Syriana (2005)

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Audience Score
64
Syriana
Unscripted With Matt Damon and George Clooney
R 2 hr 8 minNov 23rd, 2005Drama, Thriller
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Plot
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.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 23rd, 2005
On DVD & Blu-ray:June 20th, 2006 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$50,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$93,974,620 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Participant, 4M, Section Eight, FilmWorks, MID Foundation, Warner Bros. Pictures

Syriana Quotes

Intense Confrontation Over Torture and Beliefs

Mussawi: [pause; rips off one of Bob's nails] Bob, what do you know about the torture methods used by the Chinese on the Falun Gong? Huh? Method number one. What's your guess? Water dungeon. Did you guess water dungeon? Number two method? Number two, twisting arm and putting face in feces. Not interested in two. Number three. Number three is called pulling nails from fingers'. What do you think Bob? Number three sound good to you? The purpose is to get the monks or whatever to recant their beliefs. What if I had to get you to recant? That would be pretty difficult right? Because if you have no beliefs to recant then what? Then you're fucked is what. You're going to give me the names of every person who's taken money from you. Oh that is disgusting.
Bob Barnes: Come on Jimmy, you're not one of those Koran thumpers!

Moral Dilemmas in Personal Profit and Loss

Bryan Woodman: Do you understand what that means, it's like someone put a giant ATM on our front lawn.
Julie Woodman: Here's a question. How do you think it looks to profit off the death of your six year old?