Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) becomes a self-made oil tycoon, but he deviates into moral bankruptcy... (Learn more)
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Dillon Freasier, and Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood.
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About There Will Be Blood
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Mary Elizabeth Barrett, Paul Dano
Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson steps outside his contemporary world of dysfunctional Angelenos to explore a very different dysfunctional man -- an oil pioneer whose trailblazing spirit is equaled only by his murderous ambition. There Will Be Blood is Anderson's loose adaptation of the novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair, and it focuses its attentions on Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), a miner who happens upon black gold during a disastrous excavation that ends in a broken leg. Pulling himself up from the bowels of the earth, both literally and metaphorically, Plainview embarks on a systematic and steadfast approach to mastering the oil business. Using plain-spoken and straightforward language, Plainview launches a campaign to convince small-town property owners they should let him drill their land. Without him, they won't have the equipment to access the profit beneath their feet. He builds an empire this way -- and gradually becomes obsessed with the intrinsic value of power, growing increasingly irascible and paranoid in the process. Plainview meets his match in Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), a teenage preacher in the small California town of Little Boston, whose brother tipped Plainview off to the town's plentiful supply of untapped oil. To fully reap the benefits of the land, Plainview must suffer the opposing whims of this "prophet," whose legitimacy is questionable at best. And it's unclear if either man is prepared to pay the humiliating price the other wants to exact. There Will Be Blood features an anachronistic soundtrack by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, and it was shot in the same town where the James Dean epic Giant was filmed. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
12/26/07
MPAA Rating
Rated R for some violence.
Running Time
158 mins.
Locations
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Marfa, Texas, USA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$40,218,903
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2007 Ohio Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2007 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Associat Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2007 Utah Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Journalists, Alliance of Women Film [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 2007 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Detroit Film Critics Society [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2007 Austin Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Score award at the 2007 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Composer award at the 2007 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Music award at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 2007 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Score award at the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Ohio Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematographer award at the 2007 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Associat Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Directing award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound Editing award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2007 Detroit Film Critics Society [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2007 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2007 Detroit Film Critics Society [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Kansas City Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2007 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Music award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2007 Kansas City Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2007 Kansas City Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 New York Film Critics Online [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Score award at the 2007 San Diego Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Producers Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Score award at the 2007 Austin Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Florida Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Production Design award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2007 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2007 Austin Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 2007 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2007 San Diego Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Association, Southeastern Film Critics Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Austin Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Ohio Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Phoenix Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2007 New York Film Critics Online [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2007 Ohio Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2007 San Diego Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Association, Southeastern Film Critics Awards.
- Winner of the Best Music Score award at the 2007 New York Film Critics Online [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 San Diego Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 African American Film Critics [Festiva Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2007 American Society of Cinematographers [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2007 New York Film Critics Online [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Art Direction in a Period Film award at the 2007 Art Directors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2007 Austin Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Utah Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2007 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2007 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Associat Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2007 New York Film Critics Online [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2007 Writers Guild of America [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Utah Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2007 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 Detroit Film Critics Society [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Production Design award at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
Distributor
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Paramount Vantage
