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Features: HD DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Dolby Digital (5.1) Plus; Dolby Surround Sound, Additional Scenes, Featurette, Interviews, Documentary, English, French, Spanish Subtitled
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.
George Clooney (Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner as Best Supporting Actor), Matt Damon and Jeffrey Wright lead a stellar cast in a lightning-paced, whip-smart thriller written and directed by Traffic Academy Award® winner Stephen Gaghan. From its very first scene, Syriana grips your mind and nerves with an intensity that doesn't let go for an instant. What is the price of oil? This "engrossing, insider's tour of the world's hottest spots, grandest schemes and most dangerous men" (Richard Corliss, Time) has a jolting answer.
"**** Brilliant. It's not just hot, it's incendiary." Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"A complex, intriguing narrative about oil, terrorism, money and power." A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Editor's Note
IN THEATERS NOVEMBER 23, 2005 Based on the true story of a CIA counter-terrorism agent (George Clooney) who witnesses the slow disintegration of the agency's power as it sinks under corruption.
| Features | Additional Scenes | | Make A Change, Make A Difference Featurette | | Conversation With George Clooney | | Weaving Reality Into Drama | | A Conversation With Matt Damon | | Widescreen Presentation | | Subtitles: English, Spanish, French | | Audio: English Dolby Digital (5.1) Plus; Dolby Surround Sound |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 6/20/2006 |
| Running Time: 128 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2005 | | Catalog ID: 80792 | | UPC: 00012569807921 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.40:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Academy Awards (2005) |  | George Clooney, Winner, Best Supporting Actor |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"SYRIANA has a lot of big, important things to say about big, important things, and its says them with a sense of urgency." 12/02/2005 p.56-57Rolling Stone
4 stars out of 4 -- "[T]his fighting-mad film isn't just hot, its' incendiary. And no one gets off the hook. You see it with the exhilarating feeling that a movie can make a difference." 12/01/2005 p.136 Premiere
3 stars out of 4 -- "[D]ensely packed with detail and convincingly told." 12/01/2005 p.56 New York Times
"[A] movie that demands and rewards close attention....[O]ne of the best geopolitical thrillers in a very long time." 11/23/2005 p.E1 Uncut
5 stars out of 5 -- "[D]elivered with breathtaking cinematic brilliance....[Clooney], all hang-dog stares and brow-beaten demeanour, gives the performance of his career." 04/01/2006 p.132 Sight and Sound
"Outwardly, the picture projects an impression of fragmentation and instability to reflect the turmoil of the world it is investigating." 04/01/2006 p.70 Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "SYRIANA is brain-achingly complex yet still deeply, deeply human." 08/01/2006 p.102 Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "It's a Hollywood thriller with a moral conscience, and one that might just inspire a pang of guilt next time you're at the petrol pump." 08/01/2006 p.82 |
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