Daniel Day-Lewis Wenza amafilimu ambalwa futhi ambalwa kodwa cishe ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho esebenza kwelinye uphakathi kwezintandokazi ze-Best Actor Oscar, angakwazi ukwengeza igama elisha ngefilimu yakhe elandelayo, enesihloko esithi "Lincoln", eqondiswa akekho omunye ngaphandle kukaSteven Spielberg.
Izitatimende zikaSpielberg zibe kanje:
“UDaniel Day-Lewis ubelokhu ethathwa njengomunye wabalingisi abakhulu kunabo bonke abake baba khona, kusukela enkathini ethule, kuya enkathini yokuqhakambisa yamasinema kuze kufike esikhathini esizayo. Ngiyabonga futhi ngijabule ngokuthi izindlela zethu ekugcineni zizowela 'noLincoln,' ”kusho uSpielberg. “Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe ube ngumlingisi okhetheke kakhulu ngezinto azikhethile,” kwengeza uSnider. "Lokho kusenza sizizwe sinenhlanhla nakakhulu, njengoba ekhethe ukusijoyina."
Le filimu izosuselwa kusazi-mlando esiwine uMklomelo kaPulitzer u-Doris Kearns Goodwin “Ithimba Lezimbangi” elithengiswa kakhulu, umdlalo wesikrini ubhalwe uTony Kushner owawina imiklomelo.