Syriana (2005)

Regisseur:

Stephen Gaghan

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

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

Premierendatum:

9. Dezember 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Werbezeile:

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:

Prince | Satellite Camera | Immigrant | Secret Informant | Oil Field

Filmpreise:

Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 16 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Go See It

Besetzung

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

Alternativ:

See No Evil (USA) (working title)
Syriana (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Länge:

126 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Urdu | Arabisch | Persian | Französisch | Mandarin

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

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

Drehorte:

Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Firma:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Dies und das:

Syriana is a term used by Washington think-tanks to describe a hypothetical re-shaping of the Middle East.

Pannen:

Filmfehler: When Bob returns to Syriana to warn Prince Nasir of the international plot against him, the sign Dubai International Airport, in black writing on a white background, is partially visible on a walkway from the terminal to a waiting plane.

Dialogzitate:

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

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt "Seinfeld" (1990)

Soundtrack:

Chinatown

Go See It

Initially I wanted to compare it with Traffic, same style and interwoven story lines, but the film itself stopped me from doing so. Thank you. Comparing films can so difficult, you know, the old apples v. oranges thing. This film stands on its own without the comparison or the similarities to Traffic.

Just before I went to the movie theatre, I saw an interview with Steve Gaghan the director on the Charlie Rose Show, and probably this helped me to fit most of the pieces together. The scene where Bob (Clooney) is taken to visit Hezbollah leaders, is based on the exact experience the director had when researching the story. He said that most of the film was based on his or Bob's actual experiences.

So what do we have....Oil, big oil, oil executives, oil analysts, oil geography, oil politics, big time oil power brokers, CIA, Islamic terrorists, Middle East culture....It's all there. And Steve Gaghan does a very good job in bringing it all together. His directorial debut. Very good acting all round, maybe the oldest boy and his mother Amanda Peet stand out.

I walked out of the theatre in an emotional daze, if that's possible. I will see this film again.

My coda.... What a rotten, ugly barrel of oil.