Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son HW 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 Plainviews motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciaran Hinds, and Dillon Freasier. Written for the Screen and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson; Based on the 1926-27 Albert & Charles Boni novel "Oil!" by Upton Sinclair. Produced by Joanne Sellar, Anderson and Daniel Lupi; Executive Producers: Scott Rudin, Eric Schlosser and David Williams. a Joanne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company production for Paramount Vantage and Miramax Films. A carbon neutral production, "with love to Maya, Pearl, Roman and Francesca", and "Dedicated to Robert Altman [1925-2006]".