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There Will Be Blood (Single Disc Edition) [2007] | ![There Will Be Blood (Single Disc Edition) [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yfVr5LvnL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Daniel Day-lewis, Ciaran Hinds, Kevin J. O'connor, Dillon Freasier, Paul Dano
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Category: DVD
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 89
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 152 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 8717418170332
ASIN: B00181NF0C
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: July 7, 2008
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If there's a screen performance in 2008 that comes anywhere near to matching Daniel Day-Lewis' Oscar-winning turn in There Will Be Blood, then we've come nowhere near to seeing it. A tour-de-force of acting and a career high for Day-Lewis, it's the highlight of an extraordinary, really quite daring piece of cinema. That said, we've come to expect nothing less from writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson, the man who previously brought us Boogie Nights, Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love. However, he's really topped himself in terms of ambition with There Will Be Blood, an adaptation of Upton Sinclair's book, Oil! It follows Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis) who, when we first meet him in the film's silent opening is attempting to mine silver, before he discovers oil and slowly builds up an empire off the back of it. There Will Be Blood then follows his rise to power, given the vast riches that his oil brings him, concurrently exploring his relationship with his son. It proves to be a long, complex, stunning piece of work. There's little room in There Will Be Blood for much more than the sheer power of Day-Lewis' performance, but credit Paul Dano (last seen saying an awful lot less in Little Miss Sunshine) for attempting to go toe-to-toe with the leading man. He's a foil of sorts for Plainview, playing a man as troubled and torn as Day-Lewis' character, and it's a career high to date for the young actor. The film, too, is a match for anything Paul Thomas Anderson has done to date, and that's some achievement. With no easy resolution, and a degree of complexity in its characters that we all-too-rarely see from modern American films, There Will Be Blood is a challenging, at times breathtaking piece of cinema. It won't be to all tastes, and it adamantly refuses to give easy answers, but it's as daring as anything you'll see on screen all year. And Day-Lewis' performance ranks next to any of the all-time greats that you'd care to mention. --Simon Brew
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 An Excellent Film - Daniel Day Lewis at his best! January 8, 2009
Crusty (UK)
This is a captivating story and shows Daniel Day Lewis in one of his best roles to date. An excellent film and highly recommended.
 Let there be sleep... January 5, 2009
N. R. Jones
This has to be one of the most boring, pointless films I have seen for some time. One reviewer describes it as "an all time classic"... they should be seriously committed. A film to buy for someone you really dislike. I thought it would never end. What could have been quite an interesting storyline was completely ruined by pointless silences and over-acting.
 There Will Be Blood December 30, 2008
Spider Monkey (UK)
'There Will Be Blood' brings us Daniel Day-Lewis in a masterly performance following the life of an oil prospector and the relationships he forges and ruins. Some of the first things to strike me were how this film is beautifully directed with marvelous use of light and shadow and how the soundtrack helps keep things on edge with various percussive elements and discordant notes. But the key to this film really is Day-Lewis' performance and the whole film rests on his portrayal of Daniel Plainview, never has a film rested so strongly on one actors supreme work. This film doesn't have any real resolution, although some parts are tied up, but this looks at the overall life of this brutal and savage man as he exploits both community and nature for his gains in oil. At 2 and 1/2 hours it did begin to feel a touch long towards the end, but Day-Lewis manages to hold you captivated by his rich and in-depth performance and keeps you watching until the very end. The supporting actors play their roles well and Plainviews son was especially note-worthy. A dark tale, in both content and execution, but one that should be watched at least once to soak up it's atmosphere, acting and beautiful direction.
Pouring oil on troubled waters December 20, 2008
russell clarke (halifax, west yorks)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Daniel Day Lewis ,s towering performance as Daniel Plainview oils( pun intended) the wheels of Paul Thomas Andersons epic film of mendacity , cruelty and greed. The film about the rise to power and wealth ( which has been compared to Citizen Kane [1942] for it depiction of an ruthless man undone buy his ambition ) of one man needed a great actor at the top of his game to make it really resonate and by gum it gets one. Day Lewis fully deserves his Oscar for he is again truly magnetically compelling as Plainview , a man who says "I want no one else to succeed," and "Hates most people".
We first see Plainview , in an audacious dialogue free fifteen minutes as a silver miner in 1898 , even after suffering from a badly injured leg from a fall staking in his claim. He is clearly a single minded determined individual. Next in 1902 he is drilling for oil where success leads to another accident the outcome of which , plays a major part in the films narrative.
Cut to 1911 , and Plainview in tow with his son H.W.( Dillon Freasier- it says a lot about Plainview that he gives his son initials instead of a name) is now a successful oil speculator buying up leases for land to drill on. Paul Sunday ,the son of a family of goat farmers brings Plainview's attention to the fact that their land has oil "Seepage" . On checking it out with H.W. in tow the Plainview operation descends on the small town of Little Boston.
Here, as he talks to the townsfolk eloquently explaining how wonderful the discovery of oil will be for their community , and what wonders it will bring -school's , roads , churches , irrigation, bread- we see how truly duplicitous and conniving Plainview really is. We know he's lying and so it would seems does Eli Sunday( Paul Dano who also played Paul which makes it bit confusing at first ) , eldest son of the family and head preacher of the church who Plainview has pledged $5000 to but clearly doesn't think he will get it.
The moment when they actually strike oil also leaves H.W. deaf . The kid is now clearly as burden and Plainview callously packs him off to a home somewhere, even going as far as to trick the poor lad into going with one of his men. He has more important things to do. Like finally lose his rag with the pompous Eli and discovering he's made an uncharacteristic oversight in his buying of the land around his wells.
Plainview ends up a bitter alcoholic rattling around in a big mansion sleeping where he drops ,still glorying in the moments where he can get one over a rival or a perceived enemy. The film , adapted from Upton Sinclair's "Oil" is multi-layered yet singular in it's message. Nothing corrupts like money and power. Even if it doesn't involve corruption in it's normal forms it corrupts the mind.... It corrupts the soul. Plainview is a man rancid with it and so good is Daniel Day Lewis( he based his character and vocal inflections on old recordings of film director John Huston) his every sleazy nuances radiates from the screen .
Even more impressively the film has great cinematography , great locations ( it was filmed in Marfa Texas with No Country For Old Men [2007] as the neighbouring production) and a startling soundtrack by Johnny Greenwood of RadioheadThere Will Be Blood OST which often sounds like something for a horror movie but at other times is stately and elegiac.
Less impressive on the single disc are the extras which basically amount to a fifteen show of stills explaining the historical backdrop to the early days of oil drilling in the U.S. Still if you want all that kind of stuff they will be available on the two disc version .As with any DVD the real draw should be the film. Modern film-making certainly doesn't get much better than There Will Be Blood.
yes its pace is slow, but it's compelling December 19, 2008
Jonathan Sparshott
When I saw this had a 3 star average rating, I was initially in disbelief. Granted it is slow paced at times, and i can see why it wouldn't appeal to everybody, but for me it's a gripping epic film. The plot is far from complicated, but its beauty lies in its simplicity I feel, simply reflecting the way life was back then. I don't think it purports to be anything that it isn't, either; or that Daniel Day Lewis is selfishly out for his own Oscar winning gains. The end result is a predominantly bleak film that doesn't reveal anything outstanding or new as such, but rather gives a straightforward story of that particular time in American history. Daniel day lewis puts in a dramatic and powerful performance. I enjoyed it.
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