I'd say Ciaran Hinds' performance didn't help either. His scene would have been cut regardless, constantly losing his accent, and poor dialogue (either in the delivery, writing...or both)... in any case, that alone was worth being cut.
it's good they left this scene out, too much is revealed in it. Everything about this scene is amazing, but it just reveals too much and that's the killer.
I like how Daniel told him him that he was weak in front of his son, but then saying his weakness has made it easier to gain oil rights. Great two way dialogue.
This scene is a short film in itself. It is like taking the movie and condensing it into eight minutes of pure goodness. It demonstrates the heart of the struggle within the film, faith vs. reason, and ultimately the achievement possible after accepting reason.
Daniel Plainview is my refference as a human being of the 20th/21st Century: struggling to achieve success in his own life and not ashamed of it, but with religious hipocrites to discriminate his efforts and critize his behaviour, while themselves are doing the same things and worse.
@arieldebarros Yes but hes also robbing people and diminishing there chances of success. He's a dirty player in a dirty game. Him and Eli are very much the same they just use different tools to manipulate people with. Eli is guilty of spiritual fraud while daniel is guilty of financial fraud. Daniel takes all their oil and promises them wealth but once the oil is gone he packs up and leaves.
@JG129 No doubt about it, man. Plainview is a greedy human being and Eli it's just like him, but in another sphere. But Plainview is not a hipocrate, he doesn't need a Bible as a cover for his own rotten soul, as Eli does.
@JG129 Well if there's no oil left to take out in the village, there's no point staying there, he can't give them anything else if he can't drill anything.
@timothyw98 yeah but he promises them many things that he doesn't deliver on !! Thats the whole point he keeps delaying doing anything until all the oils gone then he backs up and leaves !
@arieldebarros i'm atheist but i disagree this just seems a slightly retarded comment. plainview does good and bad stuff just like the religious people in the film do good and bad stuff. plainview is a hypocrite just like the religious people are hypocrites.
@Rnewmanguy If you read it carefully, my friend, you'll see that i've said basically the same. The basic difference between them both is that Plainview doesn't need false morality to cover his actions, as Eli does. =)
@Rnewmanguy And i don't recall one good thing that any of the religious people pictured in the film done. Instead, i can list several things that are not so morally right.
@Rnewmanguy and that's exactly where the error lies: he didn't do it it in a good way, his intention was to humiliate Daniel in front of his congregation. If Eli really cared about H.W., he'd visited him soon as the accident in the derrick happened (these last words may be wrong xD), as Plainview himself said. Eli's intention on that church scene was to show Plainview who had the upper hand at that time. :)
@arieldebarros ironically the words you said might be wrong are the few ones that are right ;D
i can't remember the film's plot too well but still it doesn't seem like plainview represents man of this and the last century. like does the common man abandon his son and kill priests? there are a lot of admirable qualities to plainview but he's not an everyman.
@Rnewmanguy There is no hypocrisy in atheism. Atheism means to be without a theistic claim. Christianity means to claim to know there is a god, that your god is the right god, and without any evidence, to even claim to have his book. To have his forgiveness. And to claim that the book (which encourages rape slavery and misogyny) is the best and most moral book we have.
An atheist can be hypocritical, awful, immoral, smelly and dumb. This is very possible. But it would not be due to his atheism.
Wow what a powerful scene. Why take this scene out of the masterpiece. There WIll Be Blood is nothing short of a masterpiece and this scene ould compliment it perfectly.
My best Plainview imitation (like when he is chastising AL): "Whyyy wasn't this scene in the movie?..... Don't be thick around me YouTube.....whyyyyyy wasnt this SCENE. IN. THE. MOVIE ?"
this scene was deleted because able and daniel spell out their feelings too obviously. if this was kept in the movie it would have really taken away from the subtle hints at character development and really taken away from the flavor of the film.
On repeated viewings of this and No Country For Old Men, the Academy's decision to give Best Picture to the Coen Brothers' film seems increasingly ridiculous.
It would be interesting to know where this scene would have been included in the film. I imagine, judging from the dialogue scene, that it would have gone before the scene where Plainview slaps Eli around.
Its an interesting scene but I think they were right to cut it.
@dcasey77 I think it would have been after Little Boston agreed to allow Plainview to build the well, but before both the well fire and Plainview's "baptism" at Eli's church.
I agree though, as much as I like No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood is superior.
This scene I think is very critical to the framework of the film. In it, we see a side of Plainview that wasnt at all in the final cut. We see that sort of "ivory tower" philisophy that Daniel has built up. With the exception of the beating, and final scene, this is the only chance where we get verbal evidence that he thinks Eli is a lunatic. We see that Daniel is patient, but steadfast, and mocks Abel all the while. Very powerful scene. Thank you for posting it. :-)
i'm glad to have your land and make a profit from it, now just go back down to your house.. and stay there DAMN how daniel can make you feel like nothing with only a few words
I don't understand...Here's Plainview saying that he thinks that Eli is a lunatic, But at the end we discover that Plainview had dealt with Paul and thus that there are two characters and that this is not about Eli's duality....
