“There Will Be Blood” is a drama film about an oilman who attempts to get rich in the oil boom in Southern California in the early 1900’s. Daniel Day-Lewis delivers quite a tour de force in the lead role under the expert direction of Paul Thomas Anderson (“Punch-Drunk Love” 2002), who also penned the outstanding screenplay. The film exposes some of the rough-and-tumble nature of capitalism during this era, adapted from the 1926 novel “Oil!” by Upton Sinclair.
The cast along with Day-Lewis includes Paul Dano, Kevin J. O’Connor, Ciaran Hinds, Paul F. Tompkins, Jim Downey, David Warshofsky, Barry Del Sherman, Russell Harvard, and Dillon Freasier as Day-Lewis’ young adopted son. This has been Freasier’s only movie role up to this point. The watchable “There Will Be Blood” was modestly popular at the box office for Paramount Vantage, Miramax Films, and Scott Rudin Productions.
The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning two: Best Actor (Day-Lewis) and Best Cinematography (Robert Elswit). The non-winners were Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound Editing.
There Will Be Blood (2007)
cinema
My Review
“There Will Be Blood” is a drama film about an oilman who attempts to get rich in the oil boom in Southern California in the early 1900’s. Daniel Day-Lewis delivers quite a tour de force in the lead role under the expert direction of Paul Thomas Anderson (“Punch-Drunk Love” 2002), who also penned the outstanding screenplay. The film exposes some of the rough-and-tumble nature of capitalism during this era, adapted from the 1926 novel “Oil!” by Upton Sinclair.
The cast along with Day-Lewis includes Paul Dano, Kevin J. O’Connor, Ciaran Hinds, Paul F. Tompkins, Jim Downey, David Warshofsky, Barry Del Sherman, Russell Harvard, and Dillon Freasier as Day-Lewis’ young adopted son. This has been Freasier’s only movie role up to this point. The watchable “There Will Be Blood” was modestly popular at the box office for Paramount Vantage, Miramax Films, and Scott Rudin Productions.
The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning two: Best Actor (Day-Lewis) and Best Cinematography (Robert Elswit). The non-winners were Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound Editing.