Daniel visits the Sundays' property and meets Paul's identical twin brother Eli, who is a local preacher. In 1911, Daniel is approached by Paul Sunday, a young man who tells him of an oil deposit under his family's property in Little Boston, California. The boy, H.W., becomes his nominal business partner, allowing Daniel to present himself to potential investors as a family man. Following the death of a worker in an accident, Daniel adopts the man's orphaned son. In 1902, he discovers oil near Los Angeles and establishes a drilling company. Dragging himself from the pit, he takes a sample to an assay office and receives a silver and gold claim. In 1898, Daniel Plainview finds silver while prospecting in New Mexico but breaks his leg. Along with Day-Lewis' Oscar for Best Actor, Robert Elswit won the award for Best Cinematography. The nominations included Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Anderson. At the 80th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for eight Oscars (tying with another Paramount Vantage/Miramax co-production No Country for Old Men). It has been widely regarded by critics as one of the greatest films of the 21st century, and it appeared on many critics' "top ten" lists for 2007, including the American Film Institute, the National Society of Film Critics, the National Board of Review, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Day-Lewis won the Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, NYFCC and IFTA Best Leading Actor awards for the role. There Will Be Blood received widespread critical acclaim for its cinematography, direction, screenplay, score, and the performances of Day-Lewis and Dano. The film grossed $76.2 million worldwide against its $25 million budget. At the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director and a Special Artistic Contribution Award for Jonny Greenwood's score. The film was produced by Ghoulardi Film Company and distributed by Paramount Vantage and Miramax Films. O'Connor, CiarĂ¡n Hinds, and Dillon Freasier co-star. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, a silver miner turned oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There Will Be Blood is a 2007 American epic period drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, loosely based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair.
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