I don't understand...Here's Plainview saying that he thinks that Eli is a lunatic, But at the end we discover that Plainview had dealt with Paul and thus that there are two characters and that this is not about Eli's duality....
We learned about Plainview's dealing with Paul as soon as we met Eli and determined that they were two different characters. That part didn't seem confusing to me. And Eli is a lunatic. Flapping about like a chicken in a vain attempt to grab power.
I see right now at the end why people said it should be been included and it really should of, if not just squeeze in the last minute of this clip in.
The More I watch this Movie, the less evil I think Daniel is, and the more I sympathise with him. Life has, in alot of ways, fucked him over, and part of me suspects that his grief with god is not so much a lack of faith, moreso resentment
Unnecessary scene, but the dialogue between Daniel and Abel was very interesting. I think if they took out the whole 'fishing' idea, and just had Abel talking to Daniel, it could have been incorporated some how. But as it is, it's too long and it would have slowed down the film a lot more.
@Evidentz07 The scene with Daniel's associate and Mary Sunday was also quite revealing about the culture of the "church-going" families of the town vs. the culture Plainview provides. He asks her if she wouldn't mind them staying for years. I bet she would attest to the fact that she doesn't want them to ever leave.
"I'm glad to have your land and make a living off it where you couldn't. Your lucky the day I showed up here, Abel. So now I will like you to stay away from me, just go on back down to your house and stay there.." This is Classic - Love it.. I'm such a fan of Plainview, although his attitude is obviously questionable. I can very much identify with him. I find myself sometimes becoming like him, which isn't always a good thing... I try to be nice, but sometimes people are douchebags... :D
this scene would have been perfect without that last speech. i liked how it showed more of the lifestyle concerning oil and how developed more of his assistant's as well as abel's character. that being said, it really wasn't needed and the film is more than good enough without it
my favorite movie - this is the first time i've seen this deleted scene. Very good stuff, but it is too obvious talk between Daniel and Abel. For most of the movie, the hatred between the characters was implied, this IS NOT. I still liked it though....
I see why they cut it, though. That last remark of Daniel's makes it a little too obvious too soon that he is a "backslider". Maybe if they had left that out and just shown him walking away after what Abel said it would have worked.
It's a shame though, because even if the scene wouldn't have worked, it's still very interesting and dramatic.
Daniel Plainview was a fair man. If Eli had any sense, he would have gone to work for him. He should have busted his ass, and I'm SURE Plainview would have hooked him up......
This scene spoonfeeds you too much and feels contrived IMO. Also the explanation of fishing felt odd and out of place, nothing like that is done any other time in the movie.
But by bloody God, anytime Daniel talks it's magic.
They should've kept that scene with Able. There should've been more communication between those two. But you're absolutely right about being spoon fed, it feels like this scene is here to push into your face some of themes and what exactly is going on at the drill where it's unnecessary.
If you look at the scene where he is talking to his supposed brother, you'd think other wise. It was after the failure of the relationship he had with the impostor that posted as his brother, and the handicap with HW which later lead to HW starting his own company, that he denounced people completely. With that said I am sure he still longed for someone who was like him.
These were good cuts. The irrelevance of Able Sunday to Daniel Plainview -- and Plainview's disdain for him -- were more profoundly expressed by cutting the scenes entirely. What we intuit from Able's absence from the main events of the film is WAY more powerful than what Plainview says to him in this scene.
I want to be obscenely wealthy too so I can default to hitting people with bowling pins amidst luxury in the event that they pop around unannounced. For the ones that do make an appointment ahead of time, I'll have a special autoclave built into the house entrance and preheated.
Saw this for the first time on dvd the other day. BLEW MY SOCKS OFF; it's arguably Paul T's best work to date [in hot cotention with boogie nights]. I'm glad this scene was left on the cutting room floor, lines like "I think Eli is a lunatic" are patent and unnecessary. Lines such as "We'll give them quail prices" on the other hand qualify by dint of being fuc*ing hilarious!
would've been a good scene without the explanation, if it just shows the men at work with violin, it would add some cool ambiance, this movie is cinematic as helllll
both scenes - the expository scene about what "fishing" is, and this scene between abel and daniel are superfluous, that's why pt got rid of them. we dont need daniel to tell us how he feels about eli, daniel shows his mistrust and dislike for religion thru out the film, in much subtler ways. pt believes in the "verb" not the "adjectives."
I wish they would of left it in also, but if they left this in they'd have to leave in the deleted camp fire scene because it explains Abels reference to "the church of the world"
Hell i wish they left both of those scenes in, but I can see that some people wanted it shorter... not me.
i agree with the poster of this video's comment it would of made the film too long but i say get rid of something else to make room because this scene is awesome.
this was a good scene but im glad it was not in the film because i appreciated that they left out scenes that explained simple things to the viewer it makes the viewer feel stupid
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I just saw this movie and didn't like it all. It was a wonderfully crafted and acted movie, but there is no redemption, no change, no growth for this terribly flawed man. Actually, he is more than flawed, he is evil. His only saving grace is his love for his son and that eventually flees him too. Just a profoundly sad and pathetic character. At the end of the movie I had to ask, why did they make this movie? I don't get it.
