There Will Be Blood Page #6

You're too heavy for me.

That's the pipeline, see. All the way to the sea.

Come here.

I love you son.

Let's take a look at you.

That's it, that's it...

Let's get some decent food inside of you.

That's all we need here,

is a good strong, expensive meal.

You hungry?

Waiter, two steaks, whiskey and water for him.

-And goat's milk.

-Very good, sir.

We're gonna have this teacher help you.

Come here.

He's gonna help take care of all of us.

Understand?

Because I need you. I need your help.

We got everything we need

now to build this company.

-Good afternoon, Daniel.

-Tilford.

-Hello, H.M. Tilford.

-You don't have to shout.

Pleasure.

Believe we ordered these drinks

before those people.

I am sorry about that, sir.

We'll have your steaks right out.

What Standard offered is a million dollars for...

...the Little Boston leases.

I told H.M. Tilford where he could shove that.

We made a deal with Union.

On the pipeline.

And that whole ocean of oil underneath our feet.

All right.

I want you to look over there.

-Daniel, let me introduce... -

Look over there! You see.

-That's my son. You see him? -Yes.

You see?

I see him.

Do not tell me how to raise my family.

I told you not to tell me how to raise my family.

Daniel...

So what do you see?

-I'm very happy for you that... -

Yes, I've made a deal with Union...

-...my son is happy and safe

-Congratulations.

-I'm taking care of him now, so...

-Excellent.

You look like a fool, don't you Tilford?

Yes.

Yes will do.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Excuse him, gentlemen.

I told you what I was gonna do.

Mr. Daniel.

Mr. Daniel, you've got a visitor.

Wake up Mr. Daniel.

Sir.

You can leave us now.

Daniel.

Daniel.

Daniel Plainview, the house is on fire!

I know you and I have disagreed over many things.

I'd rather keep you as my father than my partner.

Then say it!

You've got something to say to me,

then say it I'd like to hear...

...you speak, instead of your little dog.

I'm going to Mexico with my wife.

I'm going away from you.

That wasn't so hard, was it?

You're killing us with what you're doing.

You're killing my image of you as my son.

You are stubborn, you won't listen.

You're not my son.

Please don't say that.

I know you don't mean it.

It's the truth. You're not my son.

And you never have been, you're an orphan.

Did you ever hear that word?

Tell him what I said.

You've operated here today like one.

I should have seen this coming.

I should have known that

under this all, these past years...

...you've been building your

hate for me, piece by piece...

...I don' t even know who you are

because you have none of me in you...

You're someone else's.

This anger, your maliciousness and

backwards dealing with me...

...you're an orphan from a basket

in the middle of the desert...

...and I took you for no other reason than

I needed a sweet face to buy land.

Did you get that?

And now you know.

Look at me.

You're lower than a bastard.

You have none of me in you.

You're just bastard from a basket.

I think God, I have known you in me.

Not my son.

Just little piece of competition.

Bastard from a basket.

Bastard from a basket.

You're a bastard from a basket!

Brother Daniel, it's Eli.

-Yes it is, yes it is. -I'll make us a drink.

Your home is a miracle.

It's beautiful.

God bless it.

I've been spreading His word far and wide.

Far and wide.

So much travel for Him.

I've been working in radio.

Yes, so much, so much has been happening...

...to be here and find you and

see you well is wonderful...

...and we have a chance to catch up.

No, thank you so much.

My Brother.

Daniel, my Brother, by marriage.

We're such old friends.

So much time.

Things go up, things go down

but at least the Lord...

...is always around.

We've seen ups and downs, haven't we?

Are things down for you right now, Eli?

No, no.

But I do come with some sad news:

Perhaps you remember Mr. Bandy?

Mr. Bandy has passed on to the Lord.

He lived to be 99 years old.

God bless him.

Mr. Bandy has a grandson.

Have you met his grandson William?

William Bandy is one of the finest members...

...we have at the Church of the Third Revelation.

He is eager to come to

Hollywood to be in movies.

He is very good looking.

And I do think he will have success.

That's wonderful.

Would you like me to speak with him?

Daniel...

...I'm asking if you'd like to

have business with the Church...

...of the Third Revelation in developing this lease...

...on young Bandy's thousand acre tract.

I'm offering you to drill on one of...

...the great un-developed fields of Little Boston!

I'd be happy to work with you.

Yes, yes of course. That's wonderful.

But there is one condition for this work.

All right.

I'd like you to tell me that you are a False Prophet.

I'd like you to tell me that you are...

...and have been, a False Prophet...

...and that God is a superstition.

But that's a lie.

It's a lie. I cannot say it.

When can we begin to drill?

Very soon.

How long will it take to bring in the well?

That shouldn't take long.

I would like a one hundred

thousand dollar signing bonus...

...plus the five that is owed to me with interest.

That's only fair.

I am a false prophet and God is a superstition.

If that's what you believe, then I will say it.

Say it like you mean it.

Daniel...

Say it like it's your sermon.

Don't smile.

I am a false prophet and God is a superstition.

Why don't you stand up.

Put your glass down.

I am a false prophet and God is a superstition.

Eli, Eli, stop.

Just imagine this is your church here and you have a full congregation.

I am a false prophet and God is a superstition!

Say it again.

I am a false prophet and God is a superstition!

I can't hear you. Back!

I am a false prophet and God is a superstition!

Say it again.

I am a false prophet and God is a superstition!

Say it again.

I am a false prophet and God is a superstition!

Those area's have been drilled.

What?

Those area's have been drilled.

No they haven't.

Yes, it's...

It's called drainage,Eli.

I own everything around it...

...so of course I get what's underneath it.

But there are no derricks there.

This is the Bandy tract. Do you understand?

Do you understand, Eli?

That's more to the point.

Do you understand?

I drink your water.

I drink it up.

Everyday. I drink the blood of

lamb from Bandy's tract.

You can sit down again.

Oh Daniel.

Please.

-I'm in desperate times.

-I know.

-I need a friend.

-Yes, of course you do.

I've sinned, I need help, I'm a sinner...

I've let the Devil grab hold of me

in ways I never imagined.

I'm so full of sin.

The Lord sometimes challenges us,

doesn't he?

Oh yes he does...

-Daniel. Yes he does aaaaaaaaa!

-Yes he does aaaa!

He's completely failed to alert me

to the recent panic in our economy...

...and this.

I must have this, Daniel. I must have this.

My investments have...

Daniel, I won' t bore you, but if...

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