Ifilimu ye-Istoda, inikezelwe kumsunguli we-FBI ye-FBI ye-FBI ye-FBI ye-FBI, iya kuvela kwizikrini ezinkulu ngoNovemba 9. I-Leonardo Dicaprio iya kuphinda iphinde iqale uMlawuli we-Federal Bureau yophando, inkwenkwezi ye "Inethiwekhi yenethiwekhi" ye-Ermy Hammer iya kudlala i-Clyde Tsonsson, umhlobo osondeleyo we-hoover. Ukongeza, lo mfanekiso uza kuvela i-Ed Wendik, i-Naomi Watts, uJudy Dech, uJosh Lucas nabanye.
Ukukhutshwa kwedrama entsha yeDrama Duddrey ("abafundi", "iwotshi") icwangciselwe uDisemba 25. Ebusweni, uJonathan Fuur "kakhulu" ngelo xesha uvale "iindima eziphambili ziya kwenziwa yi-sandra inkunzi kunye nee-tom hanks. Embindini wesiqendu kuya kuba yinkwenkwe eneminyaka eli-9 ubudala efumana isitshixo kwi-vase engakatata owayesweleka ngexesha lokuhlaselwa kwabanqolobi. Ngoku eyona njongo iphambili yeqhawe elincinci iya kuyifumana inqaba apho isitshixo esifanelekileyo. Kuyaphawuleka ukuba imeko ehlengahlengisiweyo yeDrama yabhalwa nguEric Roth, ofumene i-Oscir ye "Forest Gump".
Kufanelekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba ukhetho lwexesha iNkulumbuso alinangqondo, ngokweenkcukacha-manani, iifilimu eziboniswe kwangoko ngaphambi kokutyumba uluhlu lwabafaki-sicelo, bahlala bephumelela kutyumba ophambili.