There Will Be Blood (2007)

12/26/2007 (US) • 2h 38m

Drama

There will be greed. There will be vengeance.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Plainview

Paul Dano

Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday

Ciarán Hinds

Fletcher Hamilton

Dillon Freasier

H.W. Plainview

Colleen Foy

Mary Sunday

Barry Del Sherman

H. B. Ailman

David Willis

Abel Sunday


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$25,000,000.00

Revenue

$77,208,711.00

Keywords

california

petrol

sibling relationship

based on novel or book

capitalism

pastor

deaf-mute

greed

american dream

narcissism

fanatic

father

baptism

misanthrophy

money

oil

religion

impostor

church

alcoholic

oil industry

child abandonment

character study

zealot

bowling alley

sign languages

oil field

turn of the century

19th century

adopted son

1900s

personality change

pipeline

20th century

1890s

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