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A sprawling epic of family, faith, power and oil, THERE WILL BE BLOOD is set on the incendiary frontier of California's turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there's a little town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground, he heads with his son, H.W. (Dillon Freasier), to take their chances in dust-worn Little Boston. In this hardscrabble town, where the main excitement centers around the holy roller church of charismatic preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), Plainview and H.W. make their lucky strike. But even as the well raises all of their fortunes, nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human value – love, hope, community, belief, ambition and even the bond between father and son – is imperiled by corruption, deception and the flow of oil.
Original Release
12/26/2007
US Release
12/26/2007
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Daniel Day-Lewis | Daniel Plainview |
Martin Stringer | Silver Assay Worker |
Matthew Braden Stringer | Silver Assay Worker |
Jacob Stringer | Silver Assay Worker |
Joseph Mussey | Silver Assay Worker |
Barry Del Sherman | H.B. Ailman / H. B. Ailman |
Harrison Taylor | Baby HW / Baby H.W. |
Stockton Taylor | Baby HW / Baby H.W. |
Paul F. Tompkins | Prescott |
Dillon Freasier | HW / H.W. Plainview |
Directors
Writers
Paul Thomas Anderson, Upton Sinclair
Cast
Name | Character |
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Daniel Day-Lewis | Daniel Plainview |
Martin Stringer | Silver Assay Worker |
Matthew Braden Stringer | Silver Assay Worker |
Jacob Stringer | Silver Assay Worker |
Joseph Mussey | Silver Assay Worker |
Barry Del Sherman | H.B. Ailman / H. B. Ailman |
Harrison Taylor | Baby HW / Baby H.W. |
Stockton Taylor | Baby HW / Baby H.W. |
Paul F. Tompkins | Prescott |
Dillon Freasier | HW / H.W. Plainview |
Kevin Breznahan | Signal Hill Man |
Jim Meskimen | Signal Hill Married Man |
Erica Sullivan | Signal Hill Woman |
Randall Carver | Mr. Bankside |
Coco Leigh | Mrs. Bankside |
Paul Dano | Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday |
Ciaran Hinds | Fletcher / Fletcher Hamilton |
Sydney McCallister | Mary Sunday / Mary Sunday (young) |
David Willis | Abel Sunday |
Christine Olejniczak | Mother Sunday |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Scott Rudin | Executive Producer |
Eric Schlosser | Executive Producer |
David Williams | Executive Producer |
Paul Thomas Anderson | Producer |
Daniel Lupi | Producer |
JoAnne Sellar | Producer |
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Trailers
Clips
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2008 | Oscar | Best Motion Picture of the Year | Nominated |
2008 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Won |
2008 | Oscar | Best Achievement in Directing | Nominated |
2008 | Oscar | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |
2008 | Oscar | Best Achievement in Cinematography | Won |
2008 | Oscar | Best Achievement in Film Editing | Nominated |
2008 | Oscar | Best Achievement in Art Direction | Nominated |
2008 | Oscar | Best Achievement in Sound Editing | Nominated |
2008 | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
2008 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Won |