Zodiac
ZODIAC
Director:David Fincher
Stars:Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards,Robert Downey Jr.
Studio: Paramount Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures
CAST:
Jake Gyllenhaal … Robert Graysmith
Mark Ruffalo … Inspector David Toschi
Anthony Edwards … Inspector William Armstrong
Robert Downey Jr. … Paul Avery
Brian Cox … Melvin Belli
John Carroll Lynch … Arthur Leigh Allen
Richmond Arquette … Zodiac 1 & 2
Bob Stephenson … Zodiac 3
John Lacy … Zodiac 4
Chloë Sevigny … Melanie
Ed Setrakian … Al Hyman
John Getz … Templeton Peck
John Terry … Charles Thieriot
Candy Clark … Carol Fisher
Elias Koteas … Sgt. Jack Mulanax
Dermot Mulroney … Captain Marty Lee
Donal Logue … Captain Ken Narlow
June Diane Raphael … Mrs. Toschi (as June Raphael)
Ciara Hughes … Darlene Ferrin
Lee Norris … Mike Mageau - Young
Patrick Scott Lewis … Bryan Hartnell
Pell James … Cecilia Shepard
Philip Baker Hall … Sherwood Morrill
David Lee Smith … Father
Jason Wiles … Lab Tech Dagitz
Charles Schneider … Cabbie / Paul Stine
James Carraway … Shorty
Tom Verica … Jim Dunbar
Jimmi Simpson … Mike Mageau
Doan Ly … Belli’s Housekeeper
Karina Logue … Woman
Joel Bissonnette … Inspector Kracke
Zach Grenier … Mel Nicolai
John Mahon … Riverside Captain
Matt Winston … John Allen
Jules Bruff … Catherine Allen
John Ennis … Terry Pascoe
J. Patrick McCormack … Police Commissioner
Adam Goldberg … Duffy Jennings
James LeGros … Officer George Bawart (as James Le Gros)
Charles Fleischer … Bob Vaughn
Clea DuVall … Linda del Buono (as Clea Duvall)
Paul Schulze … Sandy Panzarella
Adam Trese … Detective #1
Penny Wallace … Mulanax’s Secretary
John Hemphill … Donald Cheney
Michel Francoeur … Man on Marquee
Thomas Kopache … Copy Editor #1
Barry Livingston … Copy Editor #3
Christopher John Fields … Copy Editor #4 (as Christopher Fields)
Felix J. Boyle … Airport Passenger (uncredited)
Geoff Callan … Patrolman Zelms (uncredited)
Brad Carr … Camera Man (uncredited)
Rod Damer … FBI codebreaker (uncredited)
Mitchell Fink … Reporter (uncredited)
David Hodges … Chronicle Artist (uncredited)
Danielle McKee … Prisioner (uncredited)
Betty Murphy … Informant (uncredited)
Jeffrey Daniel Phillips … Informant (uncredited)
Peter Quartaroli … Patrolman Fouke (uncredited)
Brett Rickaby … Detective Roy (uncredited)
Jack Samson … Young David Graysmith (uncredited)
Micah Sauers … David Graysmith (uncredited)
Zachary Sauers … Aaron Graysmith (uncredited)
Bill Seward … TV News Anchor (uncredited)
Ione Skye … Kathleen Johns (uncredited)
Callie Thompson … Child Witness (uncredited)
Cassius Willis … Uniform Cop (uncredited)
Shane Woodson … Informant (uncredited)
SYNOPSIS
Based on the true story of one of the most intriguing unsolved crimes in the nation’s history, Zodiac is a thriller from David Fincher, director of Seven and Fight Club. 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.
REVIEW
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Its most impressive accomplishment is to gather a bewildering labyrinth of facts and suspicions over a period of years, and make the journey through this maze frightening and suspenseful.Read the full review
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Zodiac is the rare serial-killer movie in which the psychosis stems as much from the pursuers (and the filmmaker) as the pursued.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Zodiac never veers from its stoically gripping, police-blotter tone, yet it begins to take on the quality of a dream.Read the full review
Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Conveying an astonishing array of information across a long narrative arc while still maintaining dramatic rhythm and tension, this adaptation of Robert Graysmith’s bestseller reps by far director David Fincher’s most mature and accomplished work.Read the full review
The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Rarely has a film with so much blood on its hands seemed so insistently alive.Read the full review
The Hollywood Reporter | Michael RechtshaffenAdd Firing on all cylinders as a creepy thriller, police procedural and “All the President’s Men”-style investigative newsroom drama, the smart, extremely vivid production oozes period authenticity.Read the full review
USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd This is the rare movie that blends long scenes of meticulous research with a sweeping story and sustains a feeling of riveting suspense. Zodiac grips you by the throat and doesn’t let go.Read the full review
Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Unique and unmissable.Read the full review
Slate | Dana StevensAdd To undertake a thriller of this length and scope with no prospect of a morally satisfying resolution, Fincher must have been a little nuts himself. We’ll see whether audiences used to the tidy one-hour cases on “CSI” and “Law & Order” will follow him down Zodiac’s murky, twisted, and ultimately dead-end street. It may not sound like it from that description, but it’s a hell of a ride.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Zodiac is a kind of corrective remake of “Se7en,” a renunciation of that earlier movie’s psychotic nihilism. That rejection extends to a neat sight gag. Fincher gives us a shot of a cardboard cutout for “Dirty Harry” that mocks the personal abyss that catching Zodiac becomes.Read the full review
AWARDS
Chicago Film Critics Association
2007 Nominated Chicago Film Critics Association Best Adapted Screenplay
James Vanderbilt
2007 Nominated Chicago Film Critics Association Best Director
David Fincher
Detroit Film Critics Society
2007 Nominated Detroit Film Critics Society Best Ensemble
Golden Satellite Award
2007 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Adapted Screenplay
James Vanderbilt
2007 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Supporting Actor
Brian Cox
Las Vegas Film Critics
2007 Nominated Las Vegas Film Critics Best Picture
Oklahoma Film Critics
2007 Nominated Oklahoma Film Critics Best Picture
Southeastern Film Critics Award
2007 Nominated Southeastern Film Critics Award Best Picture
Toronto Film Critics
2007 Nominated Toronto Film Critics Best Director
David Fincher
2007 Nominated Toronto Film Critics Best Picture
Writers Guild of America
2007 Nominated Writers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay
James Vanderbilt
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