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There Will Be Blood   2007         R, 158 min. Genre: Drama Director: Paul Thomas Anderson   Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciaran Hinds, Dillon Freasier, Sydney McCallister, David Warshofsky, Colton Woodward, Colleen Foy, Russell Harvard, David Willis, Barry Del Sherman   Prospector Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) works in California at the turn of the 20th century and later adopts a young boy, H.W. (Dillon Freasier), whose father was killed in the oil fields. A few years pass, and H.W. joins Daniel in a plot to swindle the Sunday family out of its land in order to begin their oil empire. Meanwhile, Eli Sunday (Paul Dano) begins the Church of the Third Revelation and, as its charismatic preacher, introduces values of humanity, which oppose the lack of values in oil drilling. Thus, the stage is set for a life-long conflict between Eli and his preaching vs. Daniel and his oil drilling. Academy Awards were received for Best Actor (Day-Louis) and Cinematography; seven other nominations were also received including Best Picture and Director. Cast Daniel Day-Lewis Danel Plainview Paul Dano Paul & E Sunday Kevin J. O'Connor Henry Brands Ciaran Hinds Fletcher Hamilton Dillon Freasier H.W. Plainview Sydney McCallister Mary Sunday David Warshofsky H.M. Tilford Colton Woodward William Bandy Colleen Foy Adult Mary Sunday Russell Harvard Older H.W. Plainview David Willis Abel Sunday Barry Del Sherman H.B. Ailman