Syriana

Syriana
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Stephen Gaghan
Produced by	Jennifer Fox Michael Nozik Georgia Kacandes
Written by	Stephen Gaghan
Based on	See No Evil by Robert Baer
Starring	George Clooney Matt Damon Jeffrey Wright Chris Cooper William Hurt Mazhar Munir Tim Blake Nelson Amanda Peet Christopher Plummer Alexander Siddig
Music by	Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography	Robert Elswit
Edited by	Tim Squyres
Production company	Participant Media Section Eight Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20) (New York City premiere) November 23, 2005 (2005-11-23) (United States)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English Arabic
Budget	$50 million
Box office	$94 million

English

Syriana is a 2005 geopolitical thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, and executive produced by George Clooney, who also stars in the film with an ensemble cast. Gaghan's screenplay is loosely adapted from Robert Baer's memoir See No Evil. The film focuses on petroleum politics and the global influence of the oil industry, whose political, economic, legal, and social effects are experienced by a Central Intelligence Agency operative (George Clooney), an energy analyst (Matt Damon), a Washington, D.C. attorney (Jeffrey Wright), and a young unemployed Pakistani migrant worker (Mazhar Munir) in an Arab state in the Persian Gulf. The film also features an extensive supporting cast including Amanda Peet, Tim Blake Nelson, Mark Strong, Alexander Siddig, Amr Waked, and Academy Award winners Christopher Plummer, Chris Cooper and William Hurt.