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.
Elenco: 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 , Bikram Singh Bhamra , Roger Yuan , Jamey Sheridan , Max Minghella , Nadim Sawalha , Akbar Kurtha , Sonnell Dadral , Tim Blake Nelson , Mark Strong , Badria Timimi , Viola Davis , Ozzie Yue , Donna Mitchell , David Clennon .