| In Movie Theaters: | Wednesday, December 26, 2007 |
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| On Blu-ray & DVD: | Tuesday, April 8, 2008 Released; Now Available Buy or Rent Availability |
| Director: | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| Cast: more cast | Daniel Day-Lewis Paul Dano Kevin J. O'Connor Ciarán Hinds Russell Harvard |
| Companies: | Paramount Vantage & 2 more |
| Rating: | R for some violence. |
Storyline
Daniel Day-Lewis in an epic tale of family, faith, power and oil set on the frontier of California's turn-of-the-century petroleum boom.
Set in the booming West coast oil fields at the turn of the 20th century, a tale that follows the rise of rugged prospector Daniel Plainview who becomes an independent oilman after hitting it rich with the strike of a lifetime. He realizes the American dream, and is destroyed by it.Oscar Nominations of 2007:
- Best Actor
- Best Cinematography
- Best Art Direction
- Best Director
- Best Film Editing
- Best Picture
- Best Screeplay (Adapted)
- Best Sound Editing
Additional Notes:
A period drama loosely based on the 1927 Upton Sinclair novel "Oil!".
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Production Updates (2)
- From Sun., December 21, 2008 to Sat., December 20, 2008
- Movie Insider Sun., December 21, 2008
- added the soundtrack release date of December 18, 2007
- added the Blu-ray release date of April 8, 2008
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