Overview:
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.| Status: | Released (2007-12-26) |
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| Awards: | Won 2 Oscars. 114 wins & 138 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $40,222,514 |
| Screen: | Paul Thomas Anderson, Upton Sinclair |
| Productions: | Paramount Vantage, Miramax, JoAnne Sellar Productions, Ghoulardi Film Company |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 11856: Daniel Day-Lewis - Daniel Plainview
- 17142: Paul Dano - Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
- 18916: Kevin J. O'Connor - Henry
- 8785: Ciarán Hinds - Fletcher Hamilton
- 52564: Dillon Freasier - H.W. Plainview
- 52565: Hope Elizabeth Reeves - Elizabeth
- 52566: Colleen Foy - Mary Sunday
Crews
- 4770: JoAnne Sellar - Producer - Production
- 4762: Paul Thomas Anderson - Producer - Production
- 4772: Cassandra Kulukundis - Casting - Production
- 4762: Paul Thomas Anderson - Director - Directing
- 5632: Jack Fisk - Production Design - Art
- 1809: Dylan Tichenor - Editor - Editing
- 4769: Daniel Lupi - Producer - Production
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Reviews
j4ni
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Great movie, not a spaghetti western. Very good story and atmosphere 10 stars.
Continue reading ->Wuchak
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***Weighty, morose period drama with complex characters and Daniel Day-Lewis*** In the early 20th century, an industrious prospector in Southern California, Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), becomes a shrewd oil magnate, whose journey is paralleled with a dubious Pentecostal p ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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I remember reading about just how much money Rockefeller was making at the height of his prowess and the sums were eye watering. His Standard Oil company is referenced in this powerful drama with Daniel Day Lewis as “Plainview”. He’s a prospector looking for silver but who has a bit ....
Continue reading ->James
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A hypnotic flight into the darkness of the soul and how people hide themselves away. A masterfully directed feat, There Will Be Blood shows the very limits of selfishness and greed which are further encapsulated by Day-Lewis’ mind-blowing and unique performance of which could be easi ....
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