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2007 film by David Fincher

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7.5

Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its course, interest in the case dwindles in the eyes of the professionals. The Killer stops interacting with the public. However, believing he has the answers, an amateur cartoonist from the initial sightings races against time to prevent what he believes is another murder.

Released: 2007-03-02157 minDir: David FincherCrime, Mystery, ThrillerBudget: $65.0MBox office: $84.8M

Cast

  • Jake Gyllenhaal as Robert Graysmith
  • Mark Ruffalo as David Toschi
  • Anthony Edwards as William Armstrong
  • Robert Downey Jr. as Paul Avery
  • Chloë Sevigny as Melanie
  • Elias Koteas as Jack Mulanax

Themes

  • newspaper
  • journalist
  • california
  • based on novel or book
  • police
  • san francisco, california
  • killing
  • detective
  • 1970s
  • investigation

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Ratings

IMDb

7.7/10

671,729 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

90%

Metacritic

79/100

Year
2007
Runtime
157 min
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rated
R
Awards
3 wins & 71 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by
David Fincher
Screenplay by
James Vanderbilt
Based on
Zodiac , and Zodiac Unmasked , by Robert Graysmith
Produced by
Mike Medavoy Arnold W. Messer Bradley J. Fischer James Vanderbilt Ceán Chaffin
Starring
Jake Gyllenhaal Mark Ruffalo Robert Downey Jr. Anthony Edwards Brian Cox Elias Koteas Donal Logue John Carroll Lynch Dermot Mulroney
Cinematography
Harris Savides
Edited by
Angus Wall
Music by
David Shire
Production company
Phoenix Pictures
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures , (United States and Canada) Warner Bros. Pictures , (International)
Release dates
February 28, 2007 ( 2007-02-28 ) ( New York City ) March 2, 2007 ( 2007-03-02 ) (United States)
Running time
157 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$65–85 million
Box office
$84.7 million

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Official website

Zodiac | Warner Bros. UK | Movies

The hunt is on for a serial killer in San Francisco.

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Wikidata facts

Duration
158
FilmAffinity ID
300908
Image
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publication date
2007-05-31
title
Zodiac
review score
7.7/10
capital cost
65000000
box office
33080084
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Article

Zodiac is a 2007 American crime thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by James Vanderbilt, based on the nonfiction books by Robert Graysmith: Zodiac (1986) and Zodiac Unmasked (2002). It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey Jr., with Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, Chloë Sevigny, Philip Baker Hall, and Dermot Mulroney in supporting roles.

The film tells the story of the manhunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police with letters, bloodstained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers. The case remains one of the United States' most infamous unsolved crimes. Fincher, Vanderbilt, and producer Bradley J. Fischer spent 18 months conducting their own investigation and research into the Zodiac murders. Fincher employed the digital Thomson Viper FilmStream Camera to photograph most of the film and used traditional high-speed film cameras for slow-motion murder sequences.

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