Umlingisi owaziwayo owawina i-Oscar ngo-2006 ngokulingisa kwakhe okuhle Truman capote, izoqala ngemuva kwezigcawu. Ifilimu ithathelwe emdlalweni we-Broadway, UJack Uhamba Ngesikebhe de Bob glaudini.
Lo msebenzi uzophinde abe ngumlingisi ovelele futhi ngokusho kwephephabhuku Okunhlobonhlobo, umdlali waseshashalazini U-Amy Ryan uzoba co-star of Hoffman. Phakathi kwabanye abalingisi, ukubamba iqhaza kwe UJohn Ortiz noDaphne Rubin-Vega, bobabili abalingisi abaqale balingisa kulo mdlalo.
Le filimu izoba ihlaya eliyingqayizivele lothando mayelana nezigigaba ezingezinhle zikaJack, umshayeli we-limousine, ohlanyiswa uthando lomlingiswa Ryan. Laba bashadikazi bazobhekana nazo zonke izinhlobo zezimo ezingajwayelekile, ezibandakanya izidakamizwa, amachibi okubhukuda nezindawo zokudlela.
Inhloso, ngokusho kwakhe Hoffman ukuthi i-tape iqala ukudubula kusukela ngoFebhuwari 9 walo nyaka, ngo ENew York.