There will be greed. There will be vengeance.
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
- Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Writers
- Paul Thomas Anderson
Themesalcoholicamerican dreambaptismbased on novel or bookcalifornia
