Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciaran Hinds, Kevin J. O'Connor and Dillon Freasier
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Studio Synopsis: A sprawling epic of family, faith, power and oil set on the incendiary frontier of CaliforniaÕs 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 thereÕs 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. make their lucky strike. But even as the well raises all of their fortunes, nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human valueÑlove, hope, community, belief, ambition and even the bond between father and sonÑis imperiled by corruption, deception and the flow of oil.
Rating: R
Running Time: 160 minutes
Official Web site: http://www.therewillbeblood.com/
Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_vantage/
therewillbeblood/
Reviews:
Metromix South Florida (4 1/2 out of 5 stars)
The Miami Herald (4 out of 4 stars)
New Times Broward-Palm Beach
The Sun-Sentinel (4 out of 4 stars) |
