Syriana
2005 · 128 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 136,103 VOTES · DIR. Stephen Gaghan
Overview
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,317 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:45 Tehran, Iran
00:08:17 ...is looking into your relationships in Kazakhstan...
00:12:16 Hey.
00:16:53 Absolutely.
00:20:33 It's complicated, you know.
00:24:43 Me too.
00:28:38 -Get a doctor! -Is anybody a doctor?
00:32:49 Stop talking.
00:37:53 I mean, client.
00:41:49 We should write thank-you notes to Mr. Whiting and the U.S.A...
00:45:17 This is top of the director's list.
00:49:51 And I'll probably ruin my grandkids.
00:55:18 The spider is a symbol of the sin of man.
01:03:43 -Did you find the others? -I couldn't. Joe's looking for it.
01:10:02 We've just received a dispatch from Damascus, eight minutes old.
01:13:33 And the banning of the wearing of colorful clothing.
01:17:11 Look at the progression.
01:20:34 I cared about every fucking percentile.
01:24:59 ...and it's starting to look like you could be involved...
01:30:54 That's a lot of shit, I think.
01:36:29 Everything seems fine.
01:42:09 ...because they can't get all the oil they need.
01:48:10 And the best option seemed to be...
50:00:00 on your hotel room.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,317
Dialogue density10.3 lines / min
First line00:01:45
Final line50:00:00
Production Record
DirectorStephen Gaghan
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50,000,000
Revenue$93,974,620
IMDb votes136,103