Syriana (2005)

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R | 2 hr 3 mins | Drama, Thriller, War, Adaptation, Political, Spy | Released: 11/23/2005 |Box Office Total: $50.8M

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Synopsis:

From the players brokering back-room deals in Washington to the men toiling in the oil fields of the Persian Gulf, a political thriller with multiple storylines that weave together showing the human consequences of the fierce pursuit of wealth and power. As a career CIA operative begins to uncover the disturbing truth about the work he has devoted his life to, an up-and-coming oil broker faces an unimaginable family tragedy and finds redemption in his partnership with an idealistic Gulf prince. A corporate lawyer faces a moral dilemma as he finesses the questionable merger of two powerful U.S. oil companies, while across the globe, a disenfranchised Pakistani teenager falls prey to the recruiting efforts of a charismatic cleric. Each plays their small part in the vast and complex system that powers the industry, unaware of the explosive impact their lives will have upon the world.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
11/23/2005

Studio	Credit
Warner Bros. Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Stephen Gaghan	Director
Cast	Credit
George Clooney	Bob Barnes
Matt Damon	Bryan Woodman
Jeffrey Wright	Bennett Holiday
Chris Cooper	Jimmy Pope
William Hurt	Stan Goff
Tim Blake Nelson	Danny Dalton
Amanda Peet	Julie Woodman
Christopher Plummer	Dean Whiting
Alexander Siddig	Prince Nasir Al-Subaai
Mazhar Munir	Wasim Ahmed Khan
Max Minghella	Robby Barnes
Nicholas Reese Art	Riley Woodman
David Clennon	Asst. Attorney General Donald Farish III
Steven Hinkle	Max Woodman
William C Mitchell	Bennett Holiday Sr.
Shahid Ahmed	Saleem Ahmed Khan
Jamey Sheridan	Terry George
Tom McCarthy	Fred Franks
Viola Davis	Marilyn Richards
Jayne Atkinson	CIA Division Chief
Nicky Henson	Sydney Hewitt
Robert Foxworth	Tommy Barton
Peter Gerety	Lee Janus
Akbar Kurtha	Prince Meshal Al-Subaai
Nadim Sawalha	Emir Hamad Al-Subaai
Sonnell Dadral	Farooq
Kayvan Novak	Arash
Amr Waked	Mohammed Sheik Agiza
Daisy Torme	Rebecca
Richard Lintern	Bryan's Boss
Jocelyn Quivrin	Vincent
Bikram Singh Bhamra	Pakistani Translator
Roger Yuan	Chinese Engineer
Randall Boffman	Distinguished Gentleman #1
Tony French	Distinguished Gentleman #2
Katie Foster	Nervous Daughter
Ozzie Yue	Chinese Oil Executive
Jon Lee Anderson	Himself
Othman Bin Hendi	Arab Businessman
Bashar H Atiyat	Nasir's Aide
Ali Al Amine	Older Kid At Pool
Ahmed AA Mohammed	Abu Khalifa
Ahmed Ayoub	Pakistani Teenager #1
Mohammed Asad Khan	Pakistani Teenager #2
Atta Mohammed Saleh	Old Man
Aziz Zacca	Policeman
Omar Mostafa	The Cleric
Said Amadis	Reza Reyhani
David Manners	Egypt Bureau Chief
Jamil Jabbar	Supplicant
Badria Timimi	Nasir's Wife
Mark Strong	Mussawi
Driss Roukhe	Guard
Katherine Hoskins Mackey	Paralegal
Linda E Williams	Paralegal
Susan Allenbach	Paralegal #1
William L Thomas	Paralegal #2
El Mahjoub Raji	Hashimi's Man
Michael Stone Forrest	CIA Security Officer #1
Robert Baer	CIA Security Officer #2
Fritz Michel	Hotel Security Guard
Bob Fajkowski	Secretary of Defense
Jeff Baker	Tommy's Lawyer
Tarik Tamzali	Nasir's Secretary
Mitesh Soni	Martyr
Tootsie Duvall	Assistant at CIA
Nabeel Noman	Bedouin Leader
Ryan Murphy	Drone Tech
Will McCormack	Willy
Donna Mitchell	Pat Janus
James Plannette	Connex Functionary
Michael Allinson	Sir David
Mohammed Majd	Said Hossein Hashimi
Production Credits	Credit
George Clooney	Executive Producer
