There Will Be Blood

Name: There Will Be Blood
Genre: Drama, Western, Adventure, History, Thriller
Released: 2007-12-26
Duration: 2 h 38 min
Cast: Ciarán Hinds, David Warshofsky, Kevin Breznahan, Barry Del Sherman, Dillon Freasier

2007 | R | 158 min | Drama · Western · Adventure · History · Thriller

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Synopsis

There Will Be Blood is a 2007 American epic period drama film co-produced, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, loosely based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds, and Dillon Freasier. The film follows silver miner-turned-oilman Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis) as he embarks on a ruthless quest for wealth during the Californian oil boom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Themes & motifs

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Class DivideThemePlainview buys a town's land, then its church, then its silence; capital here is a physical force that reshapes the ground it stands on.
The Cost of AmbitionThemePlainview wins every negotiation in the picture and finishes it alone in a private bowling alley — the ambition is granted in full, which is the horror.