Overview
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
Details
- Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Writer
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $25,000,000
Cast
Barry Del Sherman
Ciarán Hinds
Colleen Foy
Daniel Day-Lewis
David Willis
Dillon Freasier
Hans Howes
Hope Elizabeth Reeves
Kevin J. O'Connor
Paul Dano
Keywords
1890s
1900s
19th century
20th century
adopted son
alcoholic
american dream
baptism
based on novel or book
bowling alley
california
capitalism
character study
child abandonment
church
deaf-mute
fanatic
father
greed
impostor
misanthrophy
money
narcissism
oil
oil field
oil industry
pastor
personality change
petrol
pipeline
religion
sibling relationship
sign languages
turn of the century
zealot
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