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When ruthless oil prospector, Daniel Plainview learns of oil-rich land in California that can be bought cheaply, he moves his operation there and begins manipulating and exploiting the local landowners into selling him their property. Using his young adopted son to project the image of a caring family man, Plainview gains the cooperation of almost all the locals with lofty promises to build schools and cultivate the land to make their community flourish. Over time, Plainview's gradual accumulation of wealth and power causes his true self to surface, and he begins to slowly alienate himself from everyone in his life.

There Will Be Greed. There Will Be Vengeance.

Genres: Drama

Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Dillon Freasier

Released: December 28, 2007

Runtime: 158.0

Popularity Rating: 8.201

Ghoulardi Film Company, Miramax Films, Paramount Vantage

United States of America

Daniel Plainview Daniel Day-Lewis
Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday Paul Dano
H. W. Dillon Freasier
Fletcher Ciaran Hinds
Henry Kevin J. O'Connor
Elizabeth Hope Elizabeth Reeves
Mary Sunday Colleen Foy
H. B. Ailman Barry Del Sherman
Abel Sunday David Willis
Mr. Bandy Hans Howes
Mary Sunday (Young) Sydney McCallister
Prescott Paul F. Tompkins
Signal Hill Man Kevin Breznahan
Signal Hill Married Man Jim Meskimen
Signal Hill Woman Erica Sullivan
Mr. Bankside Randall Carver
Al Rose James Downey
H.M. Tilford David Warshofsky
J.J. Carter Charles Thomas Doyle
Adult HW Russell Harvard
Fanny Clark (uncredited) Mary Elizabeth Barrett
Signal Hill Man (uncredited) Brad Carr
Elizabeth's Mother (uncredited) Rhonda Reeves
Blacksmith (uncredited) Beau Smith

Art — Art Direction: David Crank
Art — Production Design: Jack Fisk
Art — Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
Camera — Director of Photography: Robert Elswit
Camera — Still Photographer: Francois Duhamel
Camera — Still Photographer: Melinda Sue Gordon
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Mark Bridges
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Supervisor: Eden Clark Coblenz
Costume & Make-Up — Hair Department Head: Linda D. Flowers
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Department Head: John Blake
Crew — Post Production Supervisor: Erica Frauman
Crew — Post Production Supervisor: Jamey Pryde
Crew — Stunt Coordinator: Jeff Habberstad
Crew — Stunt Coordinator: Myke Schwartz
Crew — Stunts: Brian Avery
Crew — Thanks: Jose Ludlow
Crew — Thanks: Mark Graziano
Directing — Assistant Director: Adam Somner
Directing — Assistant Director: Eric Richard Lasko
Directing — Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Directing — Script Supervisor: Anna Rane
Editing — Color Timer: Kenny Becker
Editing — Editor: Dylan Tichenor
Lighting — Lighting Technician: Robby Baumgartner
Lighting — Rigging Gaffer: Mark Manthey
Production — Casting: Cassandra Kulukundis
Production — Executive Producer: Eric Schlosser
Production — Executive Producer: Scott Rudin
Production — Producer: Daniel Lupi
Production — Producer: JoAnne Sellar
Production — Producer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Production — Production Supervisor: Will Weiske
Sound — Music Editor: Paul Rabjohns
Sound — Music Supervisor: Linda Cohen
Sound — Original Music Composer: Jonny Greenwood
Writing — Novel: Upton Sinclair
Writing — Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson