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Sales Rank: 275
Category: DVD
Actors: Daniel Day-lewis, Paul Dano, Ciaran Hinds, Martin Stringer, Matthew Braden Stringer
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Publisher: Paramount Vantage
Studio: Paramount Vantage
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Label: Paramount Vantage
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Running Time: 158 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 137420
UPC: 097361374208
EAN: 0097361374208
ASIN: B0018QCXH8
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: January 11, 2008
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Unmistakably a shot at greatness, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood succeeds in wild, explosive ways. The film digs into nothing less than the sources of peculiarly American kinds of ambition, corruption, and industry--and makes exhilarating cinema from it all. Although inspired by Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!, Anderson has crafted his own take on the material, focusing on a black-eyed, self-made oilman named Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), whose voracious appetite for oil turns him into a California tycoon in the early years of the 20th century. The early reels are a mesmerizing look at the getting of oil from the ground, an intensely physical process that later broadens into Plainview's equally indomitable urge to control land and power. Curious, diverting episodes accumulate during Plainview's rise: a mighty derrick fire (a bravura opportunity that Anderson, with the aid of cinematographer Robert Elswit, does not fail to meet), a visit from a long-lost brother (Kevin J. O'Connor), the ongoing involvement of Plainview's poker-faced adoptive son (Dillon Freasier). As the film progresses, it gravitates toward Plainview's rivalry with the local representative of God, a preacher named Eli Sunday (brimstone-spitting Paul Dano); religion and capitalism are thus presented not so much as opposing forces but as two sides of the same coin. And the worm in the apple here is less man's greed than his vanity. Anderson's offbeat take on all this--exemplified by the astonishing musical score by Jonny Greenwood--occasionally threatens to break the film apart, but even when it founders, it excites. As for Daniel Day-Lewis, his performance is Olivier-like in its grand scope and its attention to details of behavior; Plainview speaks in the rum-rich voice of John Huston, and squints with the wariness of Walter Huston. It's a fearsome performance, and the engine behind the film's relentless power. --Robert Horton
Product Description
A sprawling epic of family faith power and oil THERE WILL BE BLOOD is set on the incendiary frontier of California s turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there s a little town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground he heads with his son H.W. (Dillon Freasier) to take their chances in dust-worn Little Boston. In this hardscrabble town where the main excitement centers around the holy roller church of charismatic preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano) Plainview and H.W. make their lucky strike. But even as the well raises all of their fortunes nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human value love hope community belief ambition and even the bond between father and son is imperiled by corruption deception and the flow of oil.System Requirements:Running Time: 158 minutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: DRAMA/INNOCENCE LOST Rating: R UPC: 097361374208 Manufacturer No: 137420
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 Weird, unsettling and magnificent! July 24, 2008
This is, hands down, without a doubt, one of the strangest damn movies I have ever seen. Unsettling and weird and wonderful and fantastic.
The plot is simple: a man, Daniel Plainview, steamrollers over everyone and everything in his path in order to get oil, and thereby, money and power. There's a great many comparisons that can be made between this character and Charles Foster Kane (and if you haven't seen Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition), do so), the primary difference being that Kane at least was somewhat likable. The best you can say for Plainview is that he is, at times, pitiable.
Mostly the movie is a character study, pitting Plainview against a young preacher, Eli Sunday. His church is called The Church of the Third Revelation, which if you're a smart-a$$ like me tells you everything you need to know about who he is and what he does. Suffice to say that in modern times he'd have big hair, a bad suit and the ability to cry/plead for money on cue whenever a TV camera is on him.
It's very hard to describe this movie beyond what I've said, at least as far as the plot goes. The cinematography is mind-blowing and the music is... well, effective. There's a weird sound that plays over the soundtrack from time to time. It sounds rather like an air-raide siren if you only played out the first note of it and then didn't stop.
It is one of the most memorable and effective films I've ever seen. It's very hard to watch at times, but entirely worth it, if for no other reason than Daniel Day-Lewis' performance.
One last note: whomever thought this was a good idea for DVD packaging needs to be smacked, cause it totally isn't. Green, yes, but very stupid. Some sort of plastic to at least hold the discs in place would've been nice, but, oh, well.
 There Will Be Blood and time for a nap July 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"There Will Be Blood" Daniel Day Lewis performance is spectacular and captivating as a violent, selfish hell bent man with a death wish. Lewis's character desires to take all for himself regardless of the cost, making Scrooge look like a pansy by comparison. Lewis's performance is the only thing that will keep a couch potato watching this very slow movie to the very end. As a watched this film I thought surely acting this amazing is going to lead into a thick deep twisted move plot making my eyes open wide when all I could really think about while watching this movie was taking a nap. When the end of the movie came, my eyes finally open wide as I wondered what drug the writers of this script were on when this bad pointless going nowhere piece was written. The ending of this movie truly makes one feel "There Will Be Blood" was a complete waste of even a couch potatoes time. Daniel Day Lewis is a far better actor than the piece of junk screenplay given him. Seeing this boring movie in blu-ray did not help it much. For Lewis's outstanding acting alone, I give this movie 3 potato 4 potato. Couch Potato Michael
 Attn Women: Bring a good book to this movie! July 21, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Great acting!! But wasted on a sluggish, slow moving, poorly edited story line. I thought it was because I'm a women. But my very male other half was more disappointed than me. And he's the one who wanted to see it!
Fantastic Character Development July 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie would have won a lot more Oscars this year if it were not for No Country For Old Men. Daniel Day-Lewis's performance was one of the best of this generation and his character, Daniel Plainview, is one of the most developed characters of all time. We are able to see his transformation that occurs due to the greed and hatred for all those around him. By the end of the film we are left with a character that confuses the viewer, which it should. The fact remains that if you did not enjoy this film, you did not engage it. If you did enjoy it, then it should be a memorable film, to say the least. The Blu-ray version is top notch and I suggest it for anyone who enjoyed this film or enjoys film in general.
If your not in a bad mood, you will be after this movie. July 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is about greed and pride and how ugly they can be. Its long and tough to watch in parts. I really don't think I could sit through it all again. The movie starts out well but becomes less entertaining as Daniel Day Lewis character becomes meaner and greedier.
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