Syriana (2005)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.1/10   

Director:

Stephen Gaghan

Escritores (WGA):

Robert Baer (book) (suggestion)
Stephen Gaghan (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

9 diciembre 2005 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Everything is connected

Plot:

A politically-charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it.

Plot Keywords:

Oil | CIA | Oil Company | Pakistani | Immigrant

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 16 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Syriana: the smart scripts that speaks

Reparto

Kayvan Novak	...	Arash
George Clooney	...	Bob Barnes
Amr Waked	...	Mohammed Sheik Agiza
Christopher Plummer	...	Dean Whiting
Jeffrey Wright	...	Bennett Holiday
Chris Cooper	...	Jimmy Pope
Robert Foxworth	...	Tommy Barton
Nicky Henson	...	Sydney Hewitt
Nicholas Art	...	Riley Woodman
Matt Damon	...	Bryan Woodman
Amanda Peet	...	Julie Woodman
Steven Hinkle	...	Max Woodman
Daisy Tormé	...	Rebecca
Peter Gerety	...	Leland "Lee" Janus
Richard Lintern	...	Bryan's Boss

También conocida como:

See No Evil (USA) (working title)
Syriana (Venezuela) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Duración:

126 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Urdu | Arabe | Persian | Francés | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

Ireland:15A | Finland:K-15 | UK:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:MA | Norway:15 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | France:U | Germany:12 | Brazil:14 | Sweden:15 | India:UA | Philippines:R-13 | Hungary:16 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 | Malaysia:U | Spain:18 | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

The scene at the front doorway of the Sloan Whiting law firm, which is immediately adjacent to the U.S. Capitol, is actually the real law firm Jones Day located at 51 Louisiana Avenue, NW

Errores:

Sin sincronía de Audio o Visual: At the beginning of the movie when the woman is changing her clothes and putting pants on, she also changes from high heeled shoes into sneakers, but when she walks away, the sound is that of wearing high heels.

Citas:

[first lines]
Arash: Bobby, where have you been?

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en George W. Bush Battles Jesus Christ (2008)

Banda de Sonido:

Wasp Nest

Syriana: the smart scripts that speaks

Syriana, starring Matt Damon and George Clooney, reveals a possible honesty in foreign political corruption. The movie starts out a bit discombobulating, but the ending unleashes a truism in our society. Directed and written by Stephen Gaghan (Screenplay for Traffic 2000), the script for Syriana shows not only a smart liberal-approached storyline, but also how much the American and Arabian lives becomes juxtaposed by oil politics. Based on the non-fiction book "See No Evil" by Robert Baer, Syriana takes its viewer step by step through the birth and processes of terrorism; and tears at the roots from where all violence and corruption derives.

The movie starts with the introduction of a character, Bob (George Clooney), an American CIA agent who works in the Middle East for years witnessing the destruction of social injustice. The movie then turns light to the American governmental affairs and its due process to make oil business proposals and governmental decisions to promote oil driven businesses in the Middle East. Bryan (Matt Damon) struggling to survive in America's capitalistic society thrives to introduce business opportunities in the Middle East; but before completing any deals with reformer and leader, Prince Nasir, all the characters, including a young Arabic man suffering from American politics and social injustices, end up experiencing sacrifices beyond comprehensible.

The movie leaves its audience stunned with a raw realism that the world we live is not a pretty picture, and all the beliefs you trust can be questionable. Although the movie definitely wouldn't exactly be a "feel good movie", its thought provoking and enlightening, and I don't think it was ever meant to be a "feel good movie." The movie shows a perspective worth learning, considering and understanding. And although the movie takes the viewer through a roller-coaster of different lives and people objectives at the beginning of the film, the movie ties in brilliantly to connect not only the characters lives, but the lives of the audience and everyone's lives who have capitalistic motives.