Jennifer Fox	Producer
Sarah Bradshaw	Associate Producer
Ben Cosgrove	Executive Producer
Michael Nozik	Producer
Elizabeth Kirkscey	Associate Producer
Shannon Lail	Associate Producer
Jeff Skoll	Executive Producer
Georgia Kacandes	Producer
Steven Soderbergh	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Participant Media	Production Company
Section 8	Production Company
4M	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
North Africa, the Middle East, Europe
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Morocco, Africa
Geneva
Texas, USA
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Writer	Credit
Stephen Gaghan	Screenplay
Robert Baer	Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Clare Cunningham	Assistant Production Accountant
Louise DeCordoba	Finance Manager - Financial Controller
Kirby Adams	Accountant - Key Location Accountant
John D Vaughan	Finance Manager - Budgeting Estimator
Edward Poveda	Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Daniel Hillsdon	Assistant Production Accountant
Ashifa Lalani	Accountant - Location Accountant (Morocco)
Cristiano D'Urso	Assistant Production Accountant
Jody Beaudin	Accountant - Location Accountant
James T Linville	Assistant Production Accountant (US)
Kami Calevro	Assistant Production Accountant
Tom Dames	Assistant Production Accountant
Saundra Marie Ardito	Assistant Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Ilde De Benedetto	Assistant Art Director
Marion Picard	Assistant Set Decorator
Krissi Williamsen	Art Department - Buyer (UK)
Francesca Gerlach	Painter - Standby Painter
Susanna Glattly	Scenic Artist - Charge Scenic
June Connon	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Dan Weil	Production Designer
Olivia Bloch-Laine	Set Decorator
Lionel Pouchard	Storyboard Artist
Laurent Ott	Art Director
Tony Nicholson	Lead Person
Anthony DeFrancesco	Art Assistant - Art Department Assistant
Jana Evans	Art Department Coordinator
Deden Krouchi	Art Department - Production Buyer
Benoit Sanson	Assistant Set Decorator
Jan Pascale	Set Decorator (US)
John Cloke	Painter - Standby Painter (Morocco)
Jeffrey Pratt Gordon	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser (US)
Alan Hook	Art Director (US)
Louise Del Araujo	Lead Person (US)
Pranali Diwadkar	Art Assistant - Art Department Assistant
Marguerite Ots	Painter - HOD Painter (Morocco)
Carl Catanese	Art Department - Buyer
Andrew Menzies	Art Director
Christian Tobin	Set Dresser
Tiffany Zappulla	Art Department - Buyer
William P Hendrick	Set Dresser
Daran Fulham	Art Director
Eric Hunsaker	Set Dresser
Stephen G Shifflette	Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Lora Kennedy	Casting
Kristy Carlson	Casting Assistant
Dagmar Wittmer	Extras Casting
Lucinda Syson	Casting
Arlene Kiyabu	Casting Assistant
Amie Stephenson	Casting Assistant
Avy Kaufman	Casting
Juliette Menager	Casting (France)
Elizabeth Greenberg	Casting Assistant (New York)
Nashwa Alruwani	Casting
Pat Moran	Casting
Alia Al Shibli	Casting - Casting Coordinator
Philip N Labib	Casting - Casting Coordinator
Linda Murphy	Casting - Casting Coordinator
Souhail Wilson	Casting - Casting Coordinator
Craft Services	Credit
Peter Titterell	Catering - Catering Supervisor
Jane Bard	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Gregor Tavenner	Assistant Camera - B Camera 1st Assistant
Glen Wilson	Photography - Still Photographer
David Presley	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist
Stephen Nakamura	Colorist - Digital Film Colorist
Barry Idoine	Camera Assistant - A Camera 1st Assistant
