stephen Gaghan: Writer
Robert Baer: Original Material By
Production:
Jennifer Fox: Producer
Michael Nozik: Producer
Georgia Kacandes: Producer
George Clooney: Executive Producer
Steven Soderbergh: Executive Producer
Ben Cosgrove: Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll: Executive Producer
Cinematography:
Robert Elswit: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Tim Squyres: Film Editor
Music:
Alexandre Desplat: Composer
Sound:
Petur Hliddal: Production Sound Mixer
Larry Blake: Supervising Sound Editor
Larry Blake: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Vanessa Lapato: Sound Editor
Julie Feiner: Sound Editor
Jeena Phelps: Sound Editor
Jeff Sawyer: Sound Editor
Art:
Dan Weil: Production Designer
Louise Frogley: Costume Designer
Eric Durst: Visual Effects
Laurent Ott: Art Director
Alan Hook: Art Director
Trevor Wood: Visual Effects
Hank Atterbury: Visual Effects
John C. Casey: Costume Designer
Chrissie Beveridge: Make-up Artist
Marilyn McDonald: Make-up Artist
Candice Banks: Make-up Artist
Barry R. Koper: Make-up Artist
Chrissie Beveridge: Make-up Effects
Keith Vanderlaan: Make-up Effects
Mary Kim: Make-up Effects