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There Will Be Blood

2007 film by Paul Thomas Anderson
Movie film Q244315
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Summary

There Will Be Blood is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.23% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59,190 views/month, #212 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3], Academy Award for Best Actor[4], Academy Award for Best Cinematography[5]
  • Director: Paul Thomas Anderson[6]
  • Screenwriter: Paul Thomas Anderson[7]
  • Composer: Jonny Greenwood[8]
  • Genre: drama film[9], epic film[10], period drama film[11], Western film[12], thriller film[13], historical drama film[14], Revisionist Western[15], historical film[16], independent film[17]
  • Based on: Oil![18]
  • Cast member: Daniel Day-Lewis[19], Paul Dano[20], Kevin J. O'Connor[21], Ciarán Hinds[22], Jim Meskimen[23], Russell Harvard[24], David Warshofsky[25], Kevin Breznahan[26], Paul F. Tompkins[27], Dillon Freasier[28], Jim Downey[29], Barry Del Sherman[30]
  • Producer: Paul Thomas Anderson[31], JoAnne Sellar[32], Daniel Lupi[33]
  • Part of the series: BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century[34]
  • Production company: Paramount Vantage[35]
  • Director of photography: Robert Elswit[36]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[37]
  • Commons category: There Will Be Blood[38]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[39]
  • Review score: 8.5/10[40], 8.2/10[41], 91%[42], 4.5/5[43], 93/100[44]
  • Color: color[45]
  • Country of origin: United States[46]
  • Publication date: December 26, 2007[47], January 4, 2008[48], February 14, 2008[49], February 28, 2008[50]
  • Distributed by: Fórum Hungary[51], Fandango at Home[52], Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing[53]
  • Narrative location: California[54], New Mexico[55]
  • Official website: https://www.miramax.com/movie/there-will-be-blood/[56]
  • Film editor: Dylan Tichenor[57]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor[58], Academy Award for Best Director[59], Academy Award for Best Cinematography[60], Academy Award for Best Sound Editing[61], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[62], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[63], Academy Award for Best Picture[64], Academy Award for Best Production Design[65]
  • Executive producer: Scott Rudin[66]
  • Title: There Will Be Blood[67]

Why It Matters

There Will Be Blood has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]

FAQs

What awards did There Will Be Blood receive?

Honors received include Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3], Academy Award for Best Actor[4], and Academy Award for Best Cinematography[5].

Related Entities

California Ciarán Hinds Daniel Day-Lewis film Jim Meskimen Jonny Greenwood New Mexico Paul Dano Paul F. Tompkins Paul Thomas Anderson Scott Rudin United States Upton Sinclair

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  32. [34] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  38. [40] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  45. [47] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [68] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [69] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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