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Zodiac is a 2007 American docudrama and mystery film directed by David Fincher. The screenplay was written by James Vanderbilt, based on a work by Robert Graysmith. The cast includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., and Anthony Edwards. Production was handled by Phoenix Pictures, with Ceán Chaffin, Mike Medavoy, and James Vanderbilt serving as producers. The film’s narrative is set in San Francisco, Vallejo, Napa County, and Riverside, while filming took place in San Francisco and Long Beach.
The movie has a runtime of 157 minutes and was released on March 2, 2007. It received an R rating and features music composed by David Shire. The film’s main subjects include the Zodiac Killer, criminal investigation, and evidence. It has received a Metascore of 79 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 90%. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.7 based on 675,669 votes. The film earned 3 wins and 71 nominations.
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7.5Over 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.
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
via OMDb · IMDb
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Zodiac | Warner Bros. UK | Movies
The hunt is on for a serial killer in San Francisco.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Zodiac
- Main subject
- evidence
- Director
- David Fincher
- Screenwriter
- James Vanderbilt
- Composer
- David Shire
- Producer
- James Vanderbilt
- Production company
- Phoenix Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Haris Savides
- Narrative location
- Riverside
- Filming location
- Long Beach
- Duration
- 158
- FilmAffinity ID
- 300908
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/zodiac
- Image
- Zodiaclogo.png
Show 10 more facts
- publication date
- 2007-05-31
- film editor
- Angus Wall
- title
- Zodiac
- after a work by
- Robert Graysmith
- production designer
- Donald Graham Burt
- review score
- 7.7/10
- set in period
- 1980s
- characters
- Paul Avery
- capital cost
- 65000000
- box office
- 33080084
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Encyclopedic overview
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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