Mike Sime	Video Playback - 24 Frame Playback Creation/Tech (US)
Will Humphris	Loader
Adam Dale	Aerial Director of Photography
Colin Anderson	Steadicam Operator
Colin Anderson	Camera Operator
Robert Elswit	Director of Photography
Alfred Ainsworth Jr	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist (US)
Francois Duhamel	Photography - Still Photographer
Charlie Newberry	Loader (US)
Sara-Jane Owen	Video Playback - 24 Frame Playback Creation
Martin Kenzie	Director of Photography
Thomas Loizeaux	Camera Operator (US)
Charlie Woodburn	Assistant Camera - Wescam 1st AC
Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan	Camera Assistant - A Camera 2nd Assistant
Ken Regan	Photography - Still Photographer
David Morgan	Camera Operator
Dave Kirman	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist (Morocco)
Gavin McKenzie	Video Playback - 24 Frame Playback Creation
Daniel Vilar Jorda	Camera Assistant - B Camera 2nd Assistant
Will Dearborn	Camera Assistant - A Camera 2nd Assistant (US)
Sidney R Baldwin	Photography - Still Photographer
Adrian Spanna	Video Playback - 24 Frame Video Playback
Mark Walpole	Camera Assistant - B Camera 2nd Assistant (US)
Rhys Owen	Video Playback - 24 Frame Video Playback
Oliver Loncraine	Camera Assistant - A Camera 1st Assistant
Spencer Murray	Camera Assistant - B Camera 1st Assistant
Ray Meere	Camera Assistant - A Camera 2nd Assistant
Kate Filby	Camera Assistant - B Camera 2nd Assistant
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Participant Media	Co-Financier
Music	Credit
Dennis Sands	Score Mixing
Dennis Sands	Score Recording
Nick Vidar	Music Editor
Redman	Song Performer
Reggie Noble	Song
Alexandre Desplat	Music
Djivan Gaspariyan	Music Performer - Duduk
Do Make Say Think	Song Performer
Carmine Coppola	Music
Erick Sermon	Song
Johnny Watson ('Guitar')	Song
The National	Song Performer
Do Make Say Think	Song
Matthew Donald Berninger	Song
Aaron Brooking Dessner	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Steve Dent	Stunt Coordinator
Keith Vanderlaan	Prosthetics
Andy J Smart	Stunts
Mary Kim	Prosthetics
Bruce Cain	Stunts
David Garrick	Stunts
Matthew Sampson	Stunts
Neil Smith	Stunts
Pete White	Stunts
Leonard Woodcock	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Saddam Badreddine	Assistant Location Manager
Mohammed Benhamane	Location Scout (Morocco)
Tim Smythe	Production Supervisor
Amanda Confavreux	Production Manager
Reyha Young	Location Assistant
Simone Goodridge	Production Coordinator
Mary Cybulski	Script Supervisor
S Todd Christensen	Location Manager
Sarah Bradshaw	Unit Production Manager
Zak Alaoui	Postproduction Supervisor (Morocco)
Peter Mavromates	Post-Production Supervisor
Brian Cooper	Assistant Production Coordinator - Assistant Production Office Coordinator
David Murphy	Assistant Unit Manager
Simon Warnock	Assistant Director
Kevin Jenkins	Unit Manager
Will Weiske	Production Supervisor
John Latenser	Location Manager
Elizabeth Kirkscey	Script Supervisor
Mark Mostyn	Production Manager (Morocco)
Alison C Rosa	Assistant Director
Ginny Galloway	Assistant Production Coordinator - Assistant Production Office Coordinator
Kate Amer	Production Coordinator (US)
Georgia Kacandes	Unit Production Manager
Caprice Ericson	Location Assistant
Ammar Yasser	Assistant Location Manager
Omar Chraibi	Unit Manager (Morocco)
Mohamad Al Nassani	Assistant Location Manager
Fares Rabah	Location Assistant
Karyn McCarthy	Unit Production Manager
Christopher Granier-Deferre	Production Manager
Francine Lusser	Unit Manager
