There Will Be Blood
There will be greed. There will be vengeance.
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.
- Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $77M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
20 billed performers
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What It's About
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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.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
There Will Be Blood appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #143
Placed at #143 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
3 wins · 8 nominations
Academy Awards
2 wins · 8 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography
Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film
1 win
- WinnerAmanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
There Will Be Blood returned 3.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $25M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $77M
- Release date
- Dec 26, 2007
- Runtime
- 2h 38m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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