Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J O'Connor
Paramount Pictures;
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Rated R; 158 minutes; 2008

Daniel Plainview is a turn of the century prospector in Texas who has success in oil. He gets a tip about an abundance of oil in a rural area and picks it up for a steal by misleading the owning family. Daniel is a true sociopath who attempts to crush anyone who will stand in his way in this extreme character study.