The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 2005
Syriana
Directed by
Stephen Gaghan
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.
The story
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.
Cast
George ClooneyBob Barnes
Matt DamonBryan Woodman
Jeffrey WrightBennett Holiday
Chris CooperJimmy Pope
Amanda PeetJulie Woodman
William HurtStan
Christopher PlummerDean Whiting
Alexander SiddigPrince Nasir Al-Subaai
Kayvan NovakArash
Amr WakedMohammed Sheik Agiza
Robert FoxworthTommy Barton
Nicky HensonSydney Hewitt
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Nicholas ArtRiley Woodman
Steven HinkleMax Woodman
Daisy TorméRebecca
Peter GeretyLeland "Lee" Janus
Richard LinternBryan's Boss
Mazhar MunirWasim Khan
Jocelyn QuivrinVincent
Shahid AhmedSaleem Ahmed Khan
Bikram Singh BhamraPakistani Translator
Roger YuanChinese Engineer
Jamey SheridanDivision Chief
Randall BoffmanDistinguished Gentleman #1
Max MinghellaRobby Barnes
Nadim SawalhaEmir Hamed Al-Subaai
Akbar KurthaPrince Meshal Al-Subaai
Sonnell DadralFarooq
Tim Blake NelsonDanny Dalton
Mark StrongMussawi
Badria TimimiNasir's Wife
Viola DavisCIA Chairwoman
Ozzie YueChinese Oil Executive
Donna MitchellPat Janus
David ClennonDonald
Susan AllenbackParalegal #1
Katherine Hoskins MackeyParalegal
Linda E. WilliamsParalegal
Susan DuvallAssistant at CIA
Bahar SoomekhYassi (uncredited)
Susan Halsey SingerMother (uncredited)
Elena RosaCIA Operations Specialist (uncredited)
Lauren MiniteRestaurant Girl (uncredited)
Anna GeorgeReza's Sister (uncredited)
Wendy KushWitness (uncredited)
Jayne AtkinsonDivision Chief
Tom McCarthyFred Franks
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