There Will Be Blood is a movie directed by Paul Thomas Anderson in 2007 and based on the book Oil! by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1926. The movie features Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin Stringer, Matthew Braden Stringer, Jacob Stringer, Joseph Mussey, Barry Del Sherman, and others.
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Storyline
In 1898, Daniel Plainview is a silver prospector mining a potentially precious ore vein from a pit mine hole in New Mexico. In 1911, Daniel is approached by Paul Sunday, a young man who tells him of an oil deposit under his family’s property in Little Boston, California.
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Movie vs Book
Year
2007
Minutes
158
Movie Rate
8.20
Source: IMDb
Movie
There Will Be Blood
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Country: USA
Year: 2007
Length: 2h38m
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Year
1926
Pages
528
Book Rate
7.40
S: Goodreads
Book
Oil!
Author: Upton Sinclair
Country: USA
First published in: 1926
Length: 528 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“As an author, it's a strange process to watch your novel turned into a movie. It's tremendously exciting but somewhat voyeuristic.”
MARCUS SAKEY (Writer)
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