There Will Be Blood

You have a great chance here...

...but bear in mind: you can loose

it all if you're not careful.

Out of all men that beg

for a chance to drill your lots...

...maybe one in twenty will be oil men...

...the rest will be speculators

that's men trying to get

between you and the oil men...

...to get some of the money

that ought by rights come to you.

Even if you find one that

has money, and means to drill...

...he'll maybe know

nothing about drilling...

...and he'll have to hire

out the job on contract...

...and then you're depending on a contractor...

...to rush the job through - so he can get

another contract just as quick as he can.

-This is way that this works.

What is your offer?

We're wasting time.

I do my own drilling...

...and the men that work for me, work for me...

...and they are men I know.

I make it my business to be there

and to see to their work.

I don't lose my tools in the hole

and spend months fishing for them...

I don't botch the cementing off and

let water in the hole and ruin the whole lease.

I am a family man,

I run the family business...

This is my son and

my partner H.W. Plainview.

We offer you the band, a family...

...that very view oil men can understand.

I'm fixed like no other company in this field...

and that's because my

Coyote Hills well has just come in.

I have a string of tools

all ready to put to work.

I can load a rig onto trucks and

have them here in a week.

I have business connections...

so I can get the lumber for the derrick...

...such things go by friendship in a rush like this.

And this is why I can guarantee to start drilling...

...and put up the cash to back my word.

I assure you, ladies and gentlemen,

no matter what the others promise to do...

...when it comes to the showdown,

they won't be there...

Mr. Plainview.

Mr. Plainview where are you going?

I don't need the lease, thank you.

-No, we need you

-Too much confusion.

-Thank you for your time.

-No, no, no, there's no confusion.

I wouldn't take the lease

if you gave it to me as a gift.

Mr. Bankside, I'm not going to waste your time

I certainly you appreciate it,

if you didn't waste mine.

If you wish to sign with me we can

have a well drilling within ten days.

Your lot is further North from

the discovery well up here...

...so it means we will probably

have to dig deeper.

If there's as much oil up

here as I think there is...

...it will be harder to reach...

...but once we find it

we can take it right out.

But we have to act quickly...

...because very soon these fields will be dry.

I need you to know what you want to do.

Because of the distance from the discovery well...

...I'll pay you a smaller royalty

than you'd get down there...

But I'm prepared to give you

a 1000 dollar bonus on your lot.

-What kinda royalty you're talking about?

-One sixth.

Plus a guarantee to start drilling within ten days...

That's somethin' you won't

find anywhere else.

What age are your children now?

Ten and twelve.

Mr.Plainview, a question sir.

Where's your wife?

She died in child birth, Mrs. Bankside.

It's just me and my son now.

-Mr. Plainview? -Yes?

Are you Daniel Plainview?

Yes.

What can I do for you?

You look for oil?

That's right.

What do you pay for a place that has it?

-That depends.

-What does it depend on?

On a lot of things.

If I told you I knew a place that had oil...

...where land could be bought cheaply...

...what do you think that would be worth?

I think that you should let me

know what you know.

And we'll try to work something out.

-Can I sit down?

-Please.

What church do you belong to?

I...

...I enjoy all faiths...

I don't belong to one church in particular.

I like them all - I like everything.

Where are you from?

That would be telling you.

That's what I want to sell you.

What are you doing in Signal Hill?

We have oil and it seeps through the ground...

Do you want to pay me to know where it is?

Just because there's something on the ground

doesn't mean there's anything beneath it.

Why did Standard Oil buy up land?

-Is it in California? -Maybe.

How much land did they buy?

I'd like it better if you didn't think I was stupid.

Why did you come to me?

You just brought this well in.

That's right.

Yes, so:
just give me 500 dollars in cash

right now and I'll tell you where it is.

I'll tell you what I'll do son,

I'll give you 100 dollars now...

...and if it proves to be a promising lease...

...I'll give you a 1000 dollar bonus.

Six hundred dollars.

Just tell me one thing to help me decide:

What else have you got up there?

What do you grow?

We have a big ranch,

but it's mostly rocks.

You plant things,

nothing will grow but weeds.

What makes you think it's up?

Is there sulphur around or alkali deposits?

Alkali nearby. I don't know sulphur.

-Is that your son?

-Yes.

-Hi.

-Hi.

-Who are you?

-I'm Fletcher Hamilton.

Nice to meet you, son.

What's your name?

What do you do?

I work with Mr. Plainview.

Here's 500 dollars, you tell me something worth hearing.

This money is yours.

I come from a town called Little Boston in Isabella County.

This is us here.

Spur station here at Little Boston.

The Sunday ranch is what you're looking for.

There's a sheep trail that takes you there

- it's a mile out of town...

...headed west - not far.

Just through a small pass here

- near the base of the hills.

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