Jim Downey as Al Rose in "There Will Be Blood"

Two scenes of Jim Downey playing real estate broker Al Rose in Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood".

[@jimmymeridian5174]

“I’LL talk to the man and show you how it’s done.“ *gets forced into a baptism*

[@kremesauce]

That’s so hilarious!!

[@yavitvexe9997]

That's the point he got what he wanted no matter "the price"😂

[@joejohn.]

**Always Sunny music plays**

[@triesterx]

They need to immediately cut to that baptism scene and cue the curb your enthusiasm music. End credits.

[@marlonwatson3588]

Not sure if anyone cares but if you're bored like me during the covid times then you can watch pretty much all of the latest series on InstaFlixxer. Been watching with my brother for the last days :)

[@whatsupdanger3045]

Daniel Day Lewis’s acting in the real estate scene makes me want to carry around a pocket notepad and pencil, and just start asking people random shit, like a boss, and just start taking notes on what they tell me. For no fucking reason other than Day Lewis made it look really cool.

[@displaychicken]

Do it at work. No one bothers people who are walking around with a clipboard writing stuff down.

[@wiseauserious8750]

Hahahahahaha nice

[@SalvableRuin]

Baaaaaaa!

[@el34glo59]

Lol

[@matthewtuckey]

I have memory difficulties and before smartphones I would do this a lot. It made people very uncomfortable.

[@paaatreeeck]

Me when i play monopoly

[@ARCtrooperblueleader]

lol

[@leeroyjenkins6061]

1:02

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

You know. I wouldn't be surprised if before DDL was cast, this was originally supposed to be "Monopoly: The Movie."

[@bsm6776]

haha

[@garethirwin4714]

Lol lol

[@hammertime89]

From Billy Madison to There Will Be Blood. The man is a legend.

[@dash7man]

For real!

[@marcoib4]

So, it's settled: Conan sent us here

[@Bobaseaworth]

May god have mercy on your soul

[@philipweber404]

Unfortunately his wife is a tramp.

[@jorgfb.8652]

He was part also for all those OJ jokes from norm

[@sarahparsons8426]

"Don't be THICK in front of me, Al," is such a great line, and it's a perfect bookend to Paul Sunday's "I would like it better if you didn't think I was stupid" in the early Signal Hill scene. Such beautiful structure in this script.

[@g.r.granillo9442]

One of the best insults ever written, imo.

[@davsss6406]

Reminds me of a line in Casino with Joe Pesci

[@integralgamings2537]

@@davsss6406 - Same.

[@Jay-zk7uw]

The sign of world class writing - there are a hundred ways to say what he said but we got a unique choice of words that expressed more of Plainview than a simple "don't be stupid". Magic.

[@aliceinthewired]

I never noticed in my first viewing that the first scene is Daniel making his move against Eli YEARS in advance. Incredible.

[@DaveDexterMusic]

I figure he's just buying up absolutely everything. He overestimated his ability to do so via money alone, and so the Bandy tract became a problem leading to Eli's one real victory over him, but at this point he's not making moves. He's creating a monopoly, because that's his business style.

[@alexk1682]

Not sure if this has anything to do with Eli at this point. He’s ensuring he owns the ocean of oil underneath/securing pipeline route by purchasing the surrounding land.

[@Edfiki86]

Building His pre-straw before he starts slurp, Slurp! Slurpping away!

[@jamietodd2560]

@@DaveDexterMusic And it turned out not to be a victory, as Plainview explained to Eli with the "milkshake" metaphor. Pumping all the oil out of the surrounding area caused the rest of the oil under the holdout to drain into land that Plainview owned.

[@jegr3398]

He's buying up everything before Standard can buy up

[@TheSound0fLegends]

That background music in the second scene is incredible at creating an unnerving emotion, it gives the feeling of anxiety like at any moment vicious violence could just break out.

[@minion278]

I just want to say to someone, “ Don’t be THICK in front of me “ !😂😂😂

[@bobbyb1233]

Commodore Jackboots I did.

[@somethinglikeanonymous1773]

Trébor Drofdarb and what happened?

