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Zodiac

Zodiac

There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer.

20077.52h 37m

Overview

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.

Directed by David Fincher
Written by James Vanderbilt, Robert Graysmith
Produced by James Vanderbilt, Bradley J. Fischer, Arnold Messer
Box OfficeBudget: $65.0MRevenue: $84.8M

Top Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal

Robert Graysmith

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo

David Toschi

Anthony Edwards

Anthony Edwards

William Armstrong

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr.

Paul Avery

Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Sevigny

Melanie

Elias Koteas

Elias Koteas

Jack Mulanax

John Carroll Lynch

John Carroll Lynch

Arthur Leigh Allen

Brian Cox

Brian Cox

Melvin Belli

Dermot Mulroney

Dermot Mulroney

Martin Lee

Charles Fleischer

Charles Fleischer

Bob Vaughn

Themes & Keywords

newspaperjournalistcaliforniabased on novel or bookpolicesan francisco, californiakillingdetective1970sinvestigationvictimcodemurderserial killercrime scenereporterwhodunitalcoholicyoung manfourth of julynewspaper articlecuriouscartoonist1960szodiac killermaliciousclinicalbarambiguousawestruckforebodingfrightenedominous

About Zodiac

Zodiac is a crime, mystery, thriller film released in 2007 exploring themes of newspaper, journalist, california, based on novel or book, police, san francisco, california. Directed by David Fincher, it stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards. 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.

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