Ukubuyela ekuqondisweni kwamafilimu afakiwe, ngemuva kokuwina kwakhe i-Oscar «Phakathi kwezibuko«, eminyakeni engu-5 edlule, U-Alexander Payne ubuya nefilimu «Ukunciphisa«, Ifilimu enomlando ongajwayelekile.
Izoba nomlingisi wayo UPaul Giamatti, umlingiswa ofanayo wefilimu eshiwo ngenhla, futhi bazomphelezela U-Reese Witherspoon no-Sacha Baron Cohen. Manje ifilimu iyi-satitire yezenhlalo, egxile "kubantu abancane." U-Giamatti uzodlala indoda engenamali, futhi oye waqiniseka ukuthi impilo yakhe izobona ukukhanya nokuthuthukiswa uma enza inqubo yokunciphisa usayizi wakhe. U-Witherspoon osemncane uzodlala intombazane enhle umlingiswa azohlangana nayo enqubweni yakhe yokuba mncane, futhi u-Baron Cohen uzoba umfokazi omncane azomphelezela endabeni.
Laba balingisi bobathathu sebevele bathi yebo ngokubamba iqhaza kwabo kule filimu, kodwa abakafuni ukusayina izinkontileka, njengoba kulindeleke ukuthi uPayne alethe umbhalo wokugcina, ukuze aqale ukusebenza nge-definitive. Futhi kulabo bethu abaqhubeka nokumangala ukuthi abanye abalingiswa baningi kangakanani, u-Payne akabhalanga nje umbhalo kuphela, ngeke nje aqondise ifilimu, kodwa uzophinde ayikhiqize noJim Burke, ukuze I-Fox Searchlight.