US (2007): Drama
A sprawling epic of family, faith, power and oil, There Will Be Blood is set on the incendiary frontier of California's turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon.
When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there's a little town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground, he heads with his son H.W. (Dillon Freasier), to take their chances in dust-worn Little Boston. In this hardscrabble town, where the main excitement centers around the holy roller church of charismatic preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), Plainview and H.W. made their lucky strike. But even as the well raises all of their fortunes, nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human value - love, hope, community, belief, ambition and even the bond between father and son - is imperiled by corruption, deception and the flow of oil.
Inspired by Upton Sinclair's Oil!; written for the screen and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson; produced by Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi and JoAnne Sellar; executive produced by Scott Rudin, Eric Schlosser and David Williams. (Paramount Vantage / Miramax - Web site)
8 nominations, 2 Awards
· Best Leading Actor 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis
· Best Achievement in Cinematography 2007: Robert Elswit
· Best Picture of the Year 2007: (Paramount Vantage & Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production; JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers
· Achievement in Directing 2007: Paul Thomas Anderson
· Achievement in Writing - Adapted Screenplay 2007: Paul Thomas Anderson
· Achievement in Art Direction 2007: Art Direction - Jack Fisk; Set Decoration - Jim Erickson
· Achievement in Film Editing 2007: Dylan Tichenor
· Achievement in Sound Editing 2007: Matthew Wood