There Will Be Blood
2007
There will be greed. There will be vengeance.
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
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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.
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- Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Written by
- Upton Sinclair, Paul Thomas Anderson
- Produced by
- Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson
- Composer
- Jonny Greenwood
- Cinematographer
- Robert Elswit
- Editor
- Dylan Tichenor
- Sound Designer
- Chris Scarabosio
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 38m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 8.1/10 (7,658 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 91% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 93/100
- IMDb
- 8.2/10 (700,517 votes)
Awards
- WonAcademy Award— Best Cinematography(2008)
- NominatedAcademy Award— Best Picture(2008)
- NominatedAcademy Award— Best Director(2008)
Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Plainview
Paul Dano
Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
Kevin J. O'Connor
Henry
Ciarán Hinds
Fletcher Hamilton
Dillon Freasier
H.W. Plainview
Hope Elizabeth Reeves
Elizabeth
Colleen Foy
Mary Sunday
Barry Del Sherman
H. B. Ailman
David Willis
Abel Sunday
Hans Howes
Mr. Bandy
Sydney McCallister
Mary Sunday (young)
Paul F. Tompkins
Prescott
Kevin Breznahan
Signal Hill Man
Jim Meskimen
Signal Hill Married Man
Erica Sullivan
Signal Hill Woman
Randall Carver
Mr. Bankside
Coco Leigh
Mrs. Bankside
Jim Downey
Al Rose
Crew
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Jonny Greenwood
There Will Be Blood (Music from the Motion Picture)
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