Curator Watchlist
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… Read more
41% (179,965)
Where to watch: Buy
2005 · 2h 8m · ★ 41% (180K)
Everything is connected.
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright
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.
Stephen Gaghan
Participant, 4M, Section Eight, FilmWorks, MID Foundation, Warner Bros. Pictures
George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, Amanda Peet, William Hurt, Christopher Plummer, Alexander Siddig, Kayvan Novak, Amr Waked, Robert Foxworth, Nicky Henson, Nicholas Art, Steven Hinkle, Daisy Tormé, Peter Gerety, Richard Lintern, Mazhar Munir, Jocelyn Quivrin, Shahid Ahmed