Ifilim ekhethelwe ukusungulwa kohlelo olutsha lwe Umnyhadala waseToronto ngu "Mgwebi" we UDavide dobkin.
Ifilimu eneenkwenkwezi URobert Downey Jr. y URobert Duvall iya kuba ngumphathi wokuqalisa uhlelo lwama-39 lokhuphiswano lwaseKhanada, olugqalwa njengesiqalo sexesha lamabhaso.
Le filimu entsha ngumlawuli weefilimu ezifana ne "The Shanghai Rebels" okanye "The Change" inokuba ngomnye wabakhuphisanayo ngokutyunjwa kwe-Oscar, yiyo loo nto umbutho weToronto Film Festival ayizange ifune ukuphosa ithuba lokuyinika. Isikhundla esibekekileyo kwigridi yokhuphiswano.
«UMgwebi» libalisa ibali legqwetha elibuyela kwidolophu yalo apho lafumanisa ukuba uyise oyijaji ngokomsebenzi, ngoyena mrhanelwa ophambili kulwaphulo-mthetho.
Ifilimu yenye yezo sele zivakala ngathi zikhuphisana Amabhaso ama-Academy kolu hlelo lulandelayo, i-asethi enkulu yefilimu nguRobert Duvall ophakathi kweentandokazi zokutyunjwa kudidi lomdlali oxhasayo.
Ophumelele i-a Oscar kwaye utyunjwe ukuya kuthi ga kahlanu ngaphezulu, uRobert Duvall unethuba elihle kunye nendima yakhe "kwiJaji" ukulwela umfanekiso wakhe wesibini.