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There Will Be Blood

  • 20072007
  • RR
  • 2h 38m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
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Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (2007)
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A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

IMDb RATING
8.2/10
570K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
401
105
  • Director
    • Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Writers
    • Paul Thomas Anderson(written for the screen by)
    • Upton Sinclair(novel "Oil!")
  • Stars
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
    • Paul Dano
    • Ciarán Hinds
Top credits
  • Director
    • Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Writers
    • Paul Thomas Anderson(written for the screen by)
    • Upton Sinclair(novel "Oil!")
  • Stars
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
    • Paul Dano
    • Ciarán Hinds
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 1.4KUser reviews
    • 354Critic reviews
    • 93Metascore
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  • Top rated movie #140
    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 116 wins & 137 nominations total

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    Daniel Day-Lewis and Dillon Freasier in There Will Be Blood (2007)
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    Daniel Day-Lewis
    Daniel Day-Lewis
    • Daniel Plainviewas Daniel Plainview
    Paul Dano
    Paul Dano
    • Paul Sundayas Paul Sunday…
    Ciarán Hinds
    Ciarán Hinds
    • Fletcheras Fletcher
    Martin Stringer
    • Silver Assay Workeras Silver Assay Worker
    Matthew Braden Stringer
    • Silver Assay Workeras Silver Assay Worker
    Jacob Stringer
    • Silver Assay Workeras Silver Assay Worker
    Joseph Mussey
    • Silver Assay Workeras Silver Assay Worker
    Barry Del Sherman
    Barry Del Sherman
    • H.B. Ailmanas H.B. Ailman
    Harrison Taylor
    • Baby HWas Baby HW
    Stockton Taylor
    • Baby HWas Baby HW
    Paul F. Tompkins
    Paul F. Tompkins
    • Prescottas Prescott
    Dillon Freasier
    Dillon Freasier
    • HWas HW
    Kevin Breznahan
    Kevin Breznahan
    • Signal Hill Manas Signal Hill Man
    Jim Meskimen
    Jim Meskimen
    • Signal Hill Married Manas Signal Hill Married Man
    Erica Sullivan
    Erica Sullivan
    • Signal Hill Womanas Signal Hill Woman
    Randall Carver
    Randall Carver
    • Mr. Banksideas Mr. Bankside
    Coco Leigh
    Coco Leigh
    • Mrs. Banksideas Mrs. Bankside
    Sydney McCallister
    • Mary Sundayas Mary Sunday
    • Director
      • Paul Thomas Anderson
    • Writers
      • Paul Thomas Anderson(written for the screen by)
      • Upton Sinclair(novel "Oil!")
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    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 pipeline to the coast, and as Eli tries to build his own religious empire. —Huggo
    • oil
    • misanthrope
    • loss of hearing
    • prospector
    • money
    • 351 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • There Will Be Greed. There Will Be Vengeance.
    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for some violence
    • Parents guide

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    • Trivia
      Dillon Freasier (who plays H.W. Plainview, the son of the character played by Daniel Day-Lewis) was not an actor; he was an elementary student near the film's West Texas shooting location. On the radio program "Fresh Air with Terry Gross," Paul Thomas Anderson told Gross that when the production was trying to convince Dillon's mother to allow Dillon to be in the movie, his mother wanted to figure out who Day-Lewis was, so she rented a copy of Gangs of New York (2002) (in which Day-Lewis plays a murderous gang leader nicknamed "The Butcher"). She panicked at the idea of her son spending time with the man she saw in that movie, so the 'There Will Be Blood' casting department rushed to her a copy of The Age of Innocence (1993), in which Day-Lewis plays a civilized and gentle man.
    • Goofs
      When Eli Sunday lists the towns he will be visiting on his mission, he includes Taft, which would have been named Moron until the 1920s.
    • Quotes

      Eli Sunday: Why are you talking about Paul?

      Plainview: I did what your brother couldn't.

      Eli Sunday: Don't say this to me.

      Plainview: I broke you and I beat you. It was Paul who told me about you. He's the prophet. He's the smart one. He knew what was there and he found me to take it out of the ground, and you know what the funny thing is? Listen... listen... listen... I paid him ten thousand dollars, cash in hand, just like that. He has his own company now. A prosperous little business. Three wells producing. Five thousand dollars a week.

      [Eli cries]

      Plainview: Stop crying, you sniveling ass! Stop your nonsense. You're just the afterbirth, Eli.

      Eli Sunday: No...

      Plainview: You slithered out of your mother's filth.

      Eli Sunday: No.

      Plainview: They should have put you in a glass jar on a mantlepiece. Where were you when Paul was suckling at his mother's teat? Where were you? Who was nursing you, poor Eli? One of Bandy's sows? That land has been had. Nothing you can do about it. It's gone. It's had.

      Eli Sunday: If you would just take...

      Plainview: You lose.

      Eli Sunday: ...this lease, Daniel...

      Plainview: Drainage! Drainage, Eli, you boy. Drained dry. I'm so sorry. Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? Watch it. Now, my straw reaches acroooooooss the room and starts to drink your milkshake. I... drink... your... milkshake!

      [sucking sound]

      Plainview: I drink it up!

      Eli Sunday: Don't bully me, Daniel!

      [Daniel roars and throws Eli across the room]

      Plainview: Did you think your song and dance and your superstition would help you, Eli? I am the Third Revelation! I am who the Lord has chosen!

    • Crazy credits
      There are no opening credits, except for the title.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Best of 2007 (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Popcorn Superhet Receiver
      Composed by Jonny Greenwood

      Performed by BBC Concert Orchestra (as The BBC Concert Orchestra)

      Conducted by Robert Ziegler

    User reviews1.4K

    Review
    Top review
    Stunning
    This film raises the game for everyone out there. I have loved all of Paul Thomas Anderson's work, including his greatly underrated Punch-Drunk Love, but this is a huge leap from any of the previous movies into a realm, as others have said, inhabited by classics such as Treasure of the Sierra Madre - and then some. Every element of this film is astonishing, from the opening twenty minutes, which feature virtually no dialog, to Jonny Greenwood's score, which I have heard criticized as too imposing but which seems just about perfect to me (and brings to mind the non-Blue Danube elements of 2001 at its most experimental). Daniel Day-Lewis' performance is in a league of its own: his voice, his mannerisms, his physical movement, his stunted emotions, are flesh and blood, and hauntingly so, in a way that even Tommy Lee Jones in In The Valley of Elah (which I thought was a pretty staggering performance) can't quite attain. I will watch this film again and again simply to see something so raw and so moving and so gut-wrenching. This is why I love movies; this is what made me want to make movies when I was fourteen years old.
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    • tranquilbuddha
    • Dec 27, 2007

    FAQ12

    • What does Daniel say to Eli after the baptism?
    • Is "There Will be Blood" based on a book?
    • Why does Daniel turn down the contract at the beginning of the film?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 25, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • American Sign Language
    • Also known as
      • Oil!
    • Filming locations
      • Lompoc, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Vantage
      • Miramax
      • Ghoulardi Film Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $40,222,514
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $190,739
      • Dec 30, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $76,182,388
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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