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Zodiac is a american film of genre Drama directed by David Fincher released in USA on 2 march 2007 with Jake Gyllenhaal

Zodiac (2007)

Zodiac
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Released in USA 2 march 2007
Length 2h37
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Documentary,    Historical,    Crime
Rating76% 3.84853.84853.84853.84853.8485

Zodiac is a 2007 American mystery-thriller film directed by David Fincher and based on Robert Graysmith's non-fiction book of the same name. The Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. joint production stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey, Jr., with Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, Chloë Sevigny and Dermot Mulroney in supporting roles.

Zodiac tells the story of the manhunt for a notorious serial killer who called himself the "Zodiac" and killed in and around the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, leaving several victims in his wake and taunting police with letters, blood stained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers. The cases remain one of Northern California's most infamous unsolved crimes.

Fincher, screenwriter James Vanderbilt, and producer Brad Fischer spent 18 months conducting their own investigation and research into the Zodiac murders. Fincher employed the digital Thomson Viper Filmstream camera to photograph the film. However, Zodiac was not shot entirely digitally; traditional high-speed film cameras were used for slow-motion murder sequences.

Reviews for the film were very positive, lauded mostly for its writing, directing, acting and accuracy. The film grossed over $84 million worldwide against a production budget of $65 million.

Synopsis

On July 4, 1969, an unknown male attacks Darlene Ferrin and Mike Mageau with a handgun, at a lovers' lane in Vallejo, California. Mageau survives; Ferrin dies.

Actors

Jake Gyllenhaal

(Robert Graysmith)
Mark Ruffalo

(Inspector David Toschi)
Robert Downey Jr.

(Paul Avery)
Anthony Edwards

(Inspector William Armstrong)
Brian Cox

(Melvin Belli)
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