Steven Spielberg andinaxesha lokudikwa, emva koko Indiana Jones, enye yeeprojekthi ezilandelayo aza kuqalisa ukuzilungiselela iya kuba yifilimu esekelwe kwi-biography malunga Abraham Lincoln ibhalwe ngumbhali-mbali owaphumelela uPulitzer UDoris Kearns Goodwin. Ifilimu iya kugxila ikakhulu kwindlela uLincoln awakhokela ngayo uMntla ukuba aphumelele iMfazwe yombango kwaye iya kubonakala kwi-cast. Liam Neeson ngubani oza kudlala umongameli. Ukongeza, kutshanje, ukufakwa kwe Ibala leSally (UNorma Rae, uNksk. Doubtfire), oza kudlala umfazi kamongameli. Akukho ngxoxo ngayo, bona, ukutsho okuncinci, ukutyikitywa okuhle.
Ngokumalunga noqikelelo lwakho estrenoNgokucacileyo kuselithuba kakhulu ukuba nemihla echanekileyo, kodwa kusengqiqweni ukucinga ukuba u-2009, xa iya kuba yiminyaka engama-200 okoko kwazalwa uLincoln, iya kuba lelona xesha lifanelekileyo lokuba umsebenzi ugqitywe.