Drama

There Will Be Blood

- There will be greed. There will be vengeance.

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.

Release Date : 2007-12-26

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount VantageMiramaxJoAnne Sellar ProductionsGhoulardi Film Company

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Oil!

Cast

Character Name : Daniel Plainview

Original Name : Daniel Day-Lewis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday

Original Name : Paul Dano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry

Original Name : Kevin J. O'Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fletcher Hamilton

Original Name : Ciarán Hinds

Gender : Male

Character Name : H.W. Plainview

Original Name : Dillon Freasier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elizabeth

Original Name : Hope Elizabeth Reeves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary Sunday

Original Name : Colleen Foy

Gender : Female

Character Name : H. B. Ailman

Original Name : Barry Del Sherman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abel Sunday

Original Name : David Willis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Bandy

Original Name : Hans Howes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary Sunday (young)

Original Name : Sydney McCallister

Gender : Female

Character Name : Prescott

Original Name : Paul F. Tompkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Signal Hill Man

Original Name : Kevin Breznahan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Signal Hill Married Man

Original Name : Jim Meskimen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Signal Hill Woman

Original Name : Erica Sullivan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Bankside

Original Name : Randall Carver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Bankside

Original Name : Coco Leigh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Al Rose

Original Name : James Downey

Gender : Male

Character Name : H.M. Tilford

Original Name : David Warshofsky

Gender : Male

Character Name : J.J. Carter

Original Name : Charles Thomas Doyle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adult H.W. Plainview

Original Name : Russell Harvard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Silver Assay Worker

Original Name : Martin Stringer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Silver Assay Worker

Original Name : Matthew Braden Stringer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Silver Assay Worker

Original Name : Jacob Stringer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Silver Assay Worker

Original Name : Joseph Mussey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baby H.W.

Original Name : Harrison Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baby H.W.

Original Name : Stockton Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother Sunday

Original Name : Christine Olejniczak

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ruth Sunday

Original Name : Kellie Hill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gene Blaize

Original Name : Dan Swallow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlie Wrightsman

Original Name : Robert Arber

Gender : Male

Character Name : Geologist

Original Name : Bob Bell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ben Blaut

Original Name : David Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eli Follower

Original Name : Joy Rawls

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eli Follower

Original Name : Louise Gregg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eli Follower

Original Name : Amber Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oil Worker

Original Name : John W. Watts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oil Worker

Original Name : Robert Caroline

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oil Worker

Original Name : Barry Bruce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Hunter

Original Name : Irene G. Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Boston Doctor

Original Name : John Chitwood

Gender : Male

Character Name : William Bandy

Original Name : Colton Woodward

Gender : Male

Character Name : L.P. Clair

Original Name : John Burton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : Robert Barge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Standard Oil Man

Original Name : Ronald Krut

Gender : Male

Character Name : Standard Oil Man

Original Name : Huey Rhudy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Standard Oil Man

Original Name : Steven Barr

Gender : Male

Character Name : H.W.'s Interpreter

Original Name : Robert Hills

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : Bob Bock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Plainview Servant

Original Name : Vince Froio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Plainview Servant

Original Name : Phil Shelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Signal Hill Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Brad Carr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fanny Clark (uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Elizabeth Barrett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elizabeth's Mother (uncredited)

Original Name : Rhonda Reeves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blacksmith (uncredited)

Original Name : Beau Smith

Gender : Male

Reviews

j4ni

@j4ni

2021-06-23

Great movie, not a spaghetti western. Very good story and atmosphere 10 stars.

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

***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 contemporaneous “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” and “No Country for Old Men” are good comparisons. Whilst the story and main characters are simple on the surface, they go deep and there are many gems to mine: What good is success if you have no one to love and enjoy it with? Is Daniel a sociopath or a quality individual who acquires sociopathic tendencies because his choices put him on the road of madness? Was Eli a “false prophet”? If so, was he always a con or did he become one? Why is Eli paralleled with Daniel? Does Daniel have the capacity for genuine love? Does he mean what he ultimately says to HW or are they words born from a sense of betrayal? Would a sane person rashly resort to murder? Is there a positive protagonist in the movie? If so, who and why? If not, why not? The film runs 2 hours, 38 minutes, and was shot in Southern Cal and Texas (Shafter & Marfa); and Lakewood, Washington (Thornewood Castle). GRADE: B

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-09-12

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 hundred miles to reach the sea. Along the way, their lives are fraught with dangers and tough choices have to be made - especially when an accident at one of the wells renders the young boy deaf. It’s at this remote site that “Plainview”meets his nemesis. Not in a competitive, business, fashion - but in a puritanical Christian one. The son of a local homesteader is aspiring preacher “Eli” (Paul Dano) and the remainder of the film sees the one trying to humiliate and outmanoeuvre the other and disclaim each’s strongly held values. It’s a slow burn, this film, but DDL is on super form as a man striving for success but for it’s own purpose. His wealth does not bring him contentedness nor, for that matter, does it bring joy to anyone else. This also demonstrates just how poor rural parts of the USA were at the turn of the 20th century, and at how vulnerable the population were to exploitation and the venality of the oilmen. The photography is immersive and the pace works well in drawing us into the perfectly constructed characterisations that were the natural successors to the earlier pioneers. I didn’t love the conclusion. It seemed a little unnecessary, underwhelming - rushed even. The last ten minutes have an intensity of their own that though they well illustrate the skill of Dano and DDL, they just didn’t quite wrap things up as I might have liked. Still, it’s a great piece of cinema with some strong writing underpinning a series of lusts….

James

@JN2012

2023-10-19

What the hell was in the air in 2007?

James

@JN2012

2023-10-19

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 best cinematography ever brought to film, this is truly one of the all time greats.