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There Will Be Blood
There will be greed. There will be vengeance.
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.
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Synopsis
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.
Cast, crew and production details
About There Will Be Blood
Cast
Daniel Day-LewisDaniel Plainview
Paul DanoPaul Sunday / Eli Sunday
Kevin J. O'ConnorHenry
Ciarán HindsFletcher Hamilton
Dillon FreasierH.W. Plainview
Hope Elizabeth ReevesElizabeth
Colleen FoyMary Sunday
Barry Del ShermanH. B. AilmanCredits
- Directed by
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Written by
- Paul Thomas Anderson, Upton Sinclair
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $77.2M
Production
Paramount VantageUnited States
MiramaxUnited States- JoAnne Sellar ProductionsUnited States
- Ghoulardi Film CompanyUnited States