Apparently you didn't get the gist of the film....Greed...addiction....the man of god, Eli, was corrupt and as evil as D. Lewis's charachter. Why do you not mention that? B/c eli was a pastor?
I enjoy watching these deleted scenes, but as I feel the film is a flawless piece of art, I can't picture them in the final cut. You don't add to perfection.
They should have only cut the part were the man is explaining fishing. The conversation between plainview and bandy would have added wonderfully to plainview's persona
yeaa.. though i LOVE watching it here, it's definitely better out of the actual film. I don't like when he explains "fishing" so directly to the girl - seemed like just a way for PTA to make sure we weren't confused. and the dialogue at the end is covered in so many other places in the film it would've been very repetitive.
there will be blood = the undoubtable, unquestionable, awe-inspiring best movie of 2007
after seeing this movie in the theatre, i couldnt wait for it to come out on dvd..when i rented it, it didnt have a single goddamn extra feature..fuck Blockbuster.
I would have kept this. Maybe it wasn't necessary to show Daniel's attitude of religion but it just shows how Daniel turns on those that he initially charmed with rhetoric, after he gets what he wants.
It also makes a theological/philosphical point in the story-telling for Daniel. Just as Abel is telling him to have the well blessed and things will work out, without the blessing, five minutes later, they find the piece. Great story-telling and good comment from you!
I really hated the scene where Mary and HW first talk to each other. Frickin children actors. They do well for their age, but not for the movie. Worst scene in the movie, IMO.
The "extra" 15 minutes is in fact a sideshow of pictures from the early 1900s arranged as a cross references for some of cinematography, which you also get pictures of.
I sort of agree as to why this scene was deleted. I found it very interesting - to learn about "fishing" but I think Daniel's conversation with Abel wasn't necessary since we clearly know Daniel's thoughts on religion even without him shouting it to the world! I think mannerisms are what bring Daniel Plainview to life.
Agreed here. The scene sorta supports the stuff we learn in the other deleted "campfire" scene - good stuff for fans of the film, but far from necessary in terms of understanding Plainview's perceptions of religion and attitudes towards Abel and Eli. But nonetheless the scene provides nice little nuances about the hardships of oil drilling of the time.
It alters the story actually. Because you don't have the "Church of the World" aspect in the plot. There is another scene called "Campfire," which strangely left out of the disappointing special features, and this explores Daniel's false church denomination ironically named of the World. I think the scene also removes the artifices of Daniel. I suppose PTA trimmed it because it was a little too revealing of this introverted character. Still, I think it would have been great to keep. oh well
I was really drunk in my 1st post, so if there was some misunderstanding that's probably the reason^^ I meant that this scene compliments the campfire scene, which introduces the Church of the World concept and THIS scene further explores that theme. Kinda natural for PTA to remove both scenes to avoid confusion in the plotline. If the movie contained both scenes, I can't see how this would dramatically alter the story? I'd just say it makes Plainview's character a bit too easily descernible.
Holy shit, this is one of my favorite movies of all-time and this just might be my favorite scene from it.
mandolinhooper 1 week ago
Where did you find this!?
I thought they didn't release any outtakes or cut scene sin the dvd?
LolCaramelz 2 weeks ago
I'd say Ciaran Hinds' performance didn't help either. His scene would have been cut regardless, constantly losing his accent, and poor dialogue (either in the delivery, writing...or both)... in any case, that alone was worth being cut.
IbeJigsaw 3 weeks ago
I wish I could speak to religious nuts the way Daniel does. Fucking brilliant.
beauzer36 1 month ago
BITCH - SLAPPED - ABLE - ACROSS - THE - FACE - WITH - VERBIAGE!
TimothyADonaghue 1 month ago
we had to go fishing about a month ago. hole was only about 700 ft deep at the time... took us like 2 times to grab what fell down the hole.
TOYDOLLSKID 2 months ago
I used to be an actor like that...then I took an arrow to the knee.
RUdigitized 3 months ago
it's good they left this scene out, too much is revealed in it. Everything about this scene is amazing, but it just reveals too much and that's the killer.
savingdestiny 5 months ago
They deleted it from the movie so people wouldn't faint from its greatness.
SmittyHeWasNumber1 7 months ago
i thought i saw this scene in the movie when it was in theaters? guess not?
mrshutupguy86 7 months ago
This is almost fucking weird. Its like reading a deleted chapter of the bible. It just doesn't feel right. I almost wish I didn't watch it.
CobainLennon8094 7 months ago
"Is that so?"