[@jimmydivicio838]

You’ll get an odd look

[@bobbyb1233]

Something Like Anonymous He just looked at me. I felt like an asshole later. I don't even remember what the guy did to illicit that response.

[@colinmontgomery1956]

@@bobbyb1233, my grandmother used to say that to me all the time.

[@nothingnew765]

I love how he says "in front of me" instead of just "thick". It's like he knows he's hopelessly dull, he just wants him to hide it the best he can when he's in doing business with him lol!

[@integralgamings2537]

LOL

[@vinniethegooch7830]

Brilliant.

[@mottopanukeiku7406]

It’s savage. DP was a master of belittlement.

[@erkkamykkanen]

Here after listening his Conan episode. 👋

[@josepharnett4900]

*DDL voice*: “you follow soccer?”

[@bmla88]

Jim Downey really carried DDL in this scene. Brilliant casting.

[@ianmacinnes3141]

Why don't I own THIS?

[@brandondaniels9471]

That's the Bandy tract. DUHHHH!!! Aren't you supposed to be the super genius oil man around here?

[@TheBlackLodger]

Don't be thick in front of me, Al.

[@guddergo7116]

Head east!

[@paulthomas8884]

The only question the capitalist ever really asks.

[@rotyler2177]

@@TheBlackLodger I told you what I was going to do.

[@libertyfreedom5726]

I love the music that blends this scene with the previous. Sinister. Awesome score.

[@captainbeastazoid7084]

"Build around 50 miles of Tehachapi Mountains??? Don't be THICK in front of me, Al...."

[@jonboll2066]

He was such a savage business man he even bought the local real estate agent lol

[@rotyler2177]

Six dollars an acre. Plainview needs that pipeline rather badly.

[@notabritperse]

Yeah, the cut from the office to the drilling camp is a great way to demonstrate Al's change in employer.

[@sickofthelies1627]

1:23 "Don't be thick in front of me Al!!!"

[@Fabo100]

"I award u no points...and may God have mercy on your soul"

[@ericmsandoval]

Lmao

[@yandhi5016]

Fabo Andolini nice pfp

[@duanespeck2316]

Ok a simple wrong woulda been fine

[@daveguy583]

@O G Billy likes soda

[@daveguy583]

@O G ahhh damnit my bad

[@bengonto1250]

Even the minor characters are leagues better than most modern day movie protagonists.

[@brandondaniels9471]

Amen!

[@WillOfFir]

Modern day actors need stuntmans for talking scenes

[@beastmum]

'' Why is this Milkshake not mine? ''... '' No. I'll go and show you how to drink it! ''

[@beastmum]

'' And shoot someone in the head at the same time ''

[@buyerofsorts]

Without the eerie music, these scenes wouldn't have the same impact. Awesome stuff.

[@andrewmeadows3232]

As good as Greenwood was inTWBB he was inversely awful in Phantom Thread.

[@stephenr80]

100%

[@calvin5541]

Don’t be thiccc in front of me Al 😍😍😍

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

Daniel would call you thick for using those emojis.

[@CoryFalde175]

Legitimate LOL on that one

[@jace5151]

Banger.

[@bonkersmcgee4356]

Lincoln buying land from the guy who awarded Happy Gilmore no points & Beni from The Mummy, and then Julius Caesar walks in out of nowhere.

[@user-ux1vj9vx7s]

He awarded Billy Madison no points

[@brandonwei2430]

Jim Downey talking about how bts watching Daniel Plainview offering to invite the cast and crew to watch the World Cup is fucking hilarious.

[@johnd5790]

Jim Downy is as much of a legend as Day Lewis

[@frankiethefish73]

"If my wife were to find out about me and my secretary, . . . . that would be bad, . . . as bad as losing the list." - Arthur Grayson

[@ShangHighRoller]

More, frankly. Day Lewis is ridiculously overrated.

[@swesleyc7]

Which is why he retired in his prime. OK.@@ShangHighRoller

[@alberts1985]

@@ShangHighRollerthis guy likes mark walberg

[@mjisthegoat88]

don’t be thick in front of me,​@@ShangHighRoller

[@Polo22546]

My favorite movie of all time!

