Plot
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Plainview
Paul Dano
Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
Kevin J. O'Connor
Henry
Ciarán Hinds
Fletcher Hamilton
Dillon Freasier
H.W. Plainview
Hope Elizabeth Reeves
Elizabeth
Colleen Foy
Mary Sunday
Barry Del Sherman
H. B. Ailman
David Willis
Abel Sunday
Hans Howes
Mr. Bandy
Sydney McCallister
Mary Sunday (young)
Paul F. Tompkins
Prescott
Crew
JoAnne Sellar
Producer
Paul Thomas Anderson
Producer
Paul Thomas Anderson
Director
Daniel Lupi
Producer
Robert Elswit
Director of Photography
Jonny Greenwood
Original Music Composer
Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer
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