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
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