NYerintransit 7 months ago
"I think Eli is a Lunatic"
TaborThaWicked 8 months ago
this scene puts a new kind of feeling to the movie..i think its fantastic this definately should've been included
PalpoPalpatine 8 months ago
this scene would have made the movie better
bsm6776 8 months ago
He does give them what they want, the villages wouldn't flourish, if he didn't give them anything
timothyw98 8 months ago
I like how Daniel told him him that he was weak in front of his son, but then saying his weakness has made it easier to gain oil rights. Great two way dialogue.
timothyw98 8 months ago
The fishing scene is longed and irritating especially with the music playing over the talking scene between the girl and man
timothyw98 8 months ago
lol ouch
MrNicknames123 8 months ago
Great scee, shouldve been in it; then they got nominated for 9 awards instead of 8, fo' sure.
GITSVermeer 9 months ago
I thought this scene really established the parallel between Plainview and Eli.
IsNully 9 months ago
I love Daniel's hat.
I wonder where they/he got it?
If he still has it?
And where I could get one that looks exactly the same lol
BuddyWillis 9 months ago
This scene is a short film in itself. It is like taking the movie and condensing it into eight minutes of pure goodness. It demonstrates the heart of the struggle within the film, faith vs. reason, and ultimately the achievement possible after accepting reason.
AlexanderEBott 10 months ago
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Banminator 11 months ago
"I think Eli is a lunatic."
MonacoBlast 1 year ago 2
Daniel Plainview is my refference as a human being of the 20th/21st Century: struggling to achieve success in his own life and not ashamed of it, but with religious hipocrites to discriminate his efforts and critize his behaviour, while themselves are doing the same things and worse.
arieldebarros 1 year ago 2
@arieldebarros Yes but hes also robbing people and diminishing there chances of success. He's a dirty player in a dirty game. Him and Eli are very much the same they just use different tools to manipulate people with. Eli is guilty of spiritual fraud while daniel is guilty of financial fraud. Daniel takes all their oil and promises them wealth but once the oil is gone he packs up and leaves.
JG129 10 months ago
@JG129 No doubt about it, man. Plainview is a greedy human being and Eli it's just like him, but in another sphere. But Plainview is not a hipocrate, he doesn't need a Bible as a cover for his own rotten soul, as Eli does.
arieldebarros 10 months ago
@arieldebarros Eli was a cunt.
Mr11MUSICMAN 10 months ago
@JG129 Well if there's no oil left to take out in the village, there's no point staying there, he can't give them anything else if he can't drill anything.
timothyw98 8 months ago
@timothyw98 yeah but he promises them many things that he doesn't deliver on !! Thats the whole point he keeps delaying doing anything until all the oils gone then he backs up and leaves !
JG129 8 months ago
@arieldebarros i'm atheist but i disagree this just seems a slightly retarded comment. plainview does good and bad stuff just like the religious people in the film do good and bad stuff. plainview is a hypocrite just like the religious people are hypocrites.
Rnewmanguy 10 months ago
@Rnewmanguy If you read it carefully, my friend, you'll see that i've said basically the same. The basic difference between them both is that Plainview doesn't need false morality to cover his actions, as Eli does. =)
arieldebarros 10 months ago
@Rnewmanguy And i don't recall one good thing that any of the religious people pictured in the film done. Instead, i can list several things that are not so morally right.
arieldebarros 10 months ago
@arieldebarros when eli criticised plainview for abandoning his son. he didnt do it in a good way, but still
Rnewmanguy 10 months ago
@Rnewmanguy and that's exactly where the error lies: he didn't do it it in a good way, his intention was to humiliate Daniel in front of his congregation. If Eli really cared about H.W., he'd visited him soon as the accident in the derrick happened (these last words may be wrong xD), as Plainview himself said. Eli's intention on that church scene was to show Plainview who had the upper hand at that time. :)
arieldebarros 10 months ago
@arieldebarros ironically the words you said might be wrong are the few ones that are right ;D
i can't remember the film's plot too well but still it doesn't seem like plainview represents man of this and the last century. like does the common man abandon his son and kill priests? there are a lot of admirable qualities to plainview but he's not an everyman.
Rnewmanguy 10 months ago
@Rnewmanguy There is no hypocrisy in atheism. Atheism means to be without a theistic claim. Christianity means to claim to know there is a god, that your god is the right god, and without any evidence, to even claim to have his book. To have his forgiveness. And to claim that the book (which encourages rape slavery and misogyny) is the best and most moral book we have.
An atheist can be hypocritical, awful, immoral, smelly and dumb. This is very possible. But it would not be due to his atheism.
AMpufnstuf 8 months ago
wow
robinheil 1 year ago
I really hope that they will bring a extended version of this movie in blu ray.
gininuwi35 1 year ago 2
@gininuwi35 Now THAT would be fucking awesome.
arieldebarros 1 year ago
this is great, but I can see why they didn't want to include it. It seems not to fit into the film in a few ways at some parts.
TaffyRaphie 1 year ago
Daniel Plainview is such a MAN. He just slapped Abel's soul like he did Eli's face.
