I remember all of the hype surrounding this film when it came out. It was up for 8 Oscars; it took home the best male lead and Cinematography. To be brutally honest with you, I did not like this show.
It is based off of the novel "Oil" by Upton Sinclair (He also wrote the much beloved novel, The Jungle). Daniel Day-Lewis plays a gold prospector Daniel Plainview who is kind of successful in the gold mining, but one day he strikes oil and begins down the road of oil baron. Early on, one of his minors is killed in a mining accident and leaves a son behind which Daniel takes on as his partner.
Along his way he is buying up lots of land to mine and he runs across the Sunday family with twin boys. The one twin sells out the family, while the other is focused on becoming a preacher. As the preacher and Daniels paths cross their lives become conflicted with religion and money, with money and greed ultimately winning out and ruining both of their lives. This movie is rated R for a cringe worthy murder at the very end of the show. Day-Lewis's performance was good, but not one of his best in my book. This movie was an epic that could have been condensed into a 90 minute film. Not a great movie.
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