Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
Eric J @ericj@neodb.social Rated 5.0 out of 5 Open on this server
Been meaning to revisit this one for a while now.
Honestly pretty cool that Dillon Freasier (child HW) was like "I'll never top this" and stopped acting - he's so good here!
Danny Day and Pauly D are also pretty good here.
The whole movie...it's pretty good!
(Neat to watch this after Robert Altman's Short Cuts> (1993) and see the dedication at the end of the credits.)
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