Having seen both a number of times, I can say that this movie is indeed better than No Country For Old Men.
stevecif 1 year ago 5
@stevecif
Although, the latter is not far behind. : )
GodAImighty 1 year ago
@GodAImighty i know right? they're both soo good; 2007/2008 was a great time for movies
stevecif 1 year ago
Fuck...this movie should've been 3 hours long. Too good.
DarthV87 1 year ago
Wow what a powerful scene. Why take this scene out of the masterpiece. There WIll Be Blood is nothing short of a masterpiece and this scene ould compliment it perfectly.
Drew00621 1 year ago
My best Plainview imitation (like when he is chastising AL): "Whyyy wasn't this scene in the movie?..... Don't be thick around me YouTube.....whyyyyyy wasnt this SCENE. IN. THE. MOVIE ?"
SenatorTony 1 year ago 4
this scene was deleted because able and daniel spell out their feelings too obviously. if this was kept in the movie it would have really taken away from the subtle hints at character development and really taken away from the flavor of the film.
stubert311 1 year ago
@stubert311 I hadn't thought of it that way. Good point.
ptoner87 1 year ago
Best movie of the decade.
bigboss25262 1 year ago 2
Fabulous film.
On repeated viewings of this and No Country For Old Men, the Academy's decision to give Best Picture to the Coen Brothers' film seems increasingly ridiculous.
It would be interesting to know where this scene would have been included in the film. I imagine, judging from the dialogue scene, that it would have gone before the scene where Plainview slaps Eli around.
Its an interesting scene but I think they were right to cut it.
dcasey77 1 year ago
@dcasey77 I think it would have been after Little Boston agreed to allow Plainview to build the well, but before both the well fire and Plainview's "baptism" at Eli's church.
I agree though, as much as I like No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood is superior.
ptoner87 1 year ago
If the girl wasn't cute he would have given a three-word answer. It's how men are.
mybalzurchin 1 year ago
Proof that great film is still possible.
1019drummer 1 year ago
This just made me laugh.
Fantastic.
mudjunky78 1 year ago
Eliah, you didn't have to dislike the video... Sheesh
Gokiza 1 year ago
This is one of my fav movies of all time!!!
In my top 5
hearts76100 1 year ago
This scene I think is very critical to the framework of the film. In it, we see a side of Plainview that wasnt at all in the final cut. We see that sort of "ivory tower" philisophy that Daniel has built up. With the exception of the beating, and final scene, this is the only chance where we get verbal evidence that he thinks Eli is a lunatic. We see that Daniel is patient, but steadfast, and mocks Abel all the while. Very powerful scene. Thank you for posting it. :-)
F1god04 1 year ago
this reminds me too much of work....
TOYDOLLSKID 1 year ago
it wouldve been cool if they made a version with all the cut scenes included.
blaaairVideos 1 year ago
1 person doesn't like milkshakes...
BobV97 1 year ago 2
there...will...be...too much music!!!! aararrrrrrrrrghhhhh
touchogrey 1 year ago
Every second of this film is absolute gold ... or oil whatever btw Able got completely parred
05slheas 1 year ago
Every second of this film is absolute gold ... or oil whatever
05slheas 1 year ago
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"So, now, I would like you to stay away from me. Just go on back down to your house..and stay there."
TheKingOfN0thing 1 year ago
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TheKingOfN0thing 1 year ago
this movie is 2 and a half hours long. . . this extra 7 min wouldnt have been a big deal. . hahaha
SpidermanRun 1 year ago
i'm glad to have your land and make a profit from it, now just go back down to your house.. and stay there DAMN how daniel can make you feel like nothing with only a few words
Aphasia17 1 year ago 2
... a few years.... how would you like it if we were around a few years mary sunday?
jcoltr451 1 year ago
I've never seen anyone eat cabbage with such raw intensity.
ElleToInterzone 1 year ago 45
@ElleToInterzone what is cabbage?
estesoyojajaja 11 months ago
@ElleToInterzone Clearly you haven't been to one of my extended family's reunion dinners.
qwertyuiop298 8 months ago
I don't understand...Here's Plainview saying that he thinks that Eli is a lunatic, But at the end we discover that Plainview had dealt with Paul and thus that there are two characters and that this is not about Eli's duality....
Cinemadaptation 1 year ago
@Cinemadaptation well this is after he saw Eli's sermon so I think thats why he thinks eli is a lunatic among other reasons.
greatdestroyer1 1 year ago
I don't understand...Here's Plainview saying that he thinks that Eli is a lunatic, But at the end we discover that Plainview had dealt with Paul and thus that there are two characters and that this is not about Eli's duality....
Cinemadaptation 1 year ago
@Cinemadaptation
We learned about Plainview's dealing with Paul as soon as we met Eli and determined that they were two different characters. That part didn't seem confusing to me. And Eli is a lunatic. Flapping about like a chicken in a vain attempt to grab power.
