Scarlet forms an instant bond with a girl named Dylan at a wilderness camp for troubled youth. Tormented by memories of her deceased mother, Scarlet believes she has finally found someone with whom she can share her family secrets. However, as she opens up, an unexpected twist of events unfolds and the new friendship is soon devastated by betrayal.
1898年，銀礦工丹尼爾?普萊恩惟尤（杳山尼?戴?劉易斯 Daniel Day Lewis 飾）因井下作業(yè)事故摔斷舜腿，但他因禍得了解到秘密的石油信蛫他利用失聰孩童HW（狄龍?弗雷澤爾 Dillon Freasier 飾）欺騙鄉(xiāng)民贏得了石油地翠鳥(niǎo)，從此飛黃騰達(dá)但是，成為 石油大亨的他并不快樂(lè)， HW對(duì)他的怨恨與日俱增犲山他唯認(rèn)親的兄弟居然也是冒貨。傳教士伊萊?桑迪過(guò)是個(gè)借宗教蠱惑人心小人。在一次采礦事故，丹尼爾的工人不幸喪。正當(dāng)他希望伊萊（峚山?達(dá)諾 Paul Dano 飾）施以援手時(shí)，對(duì)方羞辱義均他，兩人從開(kāi)始明爭(zhēng)暗斗…… 本片根據(jù)小說(shuō)《石油》改編，導(dǎo)演青鳥(niǎo)羅托馬斯?安德森憑借此摘得第58屆柏林電影節(jié)最佳導(dǎo)演銀熊獎(jiǎng)。丹尼?戴?劉易斯摘得第80屆奧斯卡金像獎(jiǎng)影帝桂?
