
The intersecting life stories of Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday in early twentieth century California is presented. Miner turn oilman Daniel Plainview is a driven man who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. He works hard but he also takes advantage of those around him at their expense if need be. His business partner is his son H.W., who in reality he "acquired" when H.W.'s biological single father, who worked on one of Daniel's rigs, got killed in a workplace ac... (Full plot summary below)
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The intersecting life stories of Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday in early twentieth century California is presented. Miner turn oilman Daniel Plainview is a driven man who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. He works hard but he also takes advantage of those around him at their expense if need be. His business partner is his son H.W., who in reality he "acquired" when H.W.'s biological single father, who worked on one of Daniel's rigs, got killed in a workplace accident. Daniel is deeply protective of H.W. if only for what H.W. brings to the partnership. Eli Sunday is one in a pair of twins, whose family farm Daniel purchases for the major oil deposit located on it. Eli, the local preacher and a self-proclaimed faith healer, wants the money from the sale of the property to finance his own church. The lives of the two competitive men often clash as Daniel pumps oil off the property and tries to acquire all the surrounding land at bargain prices to be able to build a pipeline to the coast, and as Eli tries to build his own religious empire.
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| Stream on DemandSean Axmaker... reworks the American entrepreneurial success story as an elemental frontier myth, roughly hewn out of the landscape that is remade in its wake. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceWho suggested the John Huston accent? We keep expecting Daniel Plainview to molest a young niece or something. |
| The GuardianPeter BradshawThis is a dark, uncompromising film, thrillingly original and distinctive, with a visionary passion. It is a movie against which all directors, and all moviegoers, will want to measure themselves. |
| NPR.orgBob MondelloThis sometimes magnificent, decidedly strange film is a portrait of a terrible, rapacious man. |
| TimeRichard SchickelOne of the most wholly original American movies ever made. |
| Watertown Daily TimesAdam Tobias... when we look back at "There Will Be Blood" decades from now, we will probably be saying the sprawling epic about oil, family, faith, greed and deception is Anderson's crowning achievement. And that's saying a lot. |
| Movies for the MassesJoseph Proimakisena stoiheiotiko portraito tis skoteinis pleyras tis kynigioy tis epityhias, poy oso gigantonetai, metatrepetai sto teras tis aplistias, toso dynato poy katabrohthizei akomi kai toys pneymatikoys igetes poy tha eprepe na to katapolemisoyn |
| MSNBCAlonso Duralde[I]t's a movie that people who love movies will discuss, argue over, and rewatch for years to come. |
| Las Vegas CityLifeMatt KelemenAnderson's triumphant epic about the bone-breaking, death-defying, orphan-making early days of the oil industry will serve as a benchmark for all of his future films. |
| Colorado Springs GazetteBrandon FibbsThere Will Be Blood is the sort of film you stumble out of, desperately searching for an adjective that is both descriptive enough to encompass your experience and distinctive enough to convey your stratosphere-bound senses. |