
When Daniel Plainview - a ruthless oil prospector - learns of oil-rich land in California that can be bought cheaply, he moves his operation there and begins manipulating and exploiting the local landowners into selling him their property. Using his young adopted son H.W. to project the image of a caring family man, Plainview gains the cooperation of almost all the locals with lofty promises to build schools and cultivate the land to make their community flourish. Over time, Plainview's gradual accumulation of wealth and power causes his true self to surface, and he begins to slowly alienate himself from everyone in his life.
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Daniel Day-Lewis | Daniel Plainview |
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Martin Stringer | Silver Assay Worker |
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Matthew Braden Stringer | Silver Assay Worker |
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Jacob Stringer | Silver Assay Worker |
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Joseph Mussey | Silver Assay Worker |
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Barry Del Sherman | H.B. Ailman |
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Harrison Taylor | Baby HW |
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Stockton Taylor | Baby HW |
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Paul F. Tompkins | Prescott |
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Dillon Freasier | HW |
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Kevin Breznahan | Signal Hill Man |
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Jim Meskimen | Signal Hill Married Man |
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Erica Sullivan | Signal Hill Woman |
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Randall Carver | Mr. Bankside |
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Coco Leigh | Mrs. Bankside |
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Paul Dano | Paul Sunday |
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Ciarán Hinds | Fletcher |
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Sydney McCallister | Mary Sunday |
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David Willis | Abel Sunday |
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Christine Olejniczak | Mother Sunday |
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Kellie Hill | Ruth Sunday |
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James Downey | Al Rose |
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Dan Swallow | Gene Blaize |
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Robert Arber | Charlie Wrightsman |
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Bob Bell | Geologist |
Director | Paul Thomas Anderson |
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Writer | Paul Thomas Anderson, Upton Sinclair | |
Producer | Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, Scott Rudin, Eric Schlosser, JoAnne Sellar, David Williams | |
Musician | Jonny Greenwood | |
Photography | Robert Elswit |
Edition | Special Collector's Edition |
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Packaging | Custom Case |
Nr Discs | 2 |
Screen Ratios | Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) |
Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital 5.1 [French] Dolby Digital 5.1 [Spanish] |
Subtitles | English | English (Closed Captioned) | French | French (Closed Captioned) | Spanish | Spanish (Closed Captioned) |
Layers | Dual side, Single layer |
Edition Release Date | Apr 08, 2008 |
Regions | Region 1 |
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Quantity | 1 |
Index | 1267 |
Added Date | Mar 10, 2012 13:58:33 |
Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:33:53 |