IONCINEMA.com presents: Syriana (2005)

CAST AND CREW

Director

Stephen Gaghan

Cast (alphabetical order):

George Clooney

Chris Cooper

Matt Damon

Gina Gershon

William Hurt

Ali Larter

Max Minghella

Tim Blake Nelson

Amanda Peet

Christopher Plummer

Greta Scacchi

Jeffrey Wright

Syriana

Release Date: Nov 23, 2005 - Wide Release
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Film Genre: Thriller
Country: United States

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This the political thriller that examines the intelligence business. This is based on Robert Baer memoir "See No Evil: The True Story of a Foot Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism." Clooney will play Baer, who spent 20 years in the trenches for the CIA. The title is a geographical term, referring to the Middle East hot spots that have proved so volatile to U.S. security. The film will be logistically ambitious, likely shooting in locales that include North Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the U.S. Damon would play an oil executive who's in major deal-making mode with a sheik, when he and his wife (Peet) suffer a major family tragedy. Scacchi will portray Clooney's embittered wife.

TRIVIA

Stephen Gaghan wrote Traffic.

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MOVIE NEWS ITEMS

2004-07-30
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Michelle Monaghan will join the ensemble cast.

2004-07-29
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Greta Scacchi has joined the pic.

2004-06-16
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Max Minghella has joined the project.

2004-05-25
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Matt Damon and Amanda Peet will star in the pic.

2003-12-11
Variety reports that Warner Bros. and Section Eight are pushing the project which Steven Soderbergh and Clooney will produce with Gaghan direct.