JohnRC4 1 year ago
Truly and utterly beautiful.
smilesallen 1 year ago
I love the way Eli's position in the church building scene duplicates the "fishing" at the oil well.
suevushka 1 year ago
I see right now at the end why people said it should be been included and it really should of, if not just squeeze in the last minute of this clip in.
Valdentia 1 year ago
How come no smoke was coming out of that roll up...was it a fake? lol
xplaybwoix 1 year ago
haha, the final dialog made the whole scene worth it.
Tolham1 1 year ago
its good they didnt include this scene
msa1985 1 year ago
"Im glad to have your land Abel". That put the nail in the coffin.
9am8it 1 year ago
I think he should have killed Abel too.
USNAQ3 1 year ago
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TOTALLY should have been in the movie---a very relevant scene
dhille7 1 year ago
TOTALLY should have been in the movie----a very relevant scene
dhille7 1 year ago
i'd watch the whole movie if it were 8 hours long. it's that damn good lol
thedefinitive 1 year ago 4
I agree. It was fantastic!
ragingpumpkin 1 year ago
Paul thomas anderson shoud make a director´s cut with the deleted scenes.
i love this movie. it´s a master piece.
RaulSoaresG1452 1 year ago
OH MY GOD. that was a wonderful scene.
RaulSoaresG1452 1 year ago
I hope they release a directors cut with all the deleted scenes, I don't care if it would be 5 or 8 hours long.
DrZaious 1 year ago 2
able got told
wingster76 1 year ago
The More I watch this Movie, the less evil I think Daniel is, and the more I sympathise with him. Life has, in alot of ways, fucked him over, and part of me suspects that his grief with god is not so much a lack of faith, moreso resentment
wallace7jefferson 2 years ago 10
@wallace7jefferson gives me faith
citizenspliff 1 year ago
Unnecessary scene, but the dialogue between Daniel and Abel was very interesting. I think if they took out the whole 'fishing' idea, and just had Abel talking to Daniel, it could have been incorporated some how. But as it is, it's too long and it would have slowed down the film a lot more.
Evidentz07 2 years ago
@Evidentz07 The scene with Daniel's associate and Mary Sunday was also quite revealing about the culture of the "church-going" families of the town vs. the culture Plainview provides. He asks her if she wouldn't mind them staying for years. I bet she would attest to the fact that she doesn't want them to ever leave.
AlexanderEBott 1 year ago
@Evidentz07 The fishing serves as an example to prove that Daniels will is greater than Abels.
SmittyHeWasNumber1 7 months ago
Huh.
In the theatrical release I saw, this scene was included.
Having watched it on DVD since, I completely forgot about it, and did not realize it had been cut.
I don't recall where exactly it fell in the film, but it worked well. There was no disjointed feeling produced.
aarononetwo 2 years ago
"i think Eli is a lunatic"
still rofling
PromisingAttempt 2 years ago
"I'm glad to have your land and make a living off it where you couldn't. Your lucky the day I showed up here, Abel. So now I will like you to stay away from me, just go on back down to your house and stay there.." This is Classic - Love it.. I'm such a fan of Plainview, although his attitude is obviously questionable. I can very much identify with him. I find myself sometimes becoming like him, which isn't always a good thing... I try to be nice, but sometimes people are douchebags... :D
dfjnjfn 2 years ago 5
this scene would have been perfect without that last speech. i liked how it showed more of the lifestyle concerning oil and how developed more of his assistant's as well as abel's character. that being said, it really wasn't needed and the film is more than good enough without it
rdub1050 2 years ago 2
Maybe it was a bit misplaced, this scene. The script didn't need to have Daniel say "Eli is a crazy man".
Still, the rest of his speech gave a very good rendition of Plainview's coldness.
Sierra026 2 years ago
my favorite movie - this is the first time i've seen this deleted scene. Very good stuff, but it is too obvious talk between Daniel and Abel. For most of the movie, the hatred between the characters was implied, this IS NOT. I still liked it though....
qualm43 2 years ago
Wow... that's an awesome scene
I see why they cut it, though. That last remark of Daniel's makes it a little too obvious too soon that he is a "backslider". Maybe if they had left that out and just shown him walking away after what Abel said it would have worked.
It's a shame though, because even if the scene wouldn't have worked, it's still very interesting and dramatic.
mantiXcore 2 years ago
If it was in the movie, where would it be placed? Along with the haircut deleted scene?
OriPrior66 2 years ago
Daniel Plainview was a fair man. If Eli had any sense, he would have gone to work for him. He should have busted his ass, and I'm SURE Plainview would have hooked him up......
brian8793 2 years ago
I wouldn't care if this movie was 6 hours long. This scene is great, and should have been included.
brian8793 2 years ago 76
Maybe they'll release a "director's cut" one day that includes this scene.
BullToTheShit 2 years ago
@brian8793 Hell yeah, man. It increases so much to the story, specially the main conflict Ambition x Faith.
arieldebarros 1 year ago
@brian8793 You´re soo fucking right!!!
