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''There Will Be Blood'' is a 2007 American epic drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano. The film was inspired by Upton Sinclair's novel ''Oil!'' It tells the story of 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. The film received significant critical praise upon release as well as numerous award nominations and victories. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director and a Special Artistic Contribution Award for Jonny Greenwood's score. It also appeared on many critics' "top ten" lists for the year, notably the American Film Institute,〔("AFI Awards 2007" ). ''American Film Institute''. Retrieved November 18, 2012.〕 the National Society of Film Critics, the National Board of Review, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Day-Lewis won Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, NYFCC and IFTA Best Actor awards for his performance, cementing his position as one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation. The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning Best Actor for Day-Lewis and Best Cinematography for Robert Elswit.〔()〕 ''There Will Be Blood'' is now widely regarded as one of the best films of the 2000s. In late 2009, Lisa Schwarzbaum of ''Entertainment Weekly'', Peter Bradshaw of ''The Guardian'', Peter Travers of ''Rolling Stone'', and Michael Phillips of the ''Chicago Tribune'' and ''At the Movies'' chose it as the best film from 2000–2009. In the directors BFI's 2012 ''Sight & Sound'' poll for the best films ever made, the film was ranked #75 (making it the third film on the list which had been released since 2000) and 202 in the critics' poll (making it the seventh film on the list released since 2000).〔("Sight & Sound 2012 Poll" )〕 == Plot == In 1898, Daniel Plainview, a prospector in New Mexico, mines a potentially precious ore vein from a pit mine hole. In the process of dynamiting the lode, he falls from a broken rung of the tunnel ladder and breaks his leg. He saves a silver sample, climbs out of the mine, and drags himself to the nearest assay office to evaluate his find and receives a silver and gold certificate claim. In 1902, he discovers oil near Los Angeles, California and establishes a small drilling company. Following the death of a worker in an accident, Daniel adopts the man's orphaned son. The boy, named H. W., becomes his nominal "business partner", allowing Daniel to paint himself to potential investors as "a family man". Nine years later in 1911, Daniel is approached by Paul Sunday, who tells him of an oil deposit under his family's property in Little Boston, California. Daniel attempts to buy the farm at a bargain price but Paul's twin brother Eli, wise to Daniel's plan, holds out for $10,000 and states that it is for a local church of which he is the pastor. An agreement is made and Daniel goes on to acquire all the available land in the area, except for one holdout: William Bandy. Oil production begins, but an on-site accident kills a worker and a gas blowout robs H. W. of his hearing. Eli blames the disasters on the well not being properly blessed. When he demands his family's as yet unpaid $5,000, Daniel beats and humiliates him. Eli berates and attacks his father at the dinner table for trusting Daniel, as well as blaming his brother Paul for the family's plight. A stranger seeking work arrives on Daniel's doorstep, claiming to be his half-brother, Henry. Daniel hires Henry to work for him, and the two grow closer. H. W. sets fire to their house, intending for it to kill Henry. Angered at his son's behavior, Daniel sends him away to a school for the deaf in San Francisco, California. A representative from Standard Oil offers to buy out Daniel's local interests, but Daniel elects to strike a deal with Union Oil and construct a pipeline to the California coast, though the Bandy ranch remains an impediment. While reminiscing about their childhood, Daniel becomes suspicious of Henry and one night holds him at gunpoint. Henry confesses that he was actually a friend of the real Henry, who died from tuberculosis. In a fit of rage, Daniel murders the impostor and buries his body. The next morning, Daniel is awakened by Mr. Bandy, who knows of the previous night's events and wants Daniel to repent by joining Eli's church. Eli humiliates Daniel there, coercing him into acknowledging that he is a bad father as part of his baptism. When the ordeal is over, Daniel feels that it was worth the embarrassment. Some time later, as the pipeline is well under way, H. W. returns and reunites with Daniel, while Eli leaves town to perform missionary work. In 1927, a much older H. W. marries Mary Sunday, his childhood sweetheart and the sister of Eli and Paul. Daniel, now extremely wealthy but a raging alcoholic, lives as a recluse in a large mansion. Through an interpreter, H. W. asks Daniel to dissolve their partnership so that he can establish his own oil company in Mexico. An offended Daniel mocks H. W.'s deafness and reveals his true origins as an orphan. H. W. leaves, but not before telling Daniel, "I thank God I have none of you in me." Soon after, Eli pays a visit, finding a drunken Daniel passed out in the mansion's bowling alley. Eli has made a living as a radio preacher and announces that Mr. Bandy has died, then offers to broker a deal on his land. Daniel agrees, but only on the condition that Eli loudly and repeatedly admit that he is "a false prophet and that God is a superstition." Eli does so reluctantly, and Daniel reveals that the property is now worthless because he has already drained its oil through surrounding wells. Shaken and desperate, Eli confesses to be in dire financial straits, and Daniel taunts him by mentioning his brother Paul, who, Daniel claims, has his own oil company and is comparatively more successful. After Daniel briefly chases Eli in Daniel's own private bowling room, Daniel kills Eli by smashing his head in with a bowling pin. When Daniel's butler comes down to check on him, Daniel says casually, "I'm finished." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「There Will Be Blood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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