There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a turn-of-the-century silver prospector who procures the oil rights to a family's ranch and strikes it rich. He turns the small California town of Little Boston into a boomtown, but ultimately comes to blows with a young, charismatic preacher. Day-Lewis won the 2008 Best Actor Oscar for his role in the film, and Robert Elswit won Best Cinematography.

Fast Facts:

  1. Release Date: December 26, 2007
  2. Directed and produced by: Paul Thomas Anderson
  3. Distributed by: Miramax Films and Paramount Vantage
  4. Loosely based on Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil
  5. Filmed in New Mexico and Marfa, Texas
  6. Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciaran Hinds, and newcomer Dillon Freasier
  7. Rated R
  8. Runtime: 158 min
  9. Academy Award-Oscar winner for Best Cinematography
  10. Academy Award-nominated for best picture, best actor, best directing, best adapted screenplay, best film editing, best art directing, and best sound editing

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Jane Austen Personal Timeline

  • December 16, 1775: Born in Hampshire, England

  • 1796: Flirtation with Irishman Tom Lefroy

  • 1796-1797: Writes First Impressions, which would later become Pride and Prejudice

  • 1797: First Impressions rejected by a London publisher

  • 1801: Father moves the Austen family to Bath

  • 1802: Accepts marriage proposal from Harris Bigg-Wither, then changes her mind and refuses him the next morning

  • 1805: Death of her father

  • 1809: Moves to Chawton with her mother and sister; revises original versions of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility

  • July 18, 1817: Dies from a fatal illness

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