There Will Be Blood (2007)

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There Will Be Blood is a American epic period drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, loosely based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a silver miner-turned-oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California’s oil boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Paul Dano, Kevin J. O’Connor, Ciarán Hinds, and Dillon Freasier also feature in the film.

The film was produced by Ghoulardi Film Company and distributed by Paramount Vantage and Miramax Films. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director and a Special Artistic Contribution Award for Jonny Greenwood’s score. The film grossed $76.2 million worldwide against its $25 million budget.

In 1898, Daniel Plainview is a silver prospector mining a potentially precious ore vein from a pit mine hole in New Mexico. In the process of dynamiting the lode, he falls and breaks his leg. He saves a silver sample, climbs out of the mine and drags himself to an assay office, where he receives a silver and gold certificate claim. In 1902, he discovers oil near Los Angeles and establishes a drilling company. Following the death of a worker in an accident, Daniel adopts the man’s orphaned son. The boy, H. W., becomes his nominal business partner, allowing Daniel to present himself to potential investors as a family man.

In 1911, Daniel is approached by Paul Sunday, a young man who tells him of an oil deposit under his family’s property in Little Boston, California. Daniel attempts to purchase the farm from the Sundays at a bargain price, but he is blocked by Eli, Paul’s twin brother and a local evangelical preacher.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Writers: Paul Thomas Anderson (written for the screen by), Upton Sinclair (novel)

Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds, Dillon Freasier, Ciarán Hinds, Kevin J. O’Connor, Russell Harvard

Cast:

Daniel Day-Lewis	…	Daniel Plainview
Martin Stringer	…	Silver Assay Worker
Matthew Braden Stringer	…	Silver Assay Worker
Jacob Stringer	…	Silver Assay Worker
Joseph Mussey	…	Silver Assay Worker
Barry Del Sherman	…	H.B. Ailman
Harrison Taylor	…	Baby HW
Stockton Taylor	…	Baby HW
Paul F. Tompkins	…	Prescott
Dillon Freasier	…	HW
Kevin Breznahan	…	Signal Hill Man
Jim Meskimen	…	Signal Hill Married Man
Erica Sullivan	…	Signal Hill Woman
Randall Carver	…	Mr. Bankside
Coco Leigh	…	Mrs. Bankside
Paul Dano	…	Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
Ciarán Hinds	…	Fletcher
Sydney McCallister	…	Mary Sunday
David Willis	…	Abel Sunday
Christine Olejniczak	…	Mother Sunday
Kellie Hill	…	Ruth Sunday
James Downey	…	Al Rose
Dan Swallow	…	Gene Blaize
Robert Arber	…	Charlie Wrightsman
Bob Bell	…	Geologist
David Williams	…	Ben Blaut
Joy Rawls	…	Eli Follower
Louise Gregg	…	Eli Follower
Amber Roberts	…	Eli Follower
John W. Watts	…	Oil Worker
Robert Caroline	…	Oil Worker
Barry Bruce	…	Oil Worker
Irene G. Hunter	…	Mrs. Hunter
Hope Elizabeth Reeves	…	Elizabeth
John Chitwood	…	Little Boston Doctor
Kevin J. O’Connor	…	Henry
David Warshofsky	…	H.M. Tilford
Charles Thomas Doyle	…	J.J. Carter (as Tom Doyle)
Colton Woodward	…	William Bandy
John Burton	…	L.P. Clair
Hans Howes	…	Bandy
Robert Barge	…	Bartender
Ronald Krut	…	Standard Oil Man
Huey Rhudy	…	Standard Oil Man
Steven Barr	…	Standard Oil Man
Robert Hills	…	HW’s Interpreter
Colleen Foy	…	Adult Mary Sunday
Russell Harvard	…	Adult HW
Bob Bock	…	Priest (as Reverend Bob Bock)
Vince Froio	…	Plainview Servant
Phil Shelly	…	Plainview Servant
Mary Elizabeth Barrett	…	Fanny Clark (uncredited)
Brad Carr	…	Signal Hill Man (uncredited)
Kathryn A Davis	…	Village girl (uncredited)
Arnold Montey	…	Blacksmith (uncredited)
Rhonda Reeves	…	Elizabeth’s Mother (uncredited)
Beau Smith	…	Blacksmith (uncredited)
Arne Starr	…	Signal Hill Resident (uncredited)

Sources: imdb & wikipedia