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Syriana, Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Participant Productions ; a 4M film ; a Section Eight production ; executive producers, George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, Ben Cosgrove, Jeff Skoll ; written and directed by Stephen Gaghan ; produced by Jennifer Fox, Michael Nozik, Georgia Kacandes

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MPAA rating: Rated R; for violence and language

Syriana

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Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Participant Productions ; a 4M film ; a Section Eight production ; executive producers, George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, Ben Cosgrove, Jeff Skoll ; written and directed by Stephen Gaghan ; produced by Jennifer Fox, Michael Nozik, Georgia Kacandes

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There is less oil than the world requires, and that will make some people rich and others dead. Career CIA field operative Bob Barnes is sorting out his midcareer issues--his bosses want him quietly confined to a desk job. Bryan Woodman, an expatriate in Geneva, becomes the financial adviser to idealistic Gulf Prince Nasir. Corporate lawyer Bennett Holiday is finessing the questionable merger of two powerful U.S. oil companies. In Prince Nasir's country, meanwhile, young Pakistani laborer Wasim succumbs to the lure of radical Islam, seeking refuge from the dusty oil fields and crowded hostels in the tranquility of a madrasa. In the labyrinthine, interconnected worlds of espionage and politics, international finance and law, oil and radical Islam, motives and convictions can shape lives, or destroy them

Men in fog -- Replacement batteries -- Connex-Killen -- Services no longer required -- National security -- Do people live here? -- Shark and minnows -- Working waterfront -- Stupid question -- Graduation present -- It's a great city -- Hawks in desert -- Date with Ikea -- Southern suburbs -- Good to have you back in town -- Hotels and lobbies -- Method number three -- Terry's office -- This is the oil business -- Mareva injunction -- Domesticity -- Why we win -- Frozen -- Tribal leaders -- Innocent until investigated -- Cricket -- BBQ -- Remote control -- White flag -- Predators -- Dhow -- Return -- End credits

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