Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Daniel Day-Lewis | ... | Daniel Plainview | |
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Martin Stringer | ... | Silver Assay Worker |
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Matthew Braden Stringer | ... | Silver Assay Worker |
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Jacob Stringer | ... | Silver Assay Worker |
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Joseph Mussey | ... | Silver Assay Worker |
Barry Del Sherman | ... | H.B. Ailman | |
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Harrison Taylor | ... | Baby HW |
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Stockton Taylor | ... | Baby HW |
Paul F. Tompkins | ... | Prescott | |
Dillon Freasier | ... | HW | |
Kevin Breznahan | ... | Signal Hill Man | |
Jim Meskimen | ... | Signal Hill Married Man | |
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Erica Sullivan | ... | Signal Hill Woman |
Randall Carver | ... | Mr. Bankside | |
Coco Leigh | ... | Mrs. Bankside |
The intersecting life stories of Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday in early twentieth century California is presented. Miner turn oilman Daniel Plainview is a driven man who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. He works hard but he also takes advantage of those around him at their expense if need be. His business partner is his son H.W., who in reality he "acquired" when H.W.'s biological single father, who worked on one of Daniel's rigs, got killed in a workplace accident. Daniel is deeply protective of H.W. if only for what H.W. brings to the partnership. Eli Sunday is one in a pair of twins, whose family farm Daniel purchases for the major oil deposit located on it. Eli, the local preacher and a self-proclaimed faith healer, wants the money from the sale of the property to finance his own church. The lives of the two competitive men often clash as Daniel pumps oil off the property and tries to acquire all the surrounding land at bargain prices to be able to build a ... Written by Huggo
There Will Be Blood. Chilling, Sublime, perfect.
First I must say the Soundtrack is amazingly disturbing and sets the tone of the film from the first scene. Many forget the amount of mood that sound sets.
The film held me enraptured from first to last second.
The story is perfectly displayed. Ever thing is laid out before the viewer in an intentional pace.
The film is for viewers with imagination and foresight who can see through the shams of modern movie plot and into the realm of literature.
The acting is simply stunning. Daniel Day Lewis can portray lines with a single expression and does in this film.
I'm sure many will not enjoy this movie and all I have to say to them is go watch Transformers 2 again.