[@SJM6791]

Daniel Day Lewis is simply the best actor that has ever lived. It’s an honor to watch this man work.

[@glassjaw2007]

I disagree but yeah hes there on the pantheon

[@SJM6791]

@Nick West- Hoffman’s role as CIA Agent “Gus” in Charlie Wilson’s War is one of his finest performances.

[@SJM6791]

@Nick West- I spent the past three years learning Finnish!! Which should come in handy here in Virginia.

[@TheMightyGoldenWest]

I think he's on that level of the best of the best , and you can certainly make a solid argument for DDL but it's hard to pinpoint one single greatest among greats like Pacino, Tom Hardy, DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Joaquin Phoenix, De Niro, Cruise and Pitt. They've all pretty much achieved perfection of the craft at one point or another in their respective careers.

[@TheMightyGoldenWest]

And of course, how can I forget Marlon Brando.

[@montyzooma]

In the script Al Rose has a larger part and is basically Plainview's manservant for a lot of the movie and is present in many scenes. He was also going to be the butler who enters the bowling alley at the end where Plainview tells him "I'm finished!".

[@boksaboki]

Thank You for that remark, i have never read movie scripts and never even had a thought to do so. You gave me idea and i just downloaded TWBB script to read. I have read Upton Sinclair's "Oil!" though

[@bookeblade]

So most of his scenes were deleted?

[@HornDave]

@@bookeblade maybe it would give Daniel Plainview too much humanity if he kept around long-time friends

[@bookeblade]

@@HornDave True

[@nukacolacompany2534]

No the butler is a different guy

[@richf.7845]

The “thick” line is great but it reveals Daniels shortcomings not Al Rose’s. Rose is a real estate man not an oil man. What would he know about pipelines?

[@adamschaeffer4057]

A real estate man would be expected to understand the details of the real estate he's dealing. He should know it would be terribly hard to build anything around fifty miles of mountainous country whether its pipeline, railroad tracks or telegraph. Any fool that spent time in country would know that.

[@bromleysimon7414]

@@adamschaeffer4057 Plainview is such an art-of-the-deal bigshot, yet he only has himself to blame for not reaching out to Bandy when the opportunity first presented itself. Instead, Plainview has erroneously wagered that by playing it cool Bandy would eventually be rendered simple to deal with on favorable terms. But Bandy is not interested in worldly lucre. If he is to be bargained with at all, it will be for the sake God's kingdom, Eli's church, and Plainview's soul.

[@scifinerd17]

@@bromleysimon7414 Eli had it coming, he didn’t give a damn about the church and the people, he was a con-artist.

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

@@scifinerd17 Therefore, con-artists deserve to die?

[@scifinerd17]

@@possiblepilotdeviation5791 Did I say that? No, I said he got what was coming to him. He had no idea who he was up against when it came to Daniel Plainview.

[@emiliov3260]

Great casting! As usual Jim the one with the most knowledge not being afraid of not being the center of attention. 😊

[@PlayNiceFolks]

The music is so amazing. While what we see is just some normal scene of people talking, we actually get to HEAR the madness in his mind.

[@swtpeteswtpete1515]

Listening to this and before i saw what the clip was it sounds exactly like it could be a scene from killers of the flower moon!

[@FlyBoyBigBlue]

To me, this scene always lended to showing the start of his unraveling while caught up in doing whatever it took to finish his great work. As with the last scene of the movie, when he leaves HW for the oil derrick, something that made him happy vs something that made him money/fortune. He’s just dumped HW here and is set on moving his company forward after he believes he’s made all the perfect moves. However, he realizes that even though he’s used the advantage of drainage, he hadn’t taken into account that he was still going to need Bandy’s land for the pipeline, and thus, lashes out at Al for what he knows is his own mistake.

[@annalisavajda252]

Well as he told his "brother" he hates most people and his "brother" is sitting right there too so he's maintaining his image also for his behalf until of course it's revealed his actual brother is dead and that guy played him for a fool that's why he kills him and has to be baptized which he also resents because Eli is one of the many people he hates also seems to only like his little sister Mary that marries his "son" HW.

