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.
George Clooney
as Bob Barnes
Matt Damon
as Bryan Woodman
Jeffrey Wright
as Bennett Holiday
Chris Cooper
as Jimmy Pope
Amanda Peet
as Julie Woodman
William Hurt
as Stan
Christopher Plummer
as Dean Whiting
Alexander Siddig
as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai
Kayvan Novak
as Arash
Amr Waked
as Mohammed Sheik Agiza
Robert Foxworth
as Tommy Barton
Nicky Henson
as Sydney Hewitt
