Being kidnapped was not supposed to be part of filmmaker Stephen Gaghan's research for Syriana, a panoramic drama about big oil, global politics and terrorism.
But that's exactly what happened when Gaghan, while standing in line at customs at the Beirut airport in 2003, received an anonymous call on his cellphone, offering him the opportunity to do something "really special".
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