Syriana is a film American Géopolitique carried out by Stephen Gaghan, left in 2005.

With the manner of the scenario of the film Traffic , Syriana consists of several independent stories in order to describe a total epidemic. Syriana concentrates precisely on the influence of the Oil industry, through the cross destinies of an agent of the CIA (George Clooney), an expert in energy resources (Matt Damon), an agent (Jeffrey Wright), and a young Pakistani workman without employment in an emirate of the Persian Gulf (Mazhar Munir).

The scenario of Stephen Gaghan is freely adapted memories of Robert Baer, the Fall of the CIA ( See No Evil ). George Clooney is one of the executive producers of film.

Synopsis

The giant of Connex energy manages and controls important oil reservoirs in a country directed by family Al-Subaai. However, the Foreign Minister and wire of the emir to the capacity, prince Nasir (Alexander Siddig), make an agreement authorizing a Chinese company to rights of drilling in his country. The actions of Nasir call into question the interests of American oil industry and the US government. In same time, a small oil company of the name of Killen manages to obtain the exclusiveness in the rights of drilling to the Kazakhstan. Connex, which lost its markets, needs the layers of oil kazakhe. They amalgamate with Killen to compensate for the losses, and become the fifth world oil group. However, of the antitrust investigators of the American ministry for justice suspicions of corruption around this fusion have. The law firm of Washington directed by Dean Whiting (Christopher Plummer) is charged to clear up the business, which is entrusted to Bennett Holiday (Jeffrey Wright).

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Distribution

Around film

  • turning began on August 2nd, 2004 and was held with Annapolis, Baltimore, Washington and White Marsh in the United States, Casablanca with the Morocco, Dubai with the United Arab Emirates, in Egypt and with Geneva in Suisse.
  • the actress Greta Scacchi had interpreted the role of the woman of Bob Barnes (George Clooney) and of the mother of Robby Barnes (Max Minghella), but it was cut to the assembly.
  • Robert Baer, the author of the Fall of the CIA , on which the film is based, makes a small appearance as an agent of safety of the CIA.
  • the actress Michelle Monaghan had been initially seen proposing a big role, but during projections test, the public found film too long. As its role related to a parallel intrigue, the scenes in question were removed scenario.
  • George Clooney was seriously wounded with the spinal column during the turning of the scene of torture. The actor had had to take more than 15 kg in one month in order to interpret this role. Its wound caused immense headaches and losses of memory to him. It had to stop the promotion of Ocean' S Twelve. It could despite everything take part in the preview of this one in Los Angeles even if it moved then with many difficulties. After the evening, he was hospitalized and operated in urgency first once, then one second the Christmas Day. Clooney declared later that this profit of weight was “ a beautiful silly thing ” (in English: “ pretty stupid ”). Even if he acknowledges outward journey better and better, he must despite everything carry a corset regularly. Julia Roberts interviewed it in February 2007 for the needs for a Oscars special program of Oprah Winfrey. He acknowledged to him that the two last years had been particularly long from the point of view of its health and that he had the impression to age 10 years of only one blow. He also acknowledged that he would not begin again as much any more of weight in if little time for the needs for a role.
  • Harrison Ford was initially had a presentiment of to play the part of Bob Barnes (played by George Clooney), but he refused the role, act which he will regret later (in an interview given to the magazine Empire Magazine, number of March 2006). It should be noted that Harrison Ford had already refused the role finally held by Michael Douglas in Traffic, preceding film written by Stephen Gaghan.

Original soundtrack

  • Let Da Monkey Out , interpreted by Redman
  • Chinatown , interpreted by Do Make Say Think
  • Train , composed by Dyes with carmine Coppola
  • Church Scene , composed by Carmine Coppola
  • Wasp Nest , interpreted by The National

Rewards

  • Price of the best distribution, at the time of the Boston Society off Film Critics Awards 2005.
  • Nomination with the Oscar of the best scenario and Oscar of the male best supporting role for George Clooney in 2006.
  • Nomination at the price of the male best supporting role for George Clooney, at the time of BAFTA Awards 2006.
  • Golden Globe of the male best supporting role for George Clooney and nomination with the Golden Globe of the best original soundtrack in 2006.
  • Oscar of the best supporting role for George Clooney and nomination for the best original screenplay for Stephen Gaghan in 2006.

Polemics

  • the title even of film is discussed. According to Stephen Gaghan, realizer of film, Syriana would be the code name of a " hypothetical political replanning of the the Middle East " by the tacticians (Think-tank S) of Washington. The objective of Syriana being to lead to ideal configuration of a the Large Middle East for the interests (oil) American.

  • the film wiped a great number of criticisms for the political message which it conveys (the majority of these criticisms come from close relations of the Republican party). According to, journalist Néoconservateur who judges the film " favorable to the terrorisme" , " the name Syriana is the historical name of a project of Large Syria, which gathers around this country Lebanon, Palestine and Transjordanie" .

  • Pax Syriana is also the nickname given to the domination of the Lebanon by the Syria of the end of Guerre of Lebanon to the assassination of Rafik Hariri.

  • Largely inspired of the works of Robert Baer, ex-agent of the CIA, the film was perceived by the Néoconservateurs like " propaganda anti the CIA " , others prefer to see there a plea for the research solution alternatives to the oil of the area. It was reproached to the realizer for giving an human face to the terrorists.

See too

Internal bonds

  • Traffic: the structure of two films remains identical, the subject differs.
  • Geopolitical of oil

External bonds

  • Official site
  • Syriana on Internet Movie Database
  • Syriana on AlloCiné

Simple: Syriana

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