GEORGE CLOONEY - SYRIANA HELPS AMERICA'S OIL CRISIS

GEORGE CLOONEY movie SYRIANA is being used by environmentalists to persuade America to reduce their use of oil.

The blockbuster barely references the ethical effects of the oil crisis - preferring to concentrate on issues such as political assassination and Islam fundamentalism.

But it has caught the attention of the security forces, unwittingly helping the environmental campaigners in their quest.

JON COIFMAN, a spokesman for the Natural Resources Defense Council, says, "A lot of liberal coalitions and a lot of liberal individuals will look at these people and say, 'We don't like these guys.'

"But the lines on the political map are being redrawn. I don't think this is going to be a short-term marriage of convenience."