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Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Oscar-winning American epic directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, set in early 20th-century Texas. Daniel Day Lewis plays oilman Daniel Plainview, a shrewd, self-made tycoon who will stop at nothing to expand his control of the developing oil industry - despite eliciting contempt from his nemesis, local preacher Eli Sunday.

Last on

Sat 7 Aug 2010 21:45 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

Credits

Author
Upton Sinclair
Daniel Plainview
Daniel Day-Lewis
Eli Sunday/Paul Sunday
Paul Dano
Adult HW Plainview
Russell Harvard
Young HW Plainview
Dillon Freasier
Director
Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer
Paul Thomas Anderson

Broadcasts

  • Sat 7 Aug 2010 21:45 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

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