Paul Sunday

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Paul Sunday is a minor but pivotal character in the film "There Will Be Blood," whose tip about hidden oil reserves sets the story’s central conflict in motion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
appearsIn There Will Be Blood NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre drama film
epic film
period film
associatedLocation Little Boston, California (fictional oil town)
associatedWith Daniel Plainview NERFINISHED
awardContextOfWork Academy Award-winning film
basedOn character archetypes from Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!
characterTrait pragmatic
secretive
cinematographerOfWork Robert Elswit
contrastedWith Eli Sunday NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States (fictional setting)
surface form: United States (fictional)
createdBy Paul Thomas Anderson
dialogueLanguage English
familyName Sunday
fictionalUniverse There Will Be Blood universe
filmReleaseYearOfWork 2007
firstAppearsIn early scenes of There Will Be Blood
gender male
givenName Paul
hasSibling Eli Sunday
initiates central conflict over oil in There Will Be Blood
keepsSecretFrom his family about the oil tip deal
medium live-action film
motivatedBy money
musicComposerOfWork Jonny Greenwood
narrativeRole catalyst
minor character
notableFor being the character whose information leads to Plainview’s oil empire
occupation farmer
partOf Sunday family
plotFunction sets Daniel Plainview on path to Little Boston
triggers Plainview’s acquisition of Sunday ranch leases
portrayalType live-action performance
portrayedBy Paul Dano
productionCompanyOfWork Miramax Films
Paramount Vantage
providesTipAbout hidden oil reserves
oil under the Sunday family ranch
relativeOf Eli Sunday NERFINISHED
religiousContext raised in a devout Christian family (implied)
screenTimeRelativeImportance short but pivotal
screenWriterOfWork Paul Thomas Anderson
sellsInformationTo Daniel Plainview NERFINISHED

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There Will Be Blood character Paul Sunday
Billy Sunday child Paul Sunday
Eli Sunday basedOn Paul Sunday