Academy Awards, USA 2008
| Won Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Daniel Day-Lewis |
| Best Achievement in Cinematography Robert Elswit | |
| Nominated Oscar | Best Motion Picture of the Year JoAnne Sellar Paul Thomas Anderson Daniel Lupi |
| Best Achievement in Directing Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| Best Achievement in Film Editing Dylan Tichenor | |
| Best Achievement in Art Direction Jack Fisk (art director) Jim Erickson (set decorator) | |
| Best Achievement in Sound Editing Matthew Wood Christopher Scarabosio |
Paramount Vantage
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Paramount)
Prospector Daniel Day-Lewis gets a tip about an oil field on a remote California ranch. He travels there to buy the ranch and as much surrounding land as possible before the big oil company. He builds a derrick and hires men to operate it. His plans to build a pipeline to the ocean are thwarted by a holdout who refused to sell his land. He also clashes with a local young preacher, leading to a deadly confrontation. Epic story demonstrating how greed, in all of its forms, leads to amoral and ultimately self-destructive behavior. A vivid characterization by Day-Lewis, set to an intense, foreboding soundtrack by Jonny Greenwood. However, the gloomy atmosphere and unlikable characters begins to wear after a couple of hours, and an overwrought ending does not help.
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