Steven Spielberg haana nguva yekufinhwa, mushure Indiana Jones, chimwe chezvirongwa zvinotevera zvaachatanga kugadzirira ichava firimu rinobva pane biography pamusoro Abraham Lincoln yakanyorwa naPulitzer-akakunda munyori wenhoroondo Doris Kearns-Goodwin. Iyo firimu ichatarisa zvakanyanya pamabatiro akaita Lincoln Maodzanyemba kuhwina Hondo yeVanhu uye ichaita mune yakakandwa. Liam Neeson ndiani achatamba mutungamiri wenyika. Mukuwedzera, munguva pfupi yapfuura, kubatanidzwa kwe Sally Munda (Norma Rae, Mai Doubtfire), achatamba mukadzi wemutungamiri wenyika. Iko hakuna nhaurirano pamusoro pazvo, ivo, kutaura zvishoma, maviri akanaka kusaina.
Nezve kufanotaura nezve yako premiereZviripachena kuti kuchiri kutanga kuve nemazuva chaiwo, asi zvine musoro kufunga kuti 2009, pachapembererwa zuva rekuzvarwa kwaLincoln rechi200, ndiyo nguva yakakwana yekuti basa ripere.