There Will Be Blood

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Core Identity: There Will Be Blood (2007) is an American period epic written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as silver prospector-turned-oil tycoon Daniel Plainview Foundational Thesis: Tracing Plainview's ruthless rise amid the late-19th and early-20th-century Southern California oil boom—and his ideological collision with evangelical preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano)—the film dissects American capitalism, faith, and corrosive ambition 2007–2008 (Release & 80th Academy Awards): Grossed more than $76 million worldwide on a $25 million budget, earned 8 Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay), and won 2 Oscars: Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Best Cinematography (Robert Elswit) February 17, 2008 (Berlinale): Paul Thomas Anderson won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival

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#7.5

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There Will Be Blood is ranked #6 on "Top 10 Best Business Movies" — its best placement across 2 lists on top10grid.com.

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There Will Be Blood appears in 2 lists on top10grid.com, spanning categories including BUSINESS, FILM.

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Yes — community opinion on There Will Be Blood varies widely. It ranks as high as #6 on some lists and as low as #9 on others, a spread of 3 positions, making it one of the more debated picks on top10grid.com.

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There Will Be Blood appears most frequently in the BUSINESS category, most notably in "Top 10 Best Business Movies".

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Release Credits

Released 2007 (158 min, color, widescreen 35mm); written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson; loosely based on the first 150 pages of Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!; starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano; cinematography by Robert Elswi

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Period Drama / Revisionist Western / Epic Character Study

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There Will Be Blood

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schema:Movie, PeriodDrama, RevisionistWestern, AcademyAwardWinner, PaulThomasAnderson

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