There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

Starring

Writer

Director

Producers

Release

  • 2008

Time

  • 158 minutes

Rating

R

Synopsis

A sprawling epic of family, faith, power and oil, THERE WILL BE BLOOD is set on the incendiary frontier of California's turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times 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-off 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

Awards

2008 Golden Globes

Winner

  • Best Actor - Drama

Nominated

  • Best Film - Drama
  • Best Film - Drama

Awards

2008 Academy Awards

Winner

  • Best Actor - Leading Role

Nominated

  • Best Picture

Awards

2008 Academy Awards

Winner

  • Best Actor - Leading Role
  • Best Cinematography

Nominated

  • Best Editing
  • Best Director
  • Best Screenplay - Adaptation
  • Best Sound Editing
  • Best Art Direction

Awards

2008 Berlin International Film Festival

Winner

  • Silver Berlin Bear

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Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, H.B. Ailman, HW Prescott, Randall Carver

A sprawling epic of family, faith, power and oil, THERE WILL BE BLOOD is set on the incendiary frontier of California's turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times 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-off 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. Starring, in alphabetical order: Daniel Day-Lewis, H.B. Ailman, HW Prescott, Randall Carver

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