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
00:08:11 Thanks, Jimmy. We appreciate hearing your point of view.
00:11:59 All right, thanks for having me, Rebecca.
00:16:34 You get him an audition downtown.
00:20:00 I live in Maryland...
00:24:14 He thinks that little bracelet's gonna get him girls.
00:28:01 Max?
00:31:32 Foreign workers' compound The Persian Gulf
00:36:53 Six? Seven?
00:40:46 ...the Koran.
00:44:07 However, they face enormous challenges in the future.
00:48:14 We think 100 years ago, you were living in tents, chopping each other's heads off...
00:51:46 I got two kids in college, and we're doing our kitchen.
00:57:38 I'm gonna get some information out, Jimmy.
01:05:47 ...to recant their beliefs.
01:11:22 Send me everything.
01:14:46 Further, Daniel Dalton Jr. and Petroika Energy Consultants colluded--
01:18:24 Profit which I will then use to rebuild my country.
01:22:04 ...because I don't approve it.
01:25:54 Look, Don, we can spend the next five years in court...
01:32:16 I like Europe.
01:38:01 ...you've been used.
01:42:52 If he's as big as you say...
01:48:27 It's illegal for an American to control these rights.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,317
Dialogue density10.3 lines / min
First line00:01:45
Final line01:48:27
Production Record
DirectorStephen Gaghan
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50,000,000
Revenue$93,974,620
IMDb votes136,103