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There Will Be Blood

2007, Movie, R, 158 mins

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THERE WILL BE BLOOD
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Paul Thomas Anderson's epic fable of the war between the base and the spiritual, loosely derived from Upton Sinclair's 1927 Oil!, is ambitious, deeply flawed and studded with sequences that achieve pure, majestic greatness. California, 1898: Alone in the vast, unforgiving desert and to the keening of Jonny Greenwood's horror-movie score, prospector Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) works his hand-dug mine by day and sleeps in a small tent that barely provides shelter fr... read more
Year: 2007
Rated R

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Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis: Daniel Plainview
Paul Dano: Eli Sunday
Kevin J. O'Connor: Henry
Ciaran Hinds: Fletcher
Dillon Freasier: H.W. Plainview
Sydney McCallister: Mary Sunday

 

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  • Oscar Nominees Cash In at the Box Office | Today's News: Our Take | 2/25/2008
    Thanks primarily to good timing, this year's Academy Award contenders for best picture drew in an extra $111 million between the Jan. 22 announcement of the nominees and Sunday's telecast, E! reports.Unlike some past years when all of the nommed films were released before November, many of this year's nominees rolled out much closer to the nominations, taking advantage of the buzz. Juno was the biggest earner, adding about $43.3 mil to its previous earnings. There Will Be Blood made 75 percent of its $35 mil post-nominations, having been in limited release until late January.Even Michael Clayton, which had a disastrous box office debut last fall, tacked on nearly $10 mil with a re-release. Atonement earned an extra $16 mil, while big winner No Country for Old Men added a respectable $15 mil to its gross in the past month. — Adam Bryant read more
  • Cheat Sheet: How to Fake a Best Picture Conversation | Today's News: Our Take | 2/19/2008
    If you haven't seen most (or any) of the Best Picture nominees, have no fear: Neither have most of your friends. So here's a quick primer — an Oscars cheat sheet, if you will, to Hollywood's top prize. —Steve PondAtonement• Themes: Love, guilt, war, memory, obligation... and, well, atonement.• Covers six decades, using three actresses (Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai and Vanessa Redgrave) to play the lead character.• Adapted by Christopher Hampton from the novel by Ian McEwan, an award-winning British writer who, between writing acclaimed novels, also penned the screenplay for the 1993 Macaulay Culkin flop The Good Son.• Acting style inspired by British movies of the '30s and '40s, especially Brief Encounter.• Made use of all eight World War II vintage British ambulances still known to exist.• Includes a mammoth, uninterrupted five-and-a-half-minute tracking shot that covers the British evacuation of Dunkirk; director Joe Wright said he was... read more
  • David Spade’s “There Will Be Oscars” | Today's News: Our Take | 2/8/2008
    There have been tons of spoofs made about the drama that the WGA strike has caused in the entertainment industry. We were exceptionally impressed with this FunnyorDie gem, featuring David Spade parodying Daniel Day Lewis and his Oscar nom for There Will Be Blood. These actors have really been coming out of the woodwork to become web stars lately, eh? Your take: What do you think of David Spade's performance? Does it give DDL a run for his money? read more
  • Oscar Surprises, Part 3: Films That Made Out Big, Plus: Foreign Invasion! | Movie News | 1/22/2008
    And now to the films that made out like banditsTheres Juno of course and Paul Thomas Andersons bleak There Will Be Blood based on Upton Sinclairs muckraking 1927 novel Oil was nominated for best picture best actor Daniel Day-Lewis best director and best adapted screenplay The quietly effective Paul Dano of last years indie favorite Little Miss Sunshine was passed over for best supporting actor Lewis was widely considered a shoo-in but the rest of the nominations were less than givens despite critical raves for this lengthy 158 minutes epic examination of greed false prophets and near-biblical retributionThinking-mans thriller Michael Clayton scored big with critics without exciting much attention among moviegoers Its nominated for best picture with star George Clooney recognized in the best-actor category Costars Tilda Swinton and Tom Wilkinson were both nominated in the supporting categories and first-time director Tony Gilroy got a nod both for direct read more be the first to leave a comment
  • Old Men, There Will Be Blood Lead Oscar Nominations | Today's News: Our Take | 1/22/2008
    Nominations for the 80th-annual Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday morning, and No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood led the pack with eight nods each, among them best picture and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis and Javier Bardem. Who else is going for gold come Feb. 24, in a ceremony of as-yet-to-be-determined magnitude? The contenders are:Lead ActorGeorge Clooney, Michael ClaytonDaniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be BloodJohnny Depp, Sweeney ToddTommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of ElahViggo Mortensen, Eastern PromisesLead ActressCate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden AgeJulie Christie, Away from HerMarion Cotillard, La Vie en RoseLaura Linney, The SavagesEllen Page, JunoSupporting ActorCasey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James... Javier Bardem, No Country for Old MenPhilip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's WarHal Holbrook, Into the WildTom Wilkinson, Michael ClaytonSupporting ActressCate Blanchett, I'm Not ThereRuby Dee, American GangsterSaoirse Ronan,... read more

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