Emily Lascelles	Production Coordinator
Adrian Toynton	Assistant Director
Ben Rimmer	Location Manager
Michael Sharp	Location Manager
John Burton West	Production Coordinator (Los Angeles)
Richard Goodwin	Assistant Director
Gerard Monier	Production Manager
Adil Abdelwahab	Assistant Location Manager (Morocco)
Sayed Mansoor	Location Assistant
Caroline Velan	Unit Manager - Unit Base Manager
Frederic Delaloye	Unit Manager - Assistant Unit Base Manager
Serge Musy	Assistant Location Manager
Tayal Al Mobaid	Location Assistant
Jo Slennett	Production Coordinator (UK)
Simon Crook	Location Manager - Unit Location Manager
Darwin Brooks	Assistant Director
Christian McWilliams	Location Manager (Morocco)
Tarik Ait Ben Ali	Assistant Director
Abdul Al Azez Mohamad	Location Assistant
Debra Berriman	Production Coordinator
Mohammed Abdulkader	Location Assistant
Eric Pot	Assistant Director (US)
Khadija Koulla	Production Coordinator (Morocco)
Hamid Zoughi	Location Manager (Morocco)
Philippe Coeytaux	Location Manager
Julian Brain	Assistant Director (US)
Stephanie Dolker	Production Coordinator
Peter Bennet	Assistant Director
Madeleine Ehrenborg	Production Coordinator - Assistant Production Office Coordinator
Henry Tomlinson	Assistant Director
Kate Carver	Assistant Director
Rami Hyasin	Assistant Director
Ahmed Hatimi	Assistant Director (Morocco)
Yann Mari Faget	Assistant Director (Morocco)
Pierre Lacourt	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Rob Harris	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Alicia M Stevenson	Foley Artist
Carl Fischer	Boom Operator
Vanessa Lapato	Sound Editor
Petur Hliddal	Sound Mixer
David Betancourt	Foley Mixer
Larry Blake	Rerecording Mixer
Larry Blake	Supervising Sound Editor
Mick Gormaley	Assistant Sound Editor
Dawn Fintor	Foley Artist
Julie Feiner	Sound Editor
Ben Greaves	Boom Operator
Joe Schiff	Assistant Sound Editor
Michael Rayle	Boom Operator (US)
Jeena M Phelps	Sound Editor
Jeff Sawyer	Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Eric Durst	Visual Effects Supervisor
Trevor Neighbour	Special Effects Foreman
Trevor Wood	Special Effects Coordinator
Matt Veale	Special Effects Technician
Hank Atterbury	Special Effects Coordinator (US)
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Louise Frogley	Costume Designer
Chrissie Beveridge	Makeup - Makeup Department Head
Chrissie Beveridge	Special Makeup Effects - Makeup Special Effects
John C Casey	Costume Supervisor
Khalid El Alami	Hair Assistant - Hair & Makeup Assistant (Morocco)
Ajith Prera	Assistant Costume Designer - Assistant to Costume Designer
Kay Devanthey	Costumes - Costume Buyer
Richard Schoen	Key Costumer
Petra Schaumann	Hair Stylist
Marilyn McDonald	Makeup Artist
Nina Padovano	Costumer
Waldo Sanchez	Hair - Hair Department Head
Marina Marit	Set Costumer
Garet Reilly	Costumer
Dana Schondelmeyer	Assistant Costume Designer - Assistant to Costume Designer (Morocco)
Barnaby Smith	Set Costumer
Aicha El Mezaine	Hair Assistant - Hair & Makeup Assistant (Morocco)
Johnetta Boone	Key Costumer
Charmaine Henninger	Hair Stylist (US)
Kay Georgiou	Hair - Hair Department Head
Candice Banks	Makeup Artist
Deborah Latham Binkley	Set Costumer
Karim Akallach	Costumer (Morocco)
Barry Koper	Makeup Artist (US)
Neil McClean	Set Costumer
Terri Trupp	Makeup Artist
Chafika El Khannous	Costumer (Morocco)
Laila Oumami	Costumer (Morocco)
Lorraine Boushell	Makeup Artist
Carolyn Marston	Set Costumer
Mara Majorowicz	Set Costumer
Maureen Hetherington	Makeup Artist - Makeup & Hair Artist

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