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There Will Be Blood
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There Will Be Blood

There will be greed. There will be vengeance.

2007 158 min ★ 8.1 (7,697) Released
Drama

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.

Original title
There Will Be Blood
Language
EN
Country
US
Budget
$25,000,000
Revenue
$77,208,711
Reviews & Ratings 5
James

James

Oct 15, 2023 · via TMDB

★ 10.0

A hypnotic flight into the darkness of the soul and how people hide themselves away. A masterfully directed feat, There Will Be Blood shows the very limits of selfishness and greed which are further encapsulated by Day-Lewis’ mind-blowing and unique performance of which could be easily called the greatest of all time. Every person who worked on this seem as if they are masters of their crafts, even the child actors, whose performances are stunning. Day-Lewis has excellent chemistry with Paul Dano’s egoistical preacher, who was very much snubbed for the best actor category. With some of the best cinematography ever brought to film, this is truly one of the all time greats.

James

James

Oct 14, 2023 · via TMDB

★ 10.0

What the hell was in the air in 2007?

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

Sep 12, 2023 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

I remember reading about just how much money Rockefeller was making at the height of his prowess and the sums were eye watering. His Standard Oil company is referenced in this powerful drama with Daniel Day Lewis as “Plainview”. He’s a prospector looking for silver but who has a bit of a fall and discovers that there is something much more valuable and plentiful - if you know how to find it, He gradually buys up leases and together with his stalwart “Fletcher” (Ciarán Hinds) and young son “H.W.” (Dillon Freasier) starts to develop his business with a view to building a pipeline of over one hundred miles to reach the sea. Along the way, their lives are fraught with dangers and tough choices have to be made - especially when an accident at one of the wells renders the young boy deaf. It’s at this remote site that “Plainview”meets his nemesis. Not in a competitive, business, fashion - but in a puritanical Christian one. The son of a local homesteader is aspiring preacher “Eli” (Paul Dano) and the remainder of the film sees the one trying to humiliate and outmanoeuvre the other and disclaim each’s strongly held values. It’s a slow burn, this film, but DDL is on super form as a man striving for success but for it’s own purpose. His wealth does not bring him contentedness nor, for that matter, does it bring joy to anyone else. This also demonstrates just how poor rural parts of the USA were at the turn of the 20th century, and at how vulnerable the population were to exploitation and the venality of the oilmen. The photography is immersive and the pace works well in drawing us into the perfectly constructed characterisations that were the natural successors to the earlier pioneers. I didn’t love the conclusion. It seemed a little unnecessary, underwhelming - rushed even. The last ten minutes have an intensity of their own that though they well illustrate the skill of Dano and DDL, they just didn’t quite wrap things up as I might have liked. Still, it’s a great piece of cinema with some strong writing underpinning a series of lusts….

Wuchak

Wuchak

Aug 15, 2019 · via TMDB

★ 5.0

***Weighty, morose period drama with complex characters and Daniel Day-Lewis*** In the early 20th century, an industrious prospector in Southern California, Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), becomes a shrewd oil magnate, whose journey is paralleled with a dubious Pentecostal pastor of a remote church, Eli Sunday (Paul Dano). “There Will Be Blood” (2007) is a one-of-a-kind period drama with Western elements. It’s arty and the furthest thing from a conventional blockbuster. You have to be in the mode for a deep, slow-moving, epic flick like this in order to appreciate it. The contemporaneous “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” and “No Country for Old Men” are good comparisons. Whilst the story and main characters are simple on the surface, they go deep and there are some things to mine: What good is success if you have no one to love and enjoy it with? Is Daniel a sociopath or a quality individual who acquires sociopathic tendencies because his choices put him on the road of madness? Was Eli a “false prophet”? If so, was he always a con or did he become one? Why is Eli paralleled with Daniel? Does Daniel have the capacity for genuine love? Does he mean what he ultimately says to HW or are they words born from a sense of betrayal? Would a sane person rashly resort to murder? Is there a positive protagonist in the movie? If so, who and why? If not, why not? Unfortunately, the flick wallows in the negative side of life and is the furthest thing from inspirational. The film runs 2 hours, 38 minutes, and was shot in Southern Cal and Texas (Shafter & Marfa); and Lakewood, Washington (Thornewood Castle). GRADE: C+

J

j4ni

Jul 29, 2019 · via TMDB

Great movie, not a spaghetti western. Very good story and atmosphere 10 stars.

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Cast 20
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Plainview

Paul Dano

Paul Dano

Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday

Kevin J. O'Connor

Kevin J. O'Connor

Henry

Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds

Fletcher Hamilton

Dillon Freasier

Dillon Freasier

H.W. Plainview

Hope Elizabeth Reeves

Hope Elizabeth Reeves

Elizabeth

Colleen Foy

Colleen Foy

Mary Sunday

Barry Del Sherman

Barry Del Sherman

H. B. Ailman

David Willis

David Willis

Abel Sunday

Paul F. Tompkins

Paul F. Tompkins

Prescott

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

Jim Downey

Jim Downey

Al Rose

David Warshofsky

David Warshofsky

H.M. Tilford

Russell Harvard

Russell Harvard

Adult H.W. Plainview

Brad Carr

Brad Carr

Signal Hill Man (uncredited)

Mary Elizabeth Barrett

Mary Elizabeth Barrett

Fanny Clark (uncredited)

Crew 34
Dan Perri

Dan Perri

Main Title Designer

Jack Fisk

Jack Fisk

Production Design

Robert Elswit

Robert Elswit

Director of Photography

François Duhamel

François Duhamel

Still Photographer

Kimberly Adams

Kimberly Adams

Assistant Costume Designer

Mark Bridges

Mark Bridges

Costume Design

Linda Flowers

Linda Flowers

Hair Department Head

Joel Corry

Joel Corry

Intern

Jeff Habberstad

Jeff Habberstad

Stunt Coordinator

Denney Pierce

Denney Pierce

Stunts

Frank Lloyd

Frank Lloyd

Stunts

Keii Johnston

Keii Johnston

Stunts

Mark Muñoz

Mark Muñoz

Stunts

Ryan Happy

Ryan Happy

Stunts

Adam Somner

Adam Somner

Assistant Director

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

Director

Dylan Tichenor

Dylan Tichenor

Editor

Cassandra Kulukundis

Cassandra Kulukundis

Casting

Scott Rudin

Scott Rudin

Executive Producer

Daniel Lupi

Daniel Lupi

Producer

JoAnne Sellar

JoAnne Sellar

Producer

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

Producer

Ruth De Jong

Ruth De Jong

Production Assistant

Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt

Additional Soundtrack

Coya Elliott

Coya Elliott

First Assistant Sound Editor

Jonny Greenwood

Jonny Greenwood

Original Music Composer

Chris Scarabosio

Chris Scarabosio

Sound Designer

Tim Nielsen

Tim Nielsen

Sound Effects Editor

John Pritchett

John Pritchett

Sound Mixer

Michael Semanick

Michael Semanick

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Matthew Wood

Matthew Wood

Supervising Sound Editor

Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair

Novel

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

Writer

Gallery 308
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US Release Dates 6

Sep 27, 2007

Fantastic Fest

Premiere

Dec 10, 2007

New York City, New York

Premiere

Dec 26, 2007

R Theatrical (Limited)

Jan 25, 2008

R Theatrical

Apr 8, 2008

DVD

R Physical

Jun 3, 2008

Blu-ray

R Physical

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