[@CorekBleedingHollow]

"Can I build around 50 miles of Tehachapi mountains? Don't be THICK in front of me Al!" LOL

[@Redeemedbylove1987]

Jim was probably the funniest person on set.

[@TheJobtate]

I would bet good money that Day-Lewis actually went for a week to hike around the Tehachapi Mountains in order to help him really nail his contempt.

[@trumpsdailytruthsmakelibsc6952]

He probably dunked himself in a Vat of Oil for 24 hours When his personal assistant came back the next day to see if he's ok he's just floating there with a big smile on his face and says ' I'M FINISHED !'

[@maxeypad]

"Don't be thick in front of me, Al."

[@lennarthagen3638]

He should have have every oscar for his role as Al Rose!!!!!

[@stephendavis6267]

"Daniel Plainview? The silver miner?"

[@michaelcoy311]

Trivia: If you're wondering how it even occurred to PTA that he should hire this famous SNL writer as an actor... Jim Downey is actually the half-brother of Robert Downey Sr., cult director, dad of RDJ, and good friend of PTA.

[@skoolbus]

I was thinking Sandler had something to do with it.

[@shaz2761]

Thats because modern day protagonists are all girls who have to always win

[@hornplayerchris]

Jim Downey was on Conan's podcast today talking about this scene. This is not correct. He met PTA through Ernie Anderson (PTA's dad) when he was doing voiceover work.

[@michaelcoy311]

@@hornplayerchris I don't know, I'm going to defer to shaz2761 on this one.

[@ricoconti3141]

I just want to say "why don't I own this"!! To my minons who do my bidding 😂😂lol

[@el34glo59]

Lol

[@trumpsdailytruthsmakelibsc6952]

I just randomly message EBay Sellers every day in full caps lock WHY DON'T I OWN THIS !!!!!!

[@avlisk]

I came to this video for Jim Downey, but seeing John Huston again was fun, too.

[@tannerherzman5762]

why don't I own this?? don't be thick in front of me AL! .. LOL

[@elvis316]

I don't think I could have an actual conversation with Daniel Day Lewis. Too fucking intense. If he was being a normal person I'd be expecting it to go south at any second.

[@followingtheroe1952]

Do you think Daniel is actually like this? Don't be thick in front of me

[@hamnchee]

​@@followingtheroe1952😂

[@ranchodearmas2571]

You play monopoly with Daniel Plainview, he’ll own your real house by the end of the game.

[@johnwilson4158]

probably should't bowl with him either

[@classifiedxxx5041]

I fucking love these comments

[@a_badali]

Holy Fuck. That's Jim Downey

[@antedote1]

You can't say a bad thing about this movie. Flawless. Just imagine though, when Lewis said the line "Can everything here, be got?" Instead of looking at Plainview, he looked out the window, followed by Plainview turning to look as he said, "Sure" .. Nothing was gonna stop this man, even repenting in front of a false prophet..

[@danielcuricica]

I award you with no points... and God have mercy on your soul

[@evm6177]

Tahachippy Mountains.. boys thats a mouth full!

[@colinmontgomery1956]

It rolls right off the tongue.

[@Fafafohi]

I love that Workaholics actually referenced the, “don’t be thick in front of me,” scene.

[@JoeLeonardo]

Great grandfather of the manager from CityWide Change Bank

[@vincenthalfprice9930]

1:02 me when I see an old movie I love has a shiny new anniversary 4K release

[@BlackBarney]

Seems like a nice boss

[@gimme3steps933]

Jim Downey is awesome!

[@tedrossi1514]

I love how he's pissed at Al when Daniel refused to speak to Bandi the first time.

[@sethie_shots]

Thanks Conan

[@Balin93]

Just send Mance Rayder to get the land.

[@jumpinjohnnyruss]

This was his origin story. After dealing with Plainview for so many years, he was tired of kneeling.

[@jimmystrudel]

God, the show did him dirty.