RaulSoaresG1452 8 months ago
This scene spoonfeeds you too much and feels contrived IMO. Also the explanation of fishing felt odd and out of place, nothing like that is done any other time in the movie.
But by bloody God, anytime Daniel talks it's magic.
WALKINGonaSPIRAL 2 years ago 3
They should've kept that scene with Able. There should've been more communication between those two. But you're absolutely right about being spoon fed, it feels like this scene is here to push into your face some of themes and what exactly is going on at the drill where it's unnecessary.
Nimnoms 2 years ago
agreed, we knew all this without the characters coming out and saying it.
JohnnyCashIsGod 2 years ago
I kind of agree with you.
As brilliant as a scene this was, I understand why they cut it. It wasn't necessary for the story.
digink 2 years ago
Awesome scene. Would have been great in the movie.
highflyer87 2 years ago
this scene should've been included in the movie
Bob8199 2 years ago
"I think you're a weak little man." Plainview is the man, great scene, wish it was played into the final cut somehow.
talkaboutwacky 2 years ago
Ohhh SNAP! haha reminds me of the hillarious/great scene with eli at dinner..."you....are a stupid man Abel. You are lazy...and you are stupid"
TinaRocks19 2 years ago
This is actually the scarriest movie i've ever seen, the soundtrack and the death scenes are the reason, together they frightened the shit outta me
dilson1 3 years ago
Lol I know man, the music is just excessively suspenseful for what's goin on.
Llells 2 years ago
The film has a "feel" of someones nightmare: oddly terrifying.
Great job by the director (Anderson).
Voltmx45 2 years ago
even though daniel is a jerk you kinda feel for him because he just wants someone who's like him
locustloco 3 years ago 3
really, i just thought he didnt want anybody
sevieht 3 years ago
If you look at the scene where he is talking to his supposed brother, you'd think other wise. It was after the failure of the relationship he had with the impostor that posted as his brother, and the handicap with HW which later lead to HW starting his own company, that he denounced people completely. With that said I am sure he still longed for someone who was like him.
digink 3 years ago 2
I agree with you all the way here. I think its interesting that person who was most like him was Eli.
bigpunholla 2 years ago
I'm speechless...
rlizares 3 years ago
These were good cuts. The irrelevance of Able Sunday to Daniel Plainview -- and Plainview's disdain for him -- were more profoundly expressed by cutting the scenes entirely. What we intuit from Able's absence from the main events of the film is WAY more powerful than what Plainview says to him in this scene.
I LOVE this movie!
pburns740 3 years ago
yeah that makes sense. Sometimes what is unsaid is more meaningful than what is said.
Sunydown18 3 years ago
Great scene. Does anybody know - was this just before Daniel opens the well and decides not to use Eli for the blessing? Or a little later on?
therapture1 3 years ago
later on
Slippinginar 3 years ago
I want to be obscenely wealthy too so I can default to hitting people with bowling pins amidst luxury in the event that they pop around unannounced. For the ones that do make an appointment ahead of time, I'll have a special autoclave built into the house entrance and preheated.
lordsamth 3 years ago 3
Saw this for the first time on dvd the other day. BLEW MY SOCKS OFF; it's arguably Paul T's best work to date [in hot cotention with boogie nights]. I'm glad this scene was left on the cutting room floor, lines like "I think Eli is a lunatic" are patent and unnecessary. Lines such as "We'll give them quail prices" on the other hand qualify by dint of being fuc*ing hilarious!
lordsamth 3 years ago
boogie nights ? your the lunatic
cholulasaucehot 3 years ago
What an excellent scene, too bad it was cut.
jokermanfl 3 years ago
would've been a good scene without the explanation, if it just shows the men at work with violin, it would add some cool ambiance, this movie is cinematic as helllll
dickhalloran 3 years ago
both scenes - the expository scene about what "fishing" is, and this scene between abel and daniel are superfluous, that's why pt got rid of them. we dont need daniel to tell us how he feels about eli, daniel shows his mistrust and dislike for religion thru out the film, in much subtler ways. pt believes in the "verb" not the "adjectives."
waughbodies 3 years ago
Part of this scene was in the trailer. They definitely should have left it in.
"I think Eli is a lunatic."
condormania 3 years ago 3
I wish they would of left it in also, but if they left this in they'd have to leave in the deleted camp fire scene because it explains Abels reference to "the church of the world"
Hell i wish they left both of those scenes in, but I can see that some people wanted it shorter... not me.
digink 3 years ago 2
Genius. Such an amazing use of symbolism with the dualoge between Daniel and Abel. The whole Capatalism vs Religion aspect.
Genius...
movieposterboy 3 years ago 3
I wish I knew a Daniel Plainview. He'd be such a great and hilarious guy to know, even if he'd hate me lol
forceofdust 3 years ago
Should have left this in defnatly
austenbosten 3 years ago 3
I think Eliah is a lunatic and that you are a weak little man,Abel...I LOVE IT!!!!
none2787 3 years ago 31
I agree that was awsome
California9 3 years ago
i agree with the poster of this video's comment it would of made the film too long but i say get rid of something else to make room because this scene is awesome.
