Story Line
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.
“There will be greed. There will be vengeance.”
Top Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Plainview
Paul Dano
Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
Kevin J. O'Connor
Henry
Ciarán Hinds
Fletcher Hamilton
Dillon Freasier
H.W. Plainview
Hope Elizabeth Reeves
Elizabeth
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Rating
8.1/ 10
Release Date
2007-12-26
Runtime
2h 38m
Genres
Drama
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User Reviews (5)
j4ni
No rating•7/29/2019
Great movie, not a spaghetti western. Very good story and atmosphere 10 stars.
Wuchak
5/10
•8/15/2019***Weighty, morose period drama with complex characters and Daniel Day-Lewis***
In the early 20th century, an industrious prospector in Southern California, Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), becomes a shrewd oil magnate, whose journey is paral...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•9/12/2023I remember reading about just how much money Rockefeller was making at the height of his prowess and the sums were eye watering. His Standard Oil company is referenced in this powerful drama with Daniel Day Lewis as “Plainview”. He’s a prospector loo...
James
10/10
•10/14/2023What the hell was in the air in 2007?