DEmva kweminyaka emithathu yokuthula, uDaniel Day Lewis uza kuphinda enze imovie. Le projekthi ibizwa ngokuba Kuya kubakho igazi kwaye ngumsebenzi othembisayo uPaul Thomas Anderson, umlawuli weefilimu ezibalaseleyo ezinje ngeMagnolia okanye iBoogie Nights phakathi kwabanye.
UAnderson ngumbhali, njengakwezinye izihlandlo, iskripthi sale filimu ejikeleza umntu ohlola izinto (uSuku-Lewis), esebenza kwezinye iindawo ezinokubakho emaphethelweni edolophu encinci kwiphondo laseTexas, kwaye ngubani oza kuza ukunxibelelana nosapho lwendawo, ngokwesiko kunye nenkolo kakhulu. Omnye woonyana ngumfundisi wevangeli oba ngusaziwayo kule ndawo. Isicatshulwa asiyiyo eyokuqala njengakwezinye iifilimu (apho uPaul Thomas Anderson efumene amagama amabini atyunjiweyo kwii-Oscars yonke into iyathethwa), kodwa lulungelelaniso lwenoveli yeoyile (ioyile! Ekuqaleni, ukusuka ngo-1927) ngu-Upton Sinclair.
Kuya kubakho igazi nomdlali U-Bhritane uDaniel Day-Lewis, ophumelele u-Oscar kwiNyawo lam lasekhohlo kwaye utyunjwe kabini, kwigama likaBawo kunye namaqela emigulukudu yaseNew York, ngaloo ndlela eqala umsebenzi wakhe emva komlo wakhe wokugqibela waphantse wangaziwa kwiBallad kaJack naseRose. Imesis yakhe, umshumayeli u-Eli ngeCawa, udlalwa nguPaul Dano oselula, esele simbonile kulonyulwa u-Little Miss Sunshine. Ukujikeleza isamente nguPaul F Tompkins (obesele enendima encinci eMagnolia), Kevin J. O'Connor (Van Helsing) noHans Howes (Terminal Velocity). Shot kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali olulinganiswanga olunama-25 ezigidi zeedola, kuyakubakho iGazi se iya kuqala kwihlabathi liphela kulo nyaka.
