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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569807723
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 20, 2006
Running Time: 128 minutes
Sales Rank: 4266
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 09, 2005
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Big oil means big money. Very big money. And that fact unleashes corruption that stretches from Houston to Washington to the Mideast and ensnares industrialists princes spies politicos oilfield laborers and terrorists in a deadly deceptive web of move and countermove. This lightning-paced whip-smart action thriller grips your mind and nerves with an intensity that doesn't let go for an instant.Running Time: 128 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE UPC: 012569807723 Manufacturer No: 80772
Amazon.com:
Syriana is an oil-based soap opera set against the world of global oil cartels. It is to the oil industry as Traffic was to the drug trade (no surprise, since writer/director Stephen Gaghan wrote the screenplay to Traffic): a sprawling attempt to portray the vast political, business, social, and personal implications of a societal addiction, in this case, oil. A major merger between two of the world’s largest oil companies reveals ethical dilemmas for the lawyer charged with making the deal (Jeffrey Wright), and major global implications beyond the obvious; a CIA operative (George Clooney) discovers the truth about his work, and the people he works for; a young oil broker (Matt Damon) encounters personal tragedy, then partners with an idealistic Gulf prince (Alexander Siddig) attempting to build a new economy for his people, only to find he’s opposed by powers far beyond his control. Meanwhile, disenfranchised Pakistani youths are lured into terrorism by a radical Islamic cleric. And that’s just the start. As in Traffic, in one way or another all of the characters’ fates are tied to each other, whether they realize it or not, though the connections are sometimes tenuous. While Syriana is basically a good film with timely resonance, it can’t quite seem to measure up to Gaghan’s ambitious vision and it very nearly collapses under the weight of its many storylines. Fortunately they are resolved skillfully enough to keep the film from going under in the end. To some viewers, Syriana will seem like an unfocused and over-loaded film that goes, all at once, everywhere and nowhere. Others will find it to be an important work earnestly exploring major issues. In either case, it’s a film that deserves to be taken seriously, and it’s likely to be one that will be talked about for a long time to come. --Dan Vancini
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - scary but Stooped
first Iran actress to play american movie & got trouble because she dident ask her county to star in it. now she is not allowed to leave her counry. Story of this movie is about military oil. Mat damen looses his son in a dispute over oil. I herd of this movie & wanted to see it. but watching to the midle I almost dident I would watch the rest. u think Saving Private Ryan is scary well think again buster. some might be able to handel this movie but dont be dweller after u see this movie. ... Read More
Rating:  - Under rated film Nails it.
They nailed it here. Behind the facade of polite manners, crisply ironed suits, dark restaurants, and spotless white robes, those in power know the real story. This is about the ruthless pursuit of power, the people who know the score, how they manipulate almost everyone else, and the consequences.
Intelligent and well considered. This is the first time I'd heard Mossedeq mentioned on TV, Radio or Movies despite the fact that Mossedeq is the pivotal character in the struggle for oil ... Read More
Rating:  - Asks serious questions, but not for the faint of heart
SYRIANA, starring George Clooney, is a film loosely based on the book SEE NO EVIL by former CIA operative Richard Baer, who had ground experience in various countries of the middle east.
However, this movie throws a bigger net over the lead character's adventures and misadventures. The center of the plot, the fight between the Sheik's two sons to inherit his kingdom, is clearly set in Saudi Arabia, but the movie was filmed in Dubai, UAE. The conspiracy -- if you want to call it that ... Read More
Rating: - Confusing but Enlightening
Syriana is deliberately confusing.
You have to stick with it or you will be lost.
The characters are not one-dimensional: all represent shadings of good and bad, and all can be corrupted by the system of Oil at Any Price.
The only fully decent character--the reformist Sheik--is killed by the CIA, for that very decency. (He wants to help his people, rather than the oil companies.)
The Matt Damon character grows in moral maturity before your very eyes. ... Read More
Rating: - Like Going to the Dentist
What happened to the days when watching a movie was an escapist experience? This movie makes you look at the clock more than the subtitles (which you have to have on, in order to follow the droll, elephant trodding they call a script)!
I hope the negatives are lost for the sake of posterity.
Clooney sucks also...as usual.
Jack
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