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There Will Be Blood

  • 2007
  • R
  • 2h 38m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
602K
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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.

  • Director
    • Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Writers
    • Paul Thomas Anderson
    • Upton Sinclair
  • Stars
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
    • Paul Dano
    • Ciarán Hinds
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    602K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    496
    87
    • Director
      • Paul Thomas Anderson
    • Writers
      • Paul Thomas Anderson
      • Upton Sinclair
    • Stars
      • Daniel Day-Lewis
      • Paul Dano
      • Ciarán Hinds
    • 1.5KUser reviews
    • 349Critic reviews
    • 93Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #138
    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 118 wins & 137 nominations total

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    Daniel Day-Lewis and Dillon Freasier in There Will Be Blood (2007)
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    Top cast

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    Daniel Day-Lewis
    Daniel Day-Lewis
    • Daniel Plainview
    Paul Dano
    Paul Dano
    • Paul Sunday…
    Ciarán Hinds
    Ciarán Hinds
    • Fletcher
    Martin Stringer
    • Silver Assay Worker
    Matthew Braden Stringer
    • Silver Assay Worker
    Jacob Stringer
    • Silver Assay Worker
    Joseph Mussey
    • Silver Assay Worker
    Barry Del Sherman
    Barry Del Sherman
    • H.B. Ailman
    Harrison Taylor
    • Baby HW
    Stockton Taylor
    • Baby HW
    Paul F. Tompkins
    Paul F. Tompkins
    • Prescott
    Dillon Freasier
    Dillon Freasier
    • HW
    Kevin Breznahan
    Kevin Breznahan
    • Signal Hill Man
    Jim Meskimen
    Jim Meskimen
    • Signal Hill Married Man
    Erica Sullivan
    Erica Sullivan
    • Signal Hill Woman
    Randall Carver
    Randall Carver
    • Mr. Bankside
    Coco Leigh
    Coco Leigh
    • Mrs. Bankside
    Sydney McCallister
    • Mary Sunday
    • Director
      • Paul Thomas Anderson
    • Writers
      • Paul Thomas Anderson
      • Upton Sinclair
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Dillon Freasier (who plays H.W. Plainview, the son of the character played by Sir 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?

      Daniel Plainview: I did what your brother couldn't.

      Eli Sunday: Don't say this to me.

      Daniel 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]

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

      Eli Sunday: No...

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

      Eli Sunday: No.

      Daniel 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...

      Daniel Plainview: You lose.

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

      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]

      Daniel Plainview: I drink it up!

      Eli Sunday: Don't bully me, Daniel!

      [Daniel roars and throws Eli across the room]

      Daniel 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 Siskel & Ebert: 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 reviews1.5K

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    9/10
    Excellent, gutsy filmmaking
    This is a compelling family drama charting one man's rise and fall as he ruthless exploits oil in the American west. It has everything you could want from a great Hollywood movie: subtlety, excellent acting, a thoughtful and intelligent script and quite wonderful cinematography.

    It's a film in which the oil is a supporting character in itself, and the series of unfortunate deaths and accidents that beleaguer our leading man reminded me of Emile Zola's excellent novel, Germinal. Daniel Day-Lewis gives another assured performance here, living and breathing rather than merely acting his role, and watching his growing feud with the slimy preacher is the stuff of great cinema. All in all a wonderful, epic film, old fashioned in the best possible sense.
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    • Leofwine_draca
    • Mar 13, 2012

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    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(location)
    • 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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