There Will Be Blood

2007 film by Paul Thomas Anderson
Movie film Q244315
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There Will Be Blood

Summary

There Will Be Blood is a film[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • There Will Be Blood received the Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3].
  • There Will Be Blood received the Academy Award for Best Actor[4].
  • There Will Be Blood received the Academy Award for Best Cinematography[5].
  • There Will Be Blood's instance of is recorded as film[6].
  • There Will Be Blood was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson[7].
  • Paul Thomas Anderson wrote the screenplay for There Will Be Blood[8].
  • There Will Be Blood's composer is recorded as Jonny Greenwood[9].
  • There Will Be Blood's genre is drama film[10].
  • There Will Be Blood's genre is film based on a novel[11].
  • There Will Be Blood's genre is epic film[12].
  • There Will Be Blood's genre is period drama film[13].
  • There Will Be Blood's genre is Western film[14].
  • There Will Be Blood's genre is thriller film[15].
  • There Will Be Blood's genre is historical drama film[16].
  • There Will Be Blood's genre is Revisionist Western[17].
  • There Will Be Blood's genre is historical film[18].
  • There Will Be Blood's genre is independent film[19].
  • There Will Be Blood's based on is recorded as Oil![20].
  • A cast member of There Will Be Blood was Daniel Day-Lewis[21].
  • A cast member of There Will Be Blood was Paul Dano[22].
  • A cast member of There Will Be Blood was Kevin J. O'Connor[23].
  • A cast member of There Will Be Blood was Ciarán Hinds[24].
  • A cast member of There Will Be Blood was Jim Meskimen[25].
  • A cast member of There Will Be Blood was Russell Harvard[26].
  • A cast member of There Will Be Blood was David Warshofsky[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

There Will Be Blood was performed by Jonny Greenwood[28]. Producers include Paul Thomas Anderson[29], JoAnne Sellar[30], and Daniel Lupi[31]. It was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson[7]. Paul Thomas Anderson wrote the screenplay for it[8]. Cast members include Daniel Day-Lewis[21], Paul Dano[22], Kevin J. O'Connor[23], Ciarán Hinds[24], Jim Meskimen[25], and Russell Harvard[26].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 2007[32], February 14, 2008[33], December 26, 2007[34], January 4, 2008[35], and February 28, 2008[36]. The original language of There Will Be Blood was English[37]. Genres include drama film[10], film based on a novel[11], epic film[12], period drama film[13], Western film[14], and thriller film[15]. Its part of the series is recorded as BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century[38]. It was distributed by video on demand[39].

Subject and Themes

There Will Be Blood's part of the series is recorded as BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century[38].

Reception

Awards received include Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3], a class of award[40], founded in 1985[41]; Academy Award for Best Actor[4], an award for best leading actor[42], in United States[43], founded in 1929[44]; and Academy Award for Best Cinematography[5], an Academy Awards[45], in United States[46], founded in 1929[47]. Reviews include 8.5/10[48], 8.2/10[49], 91%[50], 4.5/5[51], and 93/100[52].

Why It Matters

There Will Be Blood has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

FAQs

What awards did There Will Be Blood receive?

Honors received include Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3], Academy Award for Best Actor[4], and Academy Award for Best Cinematography[5].

References

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  22. [27] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
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  26. [3] . wikidata.org.
  27. [4] . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [5] . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  32. [39] . wikidata.org.
  33. [48] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [49] . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  35. [50] . Rotten Tomatoes. wikidata.org.
  36. [51] . Q18709181. wikidata.org.
  37. [52] . wikidata.org.
  38. [32] . wikidata.org.
  39. [33] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [34] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [35] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [36] . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  6. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [53] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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