Syriana is a movie directed by Stephen Gaghan in 2005 and inspired by the book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA’s War on Terrorism by Robert B. Baer, first published in 2002. The movie features George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Christopher Plummer, Chris Cooper, Amanda Peet, and others.
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Storyline
U.S. energy giant Connex Oil is losing control of key oil fields in a Persian Gulf kingdom ruled by the al-Subaai family. To compensate for its decreased production capacity, Connex initiates a shady merger with Killen, a smaller oil company that recently won the drilling rights to key petroleum fields in Kazakhstan.
Movie vs Book
Year
2005
Minutes
128
Movie Rate
6.90
Source: IMDb
Year
2002
Pages
320
Book Rate
7.86
S: Goodreads
Book
See No Evil
Subtitle: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
Author: Robert B. Baer
Country: USA
First published in: 2002
Length: 320 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“Movies adapted from books never feel like enough. There's always too much cut out in the end.”
JEREMY SISTO (Actor)
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