 Michael Corrente was offered the job of directing after meeting  producer Gregory Mosher at a screening of Correntes "Federal Hill."  He told Mosher, the director of the original stage production, "This  wont mean anything to Mamet, bout could you tell him that Federal  Hill never would have happened if I hadnt seen Buffalo onstage  when I was a kid?" Mosher then suggested that Corrente direct the  film adaptation.