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Fri 11 Nov 2007Day Lewis set for another Oscar?Michael Dwyeron filmIf there's any justice in the film world, there will be Oscars for There Will Be Blood, which I've had the good fortune to see before it opens in the US at Christmas and here in February. Directed with tremendous accumulating power by Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia), the film spans the period 1898-1927. It depicts its protagonist (indelibly played by Daniel Day-Lewis) as a cold, self-made, hands-on businessman who strikes oil and makes a fortune, regardless of all those he exploits in his acquisitive greed.