Marketing Reality: Iraqiana

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Title: Iraqiana
Release Date: October 12
Rating: R

In a thriller as complex as the political world we inhabit, disparate actors from far flung corners of the globe fall prey to forces they can no more detect than comprehend. In Washington, Roy Willston (Matt Damon) is a young and earnest energy consultant trying to broker a viable oil strategy for Iraq. His mentor and State Department employer (Chris Cooper) will do anything to put a deal in place, no matter the consequences for Iraq. Meanwhile Iraqi oil minister Hussain Al-Khaliq (Tony Shaloub) must placate Sunni clerics who condemn any negotiations with Shiites. As Sunni attempts to thwart a compromise grow increasingly violent, Al-Khaliq confronts the ultimate dilemma when he discovers his own father, a fundamentalist imam, has masterminded terror attacks on Shiite civilians. Finally, Baban (insert random, vaguely Kurdish actor -- Leonardo DiCaprio?), a Kurdish peasant, is drawn into the fray when he tries to avenge his father's death at the hands of former Baathist leaders. Without anyone's knowledge or intent, all fates eventually intertwine as the oil deal evaporates in the chaos of post-war Iraq.

Everything divides them. Oil unites them . . . and ignites them.

Iraqiana

This fall, an attempt to secure the world's most valuable lubricant grinds to a halt . . .