There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

158 mins | Drama | Dec. 26, 2007

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.

There Will Be Blood

158 mins | Drama | Dec. 26, 2007

There Will Be Blood
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.
IMDb rating 8.2
Producers Miramax, Ghoulardi Film Company, Paramount Vantage, JoAnne Sellar Productions
Original title There Will Be Blood
Directors Ian Stone, Richard Oswald, Eric Richard Lasko, Anna Rane, Adam Somner, Paul Thomas Anderson
Writers Upton Sinclair, Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis

as Daniel Plainview

Paul Dano

as Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday

CiarĂ¡n Hinds

as Fletcher Hamilton

Dillon Freasier

as H.W. Plainview

Hope Elizabeth Reeves

as Elizabeth

Colleen Foy

as Mary Sunday

Barry Del Sherman

as H. B. Ailman

David Willis

as Abel Sunday

Hans Howes

as Mr. Bandy

Sydney McCallister

as Mary Sunday (young)

Paul F. Tompkins

as Prescott

Kevin Breznahan

as Signal Hill Man

Jim Meskimen

as Signal Hill Married Man

Erica Sullivan

as Signal Hill Woman

Randall Carver

as Mr. Bankside

Coco Leigh

as Mrs. Bankside

James Downey

as Al Rose

David Warshofsky

as H.M. Tilford

Charles Thomas Doyle

as J.J. Carter

Russell Harvard

as Adult H.W. Plainview

Martin Stringer

as Silver Assay Worker

Matthew Braden Stringer

as Silver Assay Worker

Jacob Stringer

as Silver Assay Worker

Joseph Mussey

as Silver Assay Worker

Harrison Taylor

as Baby H.W.

Stockton Taylor

as Baby H.W.

Christine Olejniczak

as Mother Sunday

Kellie Hill

as Ruth Sunday

Dan Swallow

as Gene Blaize

Robert Arber

as Charlie Wrightsman

Bob Bell

as Geologist

David Williams

as Ben Blaut

Joy Rawls

as Eli Follower

Louise Gregg

as Eli Follower

Amber Roberts

as Eli Follower

John W. Watts

as Oil Worker

Robert Caroline

as Oil Worker

Barry Bruce

as Oil Worker

Irene G. Hunter

as Mrs. Hunter

John Chitwood

as Little Boston Doctor

Colton Woodward

as William Bandy

John Burton

as L.P. Clair

Robert Barge

as Bartender

Ronald Krut

as Standard Oil Man

Huey Rhudy

as Standard Oil Man

Steven Barr

as Standard Oil Man

Robert Hills

as H.W.'s Interpreter

Bob Bock

as Priest

Vince Froio

as Plainview Servant

Phil Shelly

as Plainview Servant

Brad Carr

as Signal Hill Man (uncredited)

Mary Elizabeth Barrett

as Fanny Clark (uncredited)

Rhonda Reeves

as Elizabeth's Mother (uncredited)

Beau Smith

as Blacksmith (uncredited)