Leo DiCapriSawubona George Clooney bajoyina: umlingisi uzoba protagonist "Farragut North", futhi kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi uClooney uzogcina eyiqondise. I-Warner Bros Company ithole amalungelo efilimu kulo mdlalo obhalwe ngu-Beau Willimon.
Lo mdlalo uxoxa ngomqondisi wezokuxhumana osemusha ozosebenzela ozokhethwa njengomongameli eMelika. Umbhali walo msebenzi wasebenzisa ulwazi lwakhe njengomeluleki womkhankaso ka-Howard Dean, owalahlekelwa isicelo sakhe sokuba umongameli ku-John Kerry ngo-2004.
Umdlalo awukafiki ukukhonjiswa: izoba ngonyaka ozayo ku-Broadway. Umqondisi nguMike Nicholls futhi umlingiswa oyinhloko nguJake okhulayo I-Gyllenhaal, kulokho azobe eqala khona endaweni yeshashalazi yaseNew York.