There Will Be Blood
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“This is truly a work of symphonic aspirations and masterful execution…Day-Lewis projects a fearsome intensity.”— Village Voice
Daniel Day-Lewis’ Oscar-winning performance is the towering centerpiece of Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic chronicle of an ambitious, deranged oil prospector. In the early 20th century, a miner (Day-Lewis) strikes oil, and builds his sudden fortune into an expansive empire. His ambition and ruthlessness bring him into conflict with a vengeful preacher (Paul Dano). Robert Elswit’s Oscar-winning cinematography and Jonny Greenwood’s expressionistic score perfectly complement this powerful tale.
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There Will Be Blood is a 2007 American drama film directed, written and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is loosely based on the Upton Sinclair novel Oil! (1927). It tells the story of a silver-miner-turned-oil-man on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano.
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Several characters seen or mentioned in There Will Be Blood seem to have been based on real life historical figures. Though his name is never spoken during the film, Plainview's business partner and H. W.'s biological father, H. B. Ailman, shares the name of a real life prospector and oilman who was active during the turn of the century and associates with oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny, of whom Daniel Plainview seems to have been partly based. The two Standard Oil representatives "H. M. Tilford" and "J. J. Carter" who meet with Plainview are based on real-life oilmen: Henry...
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