Syriana [Blu-ray]

Syriana [Blu-ray]
by Stephen Gaghan

Syriana [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Chris Cooper, Christopher Plummer, George Clooney, Jeffrey Wright, Matt Damon
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: George Clooney
Writer: Stephen Gaghan
Producer: Steven Soderbergh
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.40:1
Running Time: 126 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2006-10-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: 82951
Studio: Warner Home Video
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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 insta

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Movie Review: Refreshing technique used in story telling
Summary: 5 Stars

Syriana is a great movie about what goes on behind the scenes in the corporate/political world and it shows how everyone, politician, military, intelligence, royalty, blue collar worker, media...is connected somehow.

I watched this movie 4 times and the more I watched it, the more "clues" I gathered. This really isn't a movie where you can watch once and forget about it. This is NOT an action thriller.

The movie was made in a collarge way to show how the world is a complex web of simultaneous activity. Each "piece" is held together by a well-known actor: Clooney (CIA scenes), Damon (analysis & the "good" royalty), Cooper (corporate), Language (desperate workers) etc... Without them, it would be impossible to navigate through the movie.

Anyway, this movie is not for rental. Buy it, watch it 3 or 4 times and think about it.

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Summary of Syriana [Blu-ray]

SYRIANA - Blu-Ray Movie

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

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