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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097363460145
Format: Subtitled, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 24, 2007
Running Time: 157 minutes
Sales Rank: 11577
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: March 02, 2007
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Based on the actual case files of one of the most intriguing unsolved crimes in the nation s history Zodiac is a thriller from David Fincher director of Se7en and Panic Room. As a serial killer terrifies the San Francisco Bay Area and taunts police with his ciphers and letters investigators in four jurisdictions search for the murderer. The case will become an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues. System Requirements:Running Time: 157 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 097363460145 Manufacturer No: 346014
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Closer in spirit to a police procedural than a gory serial-killer flick, David Fincher's Zodiac provides a sleek, armrest-gripping re-invention of the crime film. It surveys the investigation of the Zodiac killings that terrorized the San Francisco Bay area in the late -60-early -70s; Zodiac not only killed people, but cultivated a Jack the Ripper aura by sending icky letters to the newspapers and daring readers to solve coded messages. But the film's focus isn't on the killer. We follow the reporters and detectives whose lives are taken over by the case, notably an addictive crime writer (a sartorially splendid Robert Downey Jr.), an awkward editorial cartoonist (Jake Gyllenhaal), and a hard-working cop (Mark Ruffalo). Fincher and his brilliant cinematographer Harris Savides are deft at capturing the period feel of the city, without laying on the seventies kitsch, and James Vanderbilt's script doles out its big moments to major and minor characters alike. Fincher's confidence is infectious; the movie glides through its myriad details with such dexterity that even the blind alleys and red herrings seem essential. The well-chosen cast includes unexpected people popping up all over: Anthony Edwards as a lunch-bucket homicide cop; Charles Fleischer as a mysterious suspect; Elias Koteas and Donal Logue as small-town policemen whose districts are hit by Zodiac; Chloe Sevigny as Gyllenhaal's sweet-natured wife; Brian Cox as the media-friendly lawyer Melvin Belli, so famous he once appeared on Star Trek; and the mighty John Carroll Lynch, as a supremely creepy suspect. The film is based on non-fiction books by Robert Graysmith (he's portrayed by Gyllenhaal), although Fincher and co. did extensive research on their own. The result is a propulsive whodunit without (thus far) an ending, but the uncertainty makes the film even more intriguing. --Robert Horton
Beyond Zodiac 
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Curse of the Zodiac (2007) | 
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Zodiac Revealed
Zodiac (Two-Disc Director's Cut) [HD DVD]
This review refers to HD-DVD 2-disc edition set. Movie is sort of documentary type trying to accurately portray Zodiac killings from late '60s. It is pretty long at 2:42 minutes and somewhat boring. Killings occur within first hour while speculation and bogus theories continue until the end. Movie is based on the book Zodiac written by Robert Graysmith, cartoonist who worked at the time of killings at SF Chronicle newspaper. His findings about ... Read More
Rating:  - Gyllenhaal's performance makes ''Zodiac'' worth watching
It seems like a lot of serial killers sprang up in the 1960s/70s. The Boston Strangler, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and The Hillside Stranglers all brought fright and terror to their cities. One of the more bizarre serial killers was The Zodiac, who operated in the San Francisco area beginning in 1968. The film ''Zodiac'' focuses on the events surrounding his killings and how the case drove one man following the case nearly out of his mind.
In the movie the Zodiac killer begins his murder ... Read More
Rating: - Very Entertaining
One of the best Robert Downey, Jr. movies. He takes from personal experience being an alcoholic/druggy and it comes across a screen. Really great story line. Definitely a movie that will be around for a while.
Rating: - The Zodiac Killer.
This is an awesome movie and is an even better purchase. This dvd comes with great special features including a featurette outlining the entire non-fictional investigation of the "the Zodiac killer". This movie keeps you second guessing yourself at all times as to who the killer is. Awesome movie. Worth the money.
Rating: - Great movie.
Storytelling at its best. Fincher does a wonderful job with this story, and I also loved the extras including documentaries, as well as David Fincher's commentary.
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