Syriana

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.

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  George ClooneyBob Barnes
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  Matt DamonBryan Woodman
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  Jeffrey WrightBennett Holiday
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  Chris CooperJimmy Pope
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  Amanda PeetJulie Woodman
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  William HurtStan
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  Christopher PlummerDean Whiting
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  Alexander SiddigPrince Nasir Al-Subaai
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  Kayvan NovakArash
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  Amr WakedMohammed Sheik Agiza