The oil-drilling project in New Austin named Plainview is likely a reference to the character Daniel Plainview, played by Daniel-Day Lewis in the 2007 film There Will Be Blood. The character is, appropriately, a ruthless oil baron and tycoon operating in the South-Western United States in the opening decades of the 20th century. The foreman's building in Red Dead Redemption matches the one used in the film, and the man often found working at his desk in the office bears a striking similarity to Plainview himself.