Syriana

Drama, Thriller

George Clooney	Bob Barnes
Jeffrey Wright	Bennett Holiday
Matt Damon	Bryan Woodman
Amr Waked	Mohammed Sheik Agiza
Christopher Plummer	Dean Whiting
Kayvan Novak	Arash
Chris Cooper	Jimmy Pope
Robert Foxworth	Tommy Barton
Nicky Henson	Sydney Hewitt
Nicholas Art	Riley Woodman

Director	Stephen Gaghan
Producer	George Clooney; Michael Nozik; Sarah Bradshaw
Writer	Stephen Gaghan; Robert Baer
Cinematography	Robert Elswit
Musician	Alexandre Desplat

Syriana follows several people from various sides of middle-eastern conflict and business. It delves in to the intricacies and confusion that mires international involvement with the area. Between the desire to develop the society, to export their oil and dealing with religious extremists, Syriana shows that often time external players often contradict individuals working toward same goals. The movie is often confusing, it helps to watch it with that in mind. The situation in the middle east is extremely complex, extremely confusing, and often time contradictory, and this movie makes no attempt to sum it all up in two hours. Rather it attempts simply to show you that you can't understand it in two hours, it attempts to show the emotions and desires of the players while letting your unconscious fill in the details as it seems fit.