Eletään 1900-luvun alkua, ja Daniel Plainview poikansa kanssa etsii öljyä Kaliforniasta. Mutta nuori saarnaaja, Eli Sunday, pistää kapuloita heidän rattaisiinsa ja haastaa heidät henkiseen voimainmittelöön. Tästä taistelusta tulee pelottava, synkkä matka hulluuteen.
Genre: Draama
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds, Dillon Freasier, Hope Elizabeth Reeves
miehistö: Upton Sinclair (Novel), Robert Elswit (Director of Photography), Dylan Tichenor (Editor), Jack Fisk (Production Design), JoAnne Sellar (Producer), Paul Thomas Anderson (Producer)
Maa: United States of America
Kieli: English
Studio: Paramount Vantage, Miramax, JoAnne Sellar Productions, Ghoulardi Film Company
Runtime: 158 minutes
Laatu: HD
Released: Dec 26, 2007
IMDb: 2.9
Avainsanat:california, petrol, sibling relationship, based on novel or book, capitalism, pastor, deaf-mute, greed, american dream, narcissism, fanatic, father, baptism, misanthrophy, money, oil, religion, impostor, church, alcoholic, oil industry, child abandonment, character study, zealot, bowling alley, sign languages, oil field, turn of the century, 19th century, adopted son, 1900s, personality change, pipeline, 20th century, 1890s
