Zodiac (film)
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- For the 2005 film starring Justin Chambers and Robin Tunney see The Zodiac
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| Directed by | David Fincher |
| Written by | Robert Graysmith (book) James Vanderbilt (screenplay) |
| Starring | Jake Gyllenhaal Robert Downey Jr Mark Ruffalo Anthony Edwards Brian Cox Chloe Sevigny Elias Koteas Clea DuVall Donal Logue John Carroll Lynch Dermot Mulroney |
| Cinematography | Harris Savides |
| Distributed by | - USA - Paramount Pictures - non-USA - Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | March 2, 2007 (USA) |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $85 Million |
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Zodiac, a Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. joint production, is a film directed by David Fincher that is scheduled for release in the United States on March 2, 2007. The film is based on Robert Graysmith's two books about the Zodiac Killer. On November 16, 2006, the first teaser trailer for the film was released.
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[edit] Synopsis
A notorious serial killer known only as "the Zodiac" haunted San Francisco during the late 1960s. Leaving several victims in his wake and taunting police with his ciphers and letters written to the San Francisco Chronicle and other newspapers, the Zodiac was never caught. This film will tell the story of the notorious killings, standing to this day as one of San Francisco's most infamous unsolved crimes and of the four men whose lives and careers were built and destroyed around the hunt for the killer. Mark Ruffalo plays Dave Toschi, the San Francisco detective who led the investigation, and Anthony Edwards plays his partner Bill Armstrong. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Robert Graysmith, a San Francisco Chronicle cartoonist and, later, the author of two books about the Zodiac, Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked. Robert Downey Jr. plays journalist Paul Avery and Brian Cox stars as Melvin Belli, a lawyer who was contacted by the Zodiac.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Jake Gyllenhaal | Robert Graysmith |
| Mark Ruffalo | Dave Toschi |
| Robert Downey Jr. | Paul Avery |
| Anthony Edwards | Bill Armstrong |
| Brian Cox | Melvin Belli |
| Clea DuVall | Linda Ferrin |
| Chloe Sevigny | Robert's Girlfriend |
[edit] Filming method
- David Fincher decided to use the digital Thomson Viper to shoot the film. This will be the first time the camera has been used to shoot an entire film. Michael Mann's Miami Vice, as well as his previous effort, Collateral (a co-production of Paramount and its current sister studio DreamWorks, and which also starred Mark Ruffalo), were also shot with the camera but mixed in other formats. [1]
Once shot on Viper cam the files were converted to DVCPro HD 1080i and edited in Final Cut Pro.
[edit] MPAA Rating
The MPAA gave this film a rating of R for some strong killings, language, drug material and brief sexual images.
[edit] External links
| Films directed by David Fincher |
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| Alien³ • Se7en • The Game • Fight Club • Panic Room • Zodiac |
