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Plot:
A sprawling epic about family, faith, power and oil, "There
Will Be Blood" is set on the radical frontier of California's
turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the
rise 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 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.
There Will Be Blood is the fifth film from writer-director
Paul Thomas Anderson (Punch-Drunk Love, Magnolia, Boogie Nights,
Hard Eight.) Anderson's screenplay is loosely based upon the
classic, 1920s muck-raking novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair. Academy
Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis heads a cast that includes
Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine), Ciaran Hinds (Rome, Margot
at the Wedding), Kevin J. O' Connor (Van Helsing, The Mummy)
and newcomer Dillon Freasier.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
Paramount Vantage
Miramax Films
Production Co:
JoAnne Sellar Prod.
Ghoulardi Film Company
Release Date:
December 26, 2007 (Limited)
RELATED LINKS__________
Wikipedia - Movie Info
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Director Info
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Book Info
en.wikipedia.org
Misc Info
www.cigarettesandredvines.com/films/therewillbeblood
Theater Info - Landmark
www.landmarktheaters.com
Theater Info - Arclight Cinemas (LA)
www.arclightcinemas.com
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