[@GiantSandles]

Don't be thicc in front of me, Al

[@shotgundiplomat2406]

I want to be able to point at a map and be confused about why I don't own something

[@followingtheroe1952]

Just play Paradox games

[@VintageYakyu]

"Can everything around here be got?" "Sure and may God have mercy on your soul."

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

I just found out today that's the principal from Billy Madison! 🤣🤣

[@dynamicvoltage9765]

I award you no Bandy tract, and may god have mercy on your soul.

[@Michael_talks_]

I liked this guy in this movie

[@Andarovin]

SPOILER ALERT: He did not indeed show him how it was done.

[@matthewfahey]

He’s SO funny!

[@dramares]

About a 9 on the Tension Meter there Dan...

[@Phanthom32]

"Danny Plainview? The oil executive??"

[@ctfamily40]

"I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

[@lopan9748]

Strategery!

[@pikeyoneil6520]

Thumbnail is look a classic painting !!! Wow !!!

[@SouthJerseyMatt]

“I just bought the Sunday Ranch, and uh, well…WHERE’S THE MAP?

[@kendrickmaeldun]

“Don’t be thick in front of me Al. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.”

[@pierosjourneys]

Nooo, I'll go and talk to the man, I'll show him how is done!! wow

[@noamorwell]

*I'll show YOU

[@rotyler2177]

hahah and Bandy didn't want ANYTHING to do with him

[@chickenringNYC]

The aspect that I enjoyed was how at first, Plainview said he would wait and that Bandy would come around... (which he didn't).. But now Plainview telling Al not to be thick? Hmm, I thought Plainview was overcompensating.. at this point in the film he's long past starting to lose his shit. Fine film.

[@el34glo59]

@@chickenringNYC Exactly.

[@GRYL180]

And that's how you level everything and everyone in front of you as you build an empire which ultimately creates a vacuum in your soul. class dismissed.

[@JohnnyMn4monic]

DDL is amazing in this movie

[@frankjamesbonarrigo7162]

Here from Conan podcast

[@DhDeadMan]

Fuck i love this film

[@davidleach1033]

I award you no points. And may god have mercy on your soul.

[@lucid685]

Boss on the thursday sales pipeline call looking at that one damn opp that wont budge

[@thenoneckpeoplerepresentat8074]

“Don’t be thick Al”

[@unomachine]

“HERE’S YOUR TWO DOLLARS”

[@Ragnar6000]

Danial plainview is my business idol!

[@ConfuzedFx]

thats kinda fucked up man

[@JetstrussySam]

1:34 A present

[@mahavakyas002]

I just came when he said "$6 an acre." LORD HAVE MERCY. If only these days...

[@sadeaton]

Al, don't get THICK with Daniel!

[@TheeRogerWayne]

He doesn’t want Al to be thick, but Al is thicc

[@JTKatz07]

1:02 Disney noticing DC Comics when buying Lucas Films and Marvel

[@justinwilliams566]

This man made out with Jonah Hill. He's a damn American.

[@srsr3439]

Son of a bitch, the king beyond the wall is in this movie.

[@kevhead1525]

"We can give you 9 dimes and 2 nickles. We can give you 10 nickles and 2 quarters..."

[@kevhead1525]

"How do we make money? Volume."

[@Johnnyrocks34]

Dont be thick in front of me Al!! He was just scary

[@goldoil1131]

Jim Downey went to Harvard.

[@insomthegreat]

1:30 High speed rail in a nutshell.

[@pennystocklocks]

Didn't know he had this poking in the fire

[@michaelgeorge5197]

Norm macdonalds guy?? In my favourite movie???

[@moronfromouterspace2972]

..."Don't be Thick in front of me Al"

[@somarriba333]

He got thick from his descendant listening to Billy Madison's answer and it somehow traveled back in time.

[@i_dont_live_here]

Don’t be thick in front of me Al 💀

[@alexandercampbell9178]

Daniel Plainview? The oil man?

[@thomaspynchon2871]

How does he make money doing that?

[@_JUAN_-nl9sh]

1:02 Disney & Amazon