AndyJmovies 3 years ago
this was a good scene but im glad it was not in the film because i appreciated that they left out scenes that explained simple things to the viewer it makes the viewer feel stupid
reptyler123 3 years ago
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stephensmashes 3 years ago
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I just saw this movie and didn't like it all. It was a wonderfully crafted and acted movie, but there is no redemption, no change, no growth for this terribly flawed man. Actually, he is more than flawed, he is evil. His only saving grace is his love for his son and that eventually flees him too. Just a profoundly sad and pathetic character. At the end of the movie I had to ask, why did they make this movie? I don't get it.
Lehmann108 3 years ago
Apparently you didn't get the gist of the film....Greed...addiction....the man of god, Eli, was corrupt and as evil as D. Lewis's charachter. Why do you not mention that? B/c eli was a pastor?
blaziermissy 3 years ago 3
the whole point was that the greed for oil darkened his soul so much, and how there was a profound darkness, in these oil men.
stephensmashes 3 years ago
You are a fool for not understanding the real point of this movie. God I feel sorry for you..
sferb 3 years ago
I just love this movie!!!!
Reminds me my job and profession :)
kaminda6 3 years ago
The movie is very long anyway. i would have watched 6 more minutes in the original film
cabincall 3 years ago
Excellent, and what he says at the end...true!
mignonoz 3 years ago
I enjoy watching these deleted scenes, but as I feel the film is a flawless piece of art, I can't picture them in the final cut. You don't add to perfection.
shamammal 3 years ago 2
fletcher hamilton talks to mary sunday like a pederast
yumjesusjuice 3 years ago
They should have only cut the part were the man is explaining fishing. The conversation between plainview and bandy would have added wonderfully to plainview's persona
kingcaesar5 3 years ago
yeaa.. though i LOVE watching it here, it's definitely better out of the actual film. I don't like when he explains "fishing" so directly to the girl - seemed like just a way for PTA to make sure we weren't confused. and the dialogue at the end is covered in so many other places in the film it would've been very repetitive.
there will be blood = the undoubtable, unquestionable, awe-inspiring best movie of 2007
movielover112 3 years ago 4
i love this movie
japanah 3 years ago
they shouldn't have cut this scene.
batou88 3 years ago 2
Lol, Abel looks like a monkey. haha
KKZReset11 3 years ago
after seeing this movie in the theatre, i couldnt wait for it to come out on dvd..when i rented it, it didnt have a single goddamn extra feature..fuck Blockbuster.
4eyedCyclopes 3 years ago 5
I would have kept this. Maybe it wasn't necessary to show Daniel's attitude of religion but it just shows how Daniel turns on those that he initially charmed with rhetoric, after he gets what he wants.
SoWatchaWant1987 3 years ago
It also makes a theological/philosphical point in the story-telling for Daniel. Just as Abel is telling him to have the well blessed and things will work out, without the blessing, five minutes later, they find the piece. Great story-telling and good comment from you!
wasteland70 3 years ago
I really hated the scene where Mary and HW first talk to each other. Frickin children actors. They do well for their age, but not for the movie. Worst scene in the movie, IMO.
fvertk 3 years ago
This is great! Thanks for uploading.
Could you upload the other extra "15 minutes" too please?
mrssgreenleaf 3 years ago
The "extra" 15 minutes is in fact a sideshow of pictures from the early 1900s arranged as a cross references for some of cinematography, which you also get pictures of.
mrnosaj 3 years ago
I sort of agree as to why this scene was deleted. I found it very interesting - to learn about "fishing" but I think Daniel's conversation with Abel wasn't necessary since we clearly know Daniel's thoughts on religion even without him shouting it to the world! I think mannerisms are what bring Daniel Plainview to life.
ckad79 3 years ago
Agreed here. The scene sorta supports the stuff we learn in the other deleted "campfire" scene - good stuff for fans of the film, but far from necessary in terms of understanding Plainview's perceptions of religion and attitudes towards Abel and Eli. But nonetheless the scene provides nice little nuances about the hardships of oil drilling of the time.
SpaceCadet1 3 years ago
It alters the story actually. Because you don't have the "Church of the World" aspect in the plot. There is another scene called "Campfire," which strangely left out of the disappointing special features, and this explores Daniel's false church denomination ironically named of the World. I think the scene also removes the artifices of Daniel. I suppose PTA trimmed it because it was a little too revealing of this introverted character. Still, I think it would have been great to keep. oh well
mrnosaj 3 years ago 2
I was really drunk in my 1st post, so if there was some misunderstanding that's probably the reason^^ I meant that this scene compliments the campfire scene, which introduces the Church of the World concept and THIS scene further explores that theme. Kinda natural for PTA to remove both scenes to avoid confusion in the plotline. If the movie contained both scenes, I can't see how this would dramatically alter the story? I'd just say it makes Plainview's character a bit too easily descernible.
SpaceCadet1 3 years ago