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Loosely based on Upton Sinclair's OIL! this film from Paul Thomas Anderson (MAGNOLIA) stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a man who finds black gold.

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ProducerPaul Thomas Anderson, Joanne Sellar, Daniel Lupi

EAN8717418183400

eBay Product ID (ePID)70606723

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ActorDaniel Day-Lewis, Kevin J. O'connor, Paul Dano, Dillon Freasier, Ciaran Hinds

Film/TV TitleThere Will Be Blood

DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson

LanguageEnglish

Run Time159 Mins

FormatDVD

Release Year2008

FeaturesSteelbook

GenreDrama, General

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Number of Discs2

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerJonny Greenwood

ReviewsHollywood Reporter - Daniel Day-Lewis stuns in Paul Thomas Anderson's saga of a soul-dead oil man, New York Times - THERE WILL BE BLOOD Paul Thomas Anderson's epic American nightmare, arrives belching fire and brimstone and damnation to Hell, Newsweek - [A] work [of] blistering intensity -- and filmmaking that can make your jaw drop, Variety - Boldly and magnificently strange, THERE WILL BE BLOOD marks a significant departure in the work of Paul Thomas Anderson, New Yorker - As astounding in its emotional force and as haunting and mysterious as anything seen in American movies in recent years

Additional InformationDirector Paul Thomas Anderson's THERE WILL BE BLOOD is a masterly, unflinching examination of a consummately evil man. Daniel Plainview (via a transcendent performance by the great Daniel Day-Lewis) is, as he likes to remind those around him, an oil man: he finds it, he drills for it, and he makes money from it. Following a tip from a visitor named Paul Sunday, whose family sits atop a veritable ocean of oil, Plainview travels to the town of New Boston, California, with his young son. Sunday's preacher brother Eli (both roles are played by the excellent Paul Dano) grudgingly accepts Plainview's ambitions under the condition that he help fund the town church. As Plainview's plans come to fruition, a series of events begin to fracture the insular world he has constructed for himself, pitting Plainview against Sunday and forcing him to become even more vindictive and ruthless.<BR>Anderson proved with BOOGIE NIGHTS and MAGNOLIA that he was adept at handling expansive storylines and layered plots; however, he stakes out a claim here as a new master of the cinematic epic. The film is visually stunning, and alternates between lush widescreen shots of the desert and meticulously composed, darkly lit close-up of his actors, presenting complex images of the American landscape and the souls that dot it. As a narrative, THERE WILL BE BLOOD is told with a sense of economy, yet never at the expense of the film's inherently grand scope. It's difficult to determine precisely what Anderson wants his viewers to take from the experience: the film is, in the end, appropriately complex and ambiguous. THERE WILL BE BLOOD forces us to confront Plainville, who seems to be a larger-than-life personification of evil; that we don't entirely understand him at the film's conclusion is not a shortcoming, but rather a tribute to the depths of this most vile creature and this most brilliant film.

AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 2008 -, Best Actor 2008 - Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor In A Leading Role 2008 - Daniel Day-Lewis

ScreenwriterPaul Thomas Anderson

AuthorUpton Sinclair

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleThere Will Be Blood

Director of PhotographyRobert Elswit

Consumer AdviceContains strong violence