"There Will Be Blood" is based on the novel by Upton Sinclair.  Paramount Vantage's, John Lesher, also known for producing, "Into The Wild", "No Country For Old Men", "Margot At The Wedding", and "There Will Be Blood", thanked the audience for coming stating, "It's like inviting everyone to a party and everybody came."   The pre-party was held at "Brasserie 8 1/2", and the after party was jokingly going to be held at John's Hotel Suite 2107."  

A story of hypocrisy.  When a strong-willed entrepreneurial leader and oilman from Texas comes face to face with good natured commonfolk, he doesn't follow God's cues of living life without greed and selfishness, and reaps the ill-fated repercussions as a result.  Plainview, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, is looking to be treated with respect and lashes out when life throws him curveballs, when those close to him aren't honest and honoring him, when his anguish and his disbelief that "God is a superstition" gets the best of him, when he begins to "see the worst in people", "wants to earn enough money, so he can get away from everyone", he becomes more and more aggressive, deliberately and intentionally mean spirited, while having a power struggle between his own EGO vs. GOD's higher power.  Great performances.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Russell Harvard as an older H.W., Paul Dano as Eli Sunday, Dillon Freasier, as a younger HW, Kevin O'Connor, Liam Neeson, Brad Grey, and Maggie Gyllenhaal, in attendance.