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There Will Be Blood (2007)

R | 158 min | Drama

A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

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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
Harrison Taylor

Baby HW
Stockton Taylor

Baby HW
Paul F. Tompkins

Prescott
Dillon Freasier

HW
Kevin Breznahan

Signal Hill Man
Jim Meskimen

Signal Hill Married Man
Erica Sullivan

Signal Hill Woman
Randall Carver

Mr. Bankside
Coco Leigh

Mrs. Bankside

Director:

Paul Thomas Anderson

Writers:

Paul Thomas Anderson (written for the screen by), Upton Sinclair (novel)

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Trivia

The piece "Convergence" during the oil derrick fire was originally composed by Jonny Greenwood for the film Bodysong (2003), and is available on the sound-track for that film, but not 'There Will Be Blood'.

Eli Sunday: You are a stupid man, Abel. You've let someone come in here and walk all over us. You let him in and do his work here, and you are a stupid man for what we could have had.
Abel Sunday: I followed His word, Eli. I tried.
Eli Sunday: You didn't do anything but sit down. ...
Eli Sunday: I ...

Goofs

During the tracking shot from the train tracks that follows the car of Daniel Plainview, you can see the dolly track for a moment when the camera pulls back, just before the camera pans to the right.