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There Will Be Blood

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• Drama

• 2007
• Paul Thomas Anderson
• 158 mins
• 12A

Summary

Oscar-winning period drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano. In California in 1898, lone prospector Daniel Plainview strikes silver. But when that mine plays out and he discovers oil, Plainview puts his energy into becoming a powerful oilman. This leads the ruthless, self-made tycoon to travel the country buying up drilling rights at cut-rate prices. However, when he encounters the preacher Eli Sunday, the destinies of the two men will be linked for years to come.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Andrew Collins

Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson's magnificent oil-prospecting saga is - in marked contrast to his contemporary multi-character drama Magnolia - the story of one man, Daniel Plainview. An old-fashioned epic, forged self-consciously in the mould of Citizen Kane and Giant, it begins in 1898 with Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) perilously mining silver from the unyielding rock of Southern California. Four years later he strikes "black gold", and later, following a tip-off and a sly land grab, he expands his operation to become one of the 20th century's new industrial tycoons. The Oscar-winning Day-Lewis seems to have used the legendary John Huston as the model for his character. While not exactly a villain - he seems to care for his adopted son HW (Dillon Freasier) - he's certainly monstrous, his cold-hearted capitalism standing in opposition to the empire of his nemesis, the local fire-and-brimstone priest Eli Sunday (Paul Dano). Visually resplendent, thematically rich and by turns lyrical, hysterical and baffling, Anderson has made his finest film yet.

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8.2/10

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Cast

rolenameDaniel PlainviewDaniel Day-LewisEli Sunday / Paul Sunday Paul DanoHenryKevin J O'ConnorFletcherCiarán HindsHWDillon FreasierMary SundaySydney McCallisterHM TilfordDavid WarshofskyWilliam BandyColton WoodwardAdult Mary SundayColleen FoyAdult HWRussell Harvard

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rolenameDirectorPaul Thomas Anderson

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Theatrical distributor

Buena Vista International UK

Released on

2008-02-08

Languages

English

Guidance

Contains violence and some swearing.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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