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Great movie, not a spaghetti western. Very good story and atmosphere 10 stars.
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There Will Be Blood
2007 EN 158 min
Overview
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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Release date
26/12/2007
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Popularity
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Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Plainview
Paul Dano
Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
Kevin J. O'Connor
Henry
Ciarán Hinds
Fletcher Hamilton
Dillon Freasier
H.W. Plainview
Hope Elizabeth Reeves
Elizabeth
Colleen Foy
Mary Sunday
Barry Del Sherman
H. B. Ailman
David Willis
Abel Sunday
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Hans Howes
Mr. Bandy
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Sydney McCallister
Mary Sunday (young)
Paul F. Tompkins
Prescott
Kevin Breznahan
Signal Hill Man
Jim Meskimen
Signal Hill Married Man
Erica Sullivan
Signal Hill Woman
Randall Carver
Mr. Bankside
Coco Leigh
Mrs. Bankside
Jim Downey
Al Rose
David Warshofsky
H.M. Tilford
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Charles Thomas Doyle
J.J. Carter
Russell Harvard
Adult H.W. Plainview
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Martin Stringer
Silver Assay Worker
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Matthew Braden Stringer
Silver Assay Worker
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Jacob Stringer
Silver Assay Worker
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Joseph Mussey
Silver Assay Worker
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Harrison Taylor
Baby H.W.
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Stockton Taylor
Baby H.W.
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Christine Olejniczak
Mother Sunday
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Kellie Hill
Ruth Sunday
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Dan Swallow
Gene Blaize
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Robert Arber
Charlie Wrightsman
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Bob Bell
Geologist
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David Williams
Ben Blaut
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Joy Rawls
Eli Follower
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Louise Gregg
Eli Follower
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Amber Roberts
Eli Follower
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John W. Watts
Oil Worker
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Robert Caroline
Oil Worker
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Barry Bruce
Oil Worker
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Irene G. Hunter
Mrs. Hunter
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John Chitwood
Little Boston Doctor
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Colton Woodward
William Bandy
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John Burton
L.P. Clair
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Robert Barge
Bartender
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Ronald Krut
Standard Oil Man
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Huey Rhudy
Standard Oil Man
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Steven Barr
Standard Oil Man
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Robert Hills
H.W.'s Interpreter
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Bob Bock
Priest
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Vince Froio
Plainview Servant
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Phil Shelly
Plainview Servant
Brad Carr
Signal Hill Man (uncredited)
Mary Elizabeth Barrett
Fanny Clark (uncredited)
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Beau Smith
Blacksmith (uncredited)
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***Weighty, morose period drama with complex characters and Daniel Day-Lewis*** In the early 20th century, an industrious prospector in Southern California, Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), becomes a shrewd oil magnate, whose journey is paralleled with a dubious Pentecostal pastor of a remote church, Eli Sunday (Paul Dano). “There Will Be Blood” (2007) is a one-of-a-kind period drama with Western elements. It’s arty and the furthest thing from a conventional blockbuster. You have to be in the mode for a deep, slow-moving, epic flick like this in order to appreciate it. The cont…
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I remember reading about just how much money Rockefeller was making at the height of his prowess and the sums were eye watering. His Standard Oil company is referenced in this powerful drama with Daniel Day Lewis as “Plainview”. He’s a prospector looking for silver but who has a bit of a fall and discovers that there is something much more valuable and plentiful - if you know how to find it, He gradually buys up leases and together with his stalwart “Fletcher” (Ciarán Hinds) and young son “H.W.” (Dillon Freasier) starts to develop his business with a view to building a pipeline of over one hun…
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What the hell was in the air in 2007?
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A hypnotic flight into the darkness of the soul and how people hide themselves away. A masterfully directed feat, There Will Be Blood shows the very limits of selfishness and greed which are further encapsulated by Day-Lewis’ mind-blowing and unique performance of which could be easily called the greatest of all time. Every person who worked on this seem as if they are masters of their crafts, even the child actors, whose performances are stunning. Day-Lewis has excellent chemistry with Paul Dano’s egoistical preacher, who was very much snubbed for the best actor category. With some of the bes…
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