What is "syriana"

Syriana is a 2005 geopolitical thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, and executive produced by George Clooney, who also stars in the film with an ensemble cast. Gaghan's screenplay is loosely adapted from Robert Baer's memoir See No Evil. The film focuses on petroleum politics and the global influence of the oil industry, whose political, economic, legal, and social effects are experienced by a Central Intelligence Agency operative ( George Clooney), an energy analyst ( Matt Damon), a Washington, D.C. attorney ( Jeffrey Wright), and a young unemployed Pakistani migrant worker ( Mazhar Munir) in an Arab state in the Persian Gulf. The film also features an extensive supporting cast including Amanda Peet, Tim Blake Nelson, Mark Strong, Alexander Siddig, Amr Waked, and Academy Award winners Christopher Plummer, Chris Cooper and William Hurt.

As with Gaghan's screenplay for Traffic, Syriana uses multiple, parallel storylines, jumping between locations in Iran, Texas, Washington, D.C., Switzerland, Spain and Lebanon.

Clooney won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Bob Barnes, and Gaghan's script was nominated by the Academy for Best Original Screenplay. As of April 20, 2006, the film had grossed a total of $50.82 million at the U.S. box office and $42.9 million overseas, for a total of $93.73 million.

Syriana is the original soundtrack, on the RCA Victor label, of the 2005 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film Syriana starring Kayvan Novak, Matt Damon, George Clooney (who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as "Bob Barnes" in this film), Christopher Plummer, Jeffrey Wright and Chris Cooper. The original score and songs were composed by Alexandre Desplat.

Desplat's score was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.