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There Will Be Blood (Original title)Oil! (Working title)
Date: 2007 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

Production company billing: ©2007. Paramount Vantage and Miramax Film Corp. Paramount Vantage and Miramax Films present A Joanne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company production [end] Financing in part provided by Marathon Funding LLC Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS Colour by DeLuxe Laboratories 2:35:1 [Panavision] MPAA: 43414
Synopsis: Drama. Daniel Plainview transforms himself from a lowly silver miner raising a child on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that oil can be found in a small town out West, he heads there with his boy, H.W., to take their chances in Little Boston. In this town, where the main excitement centres around the church of charismatic preacher Eli Sunday, Plainview makes his lucky strike. But even as the well raises all of their fortunes, nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human value is imperiled by corruption, deception and the flow of oil.Synopsis: Filming locations: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Durango, Mexico El Mirage Dry Lake, California, USA Los Angeles, California, USA Marfa, Texas, USA New Mexico, USA Santa Clarita, California, USA Texas, USA

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 26 December 2007Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 158 mins Length: 14237 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: February 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 158 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (167)
©: Paramount Vantage, Miramax Film Corp., Production Company: Joanne Sellar, Production Company: Ghoulardi Film Company, Presents: Paramount Vantage, Miramax Films, Financing in part provided by: Marathon Funding, [International Sales]: Miramax Films, Executive Producer: Scott Rudin, Executive Producer: Eric Schlosser, Executive Producer: David Williams, Produced by: Joanne Sellar, Produced by: Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, Production Associate: Michael Scheer, Production Associate: Corey Sklov, Production Associate: Aaron Tichenor, Unit Production Manager: Daniel Lupi, Production Supervisor: Will Weiske, Production Co-ordinator: Karen Wacker, Production Co-ordinator (LA Unit): John B. West, Production Accountant: Mary Sunshine, Location Manager: S. Todd Christensen, Location Manager (LA Unit): Larry Ring, Location Scout (LA Unit): Lori A. Balton, Post-production Supervisor: Erica Frauman, Post-production Supervisor: Jamey Pryde, 'as Himself' [assistant to PT Anderson]: Albert Chi, Assistant Director (1st): Adam Somner, Assistant Director (2nd 2nd): Jenny Nolan, Assistant Director (2nd): Eric Lasko, Assistant Director (2nd): Ian Stone, Richard Oswald, Script Supervisor: Anna Rane, Casting: Cassandra Kulukundis, Casting (Texas Additional): Toni Cobb Brock, Casting (Voice): Barbara Harris, Written for the Screen by: Paul Thomas Anderson, Based on 'Oil!' by: Upton Sinclair, Director of Photography: Robert Elswit, Camera Operator: Colin Anderson, Steadicam Operator: Colin Anderson, 1st Assistant Camera (A): Barry Idoine, 1st Assistant Camera (B): Harry Zimmerman, 2nd Assistant Camera (A): Larissa Supplitt, 2nd Assistant Camera (B): Thomas D. Lairson Jr, Film Loader: Matthew W. Williams, Chief Lighting Technician: Robby Baumgartner, Key Grip: Joseph Dianda, Video Assist: Eric Pickett, David Presley, Still Photographer: Melinda Sue Gordon, François Duhamel, Visual Effects by: Digital Backlot, DB (Visual Effects Designer): Robert Stromberg, DB (Visual Effects Supervisor): Paul Graff, DB (CG Supervisor): Adam Watkins, DB (Visual Effects Producer): Christina Graff, Visual Effects/Animation by: Industrial Light & Magic, ILM (Visual Effects Supervisor): Grady Cofer, ILM (Visual Effects Producer): Joy Carmeci, Susan Greenhow, ILM (Visual Effects Co-ordinator): Erin O'Connor, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Steve Cremin, Film Editor: Dylan Tichenor, Film Editor: Tatiana S. Riegel, Additional Editing by: Peter McNulty, Assistant Editor (1st): Paula Suhy, Assistant Editor (Dailies): Heather Mullen, Assistant Editor (2nd): Brendan Walsh, Production Designer: Jack Fisk, Art Director: David Crank, Art Department Co-ordinator: Jourdan Henderson, Set Designer: Carl Stensel, Set Designer (LA Unit): Anthony D. Parillo, Set Decorator: Jim Erickson, On-set Dresser: Eric J. Luling, Set Dresser: Bradley Blei, Set Dresser: Jack Colmenero, Set Dresser: Patricia Dillon, Set Dresser: Mark Hanks, Set Dresser (LA Unit): Michael P. Casey, Set Dresser (LA Unit): Keith Giller, Set Dresser (LA Unit): Peter Lakoff, Set Dresser (LA Unit): Michael C. Magno, Set Dresser (LA Unit): Matt Murphy, Set Dresser (LA Unit): Natalie Palasota, Set Dresser (LA Unit): Steve Pfauter, Alex Walker, Storyboard Artist: P.K. Maccarthy, Property Master: Stuart Rankine, Construction Co-ordinator: Bill Holmquist, Costume Designer: Mark Bridges, Assistant Costume Designer: Kimberly Adams, Assistant Costume Designer (LA Unit): Maria K. Tortu, Costume Supervisor: Eden Coblenz, Make-up Department Head: John Blake, Make-up Artist: Catherine Conrad, Make-up Artist (LA Unit): Kimberly Ayers, Hair Department Head: Linda Flowers, Hairstylist: Lupe Devine, Sharon Ely, Key Hairstylist (LA Unit): Yesim 'Shimmy' Osman, Title Design by: M & H Type, Titles by: Pacific Title & Art Studio, Colour Timer: Kenny Becker, Negative Cutter: Mary Nelson-fraser, Opticals by: Pacific Title & Art Studio, Dollies Provided by: Inc. Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc. J.L. Fisher, Cranes Provided by: Inc. Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Panavision Remote Systems, Logo: Kodak Motion Picture Film, Colour by: DeLuxe Laboratories, Filmed in: Panavision, Original Music by: Jonny Greenwood, [Music] Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra, [Add'l Score] Performed by: The Emperor Quartet, [The Emperor Quartet] (Violin): Martin Burgess, Clare Hayes, [The Emperor Quartet] (Viola): Fiona Bonds, [The Emperor Quartet] (Cello): William Schofield, Piano Trios Performed by (Violin): Martin Burgess, Piano Trios Performed by (Cello): Caroline Dale, Piano Trios Performed by (Piano): Michael Dussek, [Music] Conducted by: Robert Ziegler, Music Supervisor: Linda Cohen, Music Editor: Paul Rabjohns, Add'l Score Recorded/Mixed at: Hook End Manor, [Music] Recorded by: Simon Rhodes, [Music] Mixed by: Graeme Stewart, Music Scored at: Abbey Road Studios, [Add'l Score] Rec'd/Mixed/Engineered by: Graeme Stewart, Sound Designer: Christopher Scarabosio, Additional Sound Supervisor: Michael Babcock, Sound Mixer: John Pritchett, Boom Operator: David M. Roberts, Re-recording Mixer: Michael Semanick, Tom Johnson, Post-production Sound Services by: Skywalker Sound, Recordist: Ron Roumas, Supervising Sound Editor: Matthew Wood, Dialogue Editor: Vanessa Lapato, Dialogue Editor: Hugo Weng, Sound Effects Editor: Timothy Nielsen, Sound Effects Editor: Jeff Sawyer, Sound Effects Editor: J.R. Grubbs, ADR Recordist: Rick Canelli, ADR Mixer: Thomas J. O'Connell, Foley Artist: Sarah Monat, Foley Artist: Robin Harlan, Foley Mixer: Randy K. Singer, Foley Editor: David Horton Jr, Foley Editor: Bruce Tanis, Stunt Co-ordinator: Jeff Habberstad, Stunt Co-ordinator: Myke Schwartz, Sound Consultant: Richard King, Dolby Sound Consultant: Bryan Pennington, Dedicated to: Robert Altman, Livestock Co-ordinator: David Little, Livestock Co-ordinator (LA Unit): Darwin Mitchell, Animal Wrangler Foreperson: Ronnie Reeves, Animal Wrangler: Roy Burger, Animal Wrangler: Gil Dean, Cody Haynes, Snake Wrangler: Jeff 'Buzz' Ross
Cast (67)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Daniel Plainview), Paul Dano (Eli Sunday/Paul Sunday), Kevin J. O'Connor (Henry), Ciarán Hinds (Fletcher), Dillon Freasier (H.W. Plainview), Martin Stringer, Matthew Braden Stringer, Jacob Stringer, Joseph Mussey (silver assay worker), Barry Del Sherman (H.B. Ailman), Harrison Taylor, Stockton Taylor (baby H.W.), Paul F. Tompkins (Prescott), Kevin Breznahan (Signal Hill man), Jim Meskimen (Signal Hill married man), Erica Sullivan (Signal Hill woman), Randall Carver (Mr Bankside), Coco Leigh (Mrs Bankside), Sydney McCallister (Mary Sunday), David Willis (Abel Sunday), Christine Olejniczak (Mother Sunday), Kellie Hill (Ruth Sunday), James Downey (Al Rose), Dan Swallow (Gene Blaize), Robert Arber (Charlie Wrightsman), Bob Bell (geologist), David Williams (Ben Blaut), Joy Rawls, Louise Gregg, Amber Roberts (Eli follower), John W. Watts, Robert Caroline, Barry Bruce (oil worker), Irene G. Hunter (Mrs Hunter), Hope Elizabeth Reeves (Elizabeth), John Chitwood (little Boston doctor), David Warshofsky (H.M. Tilford), Tom Doyle (J.J. Carter), Colton Woodward (William Bandy), John Burton (L.P. Clair), Hans Howes (Bandy), Robert Barge (bartender), Ronald Krut, Huey Rhudy, Steven Barr (Standard Oil man), Robert Hills (H.W.'s interpreter), Colleen Foy (adult Mary Sunday), Russell Harvard (adult H.W. Plainview), Reverend Bob Bock (priest), Vince Froio, Phil Shelly (Plainview servant), Steve Sawhill ([Howard Sommerville - scenes deleted]), Mary Elizabeth Barrett ([Fannie Clark - scenes deleted]), David Little ([Jake Coffey - scenes deleted]), April Corrao, Gregory Schwab ([Eli follower - scenes deleted]), Robert Wooster, Chris Childers, Pat Abbott ([oil worker - scenes deleted]), Lucas Bevan ([wrangler Lucas - scenes deleted]), Bill Waggoner ([town's person - scenes deleted]), J.R. Bit Robertson ([barman - scenes deleted]), Leslea Charlesworth ([bar whore - scenes deleted]), Michael Purcell ([H.W. interpreter - scenes deleted]), John Kerry ([Union Oil man - scenes deleted]), Jane Walker ([local vixen's friend - scenes deleted]), Melissa Hurt ([local vixen - scenes deleted])