Oil!
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Oil! is an American novel by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1926–27 and told as a third-person narrative, with only the opening pages written in the first person. The book was written in the conte
First edition
Upton Sinclair selling the "Fig Leaf Edition" of Oil! in Boston
Scan of the 1927 first edition
There Will Be Blood
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There Will Be Blood is a 2007 American epic period drama film co-produced, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, loosely based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair. It stars Daniel Day-Lew
Oil!
…provoke arguments with his father throughout the story. The beginning of the novel served as a loose inspiration for Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 film There Will Be Blood. James Arnold Ross (a.k.a. Dad), a self-made oil millionaire…
Theatrical release poster
Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis in New York, December 2007.