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Synopsis: American oil companies Connex and smaller Killen are undergoing a merger, the new company named Connex-Killen. The move is in response to Connex losing a number of oil fields in the Persian Gulf region as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai, his country's foreign minister, and the oldest son of the Emir and thus the heir apparent to the throne, signed a contract with the Chinese instead. As Killen somehow managed to get the contract for the oil fields in Kazahkstan, the merger would give Connex-Killen additional control of the industry in the Middle East. Connex's retained law firm, headed by Dean Whiting, assigns Bennett Holiday to demonstrate to the US Department of Justice that due diligence has been done to allow the merger to proceed i.e. that the merger would not break any antitrust regulations. The US government is unhappy with Prince Nasir's decision to award the contract to the Chinese, and in combination with issues around illegal weapons, the CIA assigns field agent Bob Barnes, who has e
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Stephen Gaghan
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 28 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
72%
R
Year:
2005
128 min
$50,800,000
Website
783 Views


Yeah. Okay.

- Come on, jump in.

- Come on.

- Come on. Jump in!

- Sissy!

Just jump, come on!

Max?

- Max!

- Oh, my God!

Cut the power! Cut the power!

Max! Max!

- Let go!

- Somebody cut the power!

- Max!

- Come on. Come on.

- That's my son!

- Oh, my God.

- Get out of my way!

- Okay.

- Oh, my God!

- Take him!

Take him! Take him out.

Take him this way. Take him out.

Put him down. Down, down.

- Sweetie?

- Someone get a doctor, doctor, doctor!

He's not breathing. He's not breathing.

- Get a doctor!

- Is anybody a doctor?

Do something! Help us!

I hear phrases thrown around like

"the corrupting influence of money"...

Washington, DC

... or "the evil influence

of dollars in politics"...

... when more money was spent

on the syndication rights...

... to the Seinfeld television program...

... than on the whole of

the last presidential election.

Last election cycle,

I spent $300,000.

I have pictures of myself with the

president that I use all over the world.

I didn't make this coffee for you.

People don 't know Danny Dalton, but

they know the president of the U. S...

... and they see that I know

the president of the United States.

- In a free society...

- Making it for me.

... the one written into law...

You...

...it's the people, individually...

...I'm making oatmeal.

...and organized into committees...

- Then you sleep.

... not the U.S. Government,

who decide the issues....

You look like sh*t.

... of a political campaign.

In our country, we don 't...

... stuff dollars into ballot boxes.

- What we do...

- You working?

...is turn money into votes.

- I had trouble at work.

The ability of a candidate...

There's beer in my fridge,

so you don't die of the DTs.

Please don't smoke in my house.

- Meaning, not so loosely translated,

that money is speech.

And, last time I heard, speech in the

United States of America is protected.

You can 't limit my advocacy

just because it works.

I have a sovereign, inalienable right

to petition my government.

And why is it some dirty little secret...

... that it's in America 's interest

to do business overseas?

Two of my wife's kids were deported

from this country.

You know why?

Because they didn't have work.

You don't have to pay me.

Give me something to do.

Then decide.

I'm sorry. I already have a

long list for that job too.

And if you want to work

in this country...

...learn the language.

Learn Arabic!

Foreign workers' compound

The Persian Gulf

Why are they running?

Maybe the small one...

...committed a crime or something.

They gave us french fries

at the Islamic school.

Close the door, Papa.

His sister has a thing for you.

His sister has a big ass.

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Stephen Gaghan

Stephen Gaghan (born May 6, 1965) is an American screenwriter and director. He is noted for writing the screenplay for Steven Soderbergh's film Traffic, based on a Channel 4 series, for which he won the Academy Award, as well as Syriana which he wrote and directed. more…

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