---
title: 'There Will Be Blood (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Paul Thomas Anderson'
released: '2007-12-26'
runtime_minutes: 158
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'History'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
themes:
  - 'Class Divide'
  - 'The Cost of Ambition'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/there-will-be-blood-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469494/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# There Will Be Blood (2007)

2007 · R · 158 min · Drama, Western, Adventure, History, Thriller · United States

Part of: BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century

## 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Paul Thomas Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-thomas-anderson)
- **Screenplay:** [Paul Thomas Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-thomas-anderson)
- **Producer:** [Paul Thomas Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-thomas-anderson), [Daniel Lupi](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-lupi), [JoAnne Sellar](https://cinepixo.com/people/joanne-sellar)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jonny Greenwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonny-greenwood)
- **Editor:** [Dylan Tichenor](https://cinepixo.com/people/dylan-tichenor)

## Cast

- [Ciarán Hinds](https://cinepixo.com/people/ciaran-hinds) as Fletcher Hamilton
- [David Warshofsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-warshofsky) as H. M. Tilford
- [Kevin Breznahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-breznahan)
- [Barry Del Sherman](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-del-sherman) as H. B. Ailman
- [Dillon Freasier](https://cinepixo.com/people/dillon-freasier) as H. W. Plainview
- [Kevin J. O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-j-o-connor) as Henry
- [Paul Dano](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dano) as Paul Sunday and Eli Sunday
- [Paul F. Tompkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-f-tompkins) as Prescott
- [Daniel Day-Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-day-lewis) as Daniel Plainview
- [Jim Meskimen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-meskimen)
- [Jim Downey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-downey) as Al Rose
- [Russell Harvard](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-harvard) as adult H. W. Plainview

## Themes & motifs

- [Class Divide](https://cinepixo.com/topics/class-divide) (theme) — Plainview 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 Ambition](https://cinepixo.com/topics/the-cost-of-ambition) (theme) — Plainview 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.

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/there-will-be-blood-2007
Film facts: Wikidata (Q244315); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.