Zodiac: Directors Cut Release
Date:
January 08, 2008 Director: David Fincher
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr.,
Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch,
Dermot Mulroney Genre: Thriller MPAA Rating: R (for some strong killings, language, drug material and
brief sexual images)
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
Extras: Commentary
by Fincher, Gyllenhaal,
Downey, producer Brad
Fischer, screenwriter James
Vanderbilt and writer James
Ellroy; "Zodiac Deciphered:
The Making of Zodiac"
featurette; "The Visual
Effects of Zodiac"; sequence
breakdowns; "This Is Zodiac
Speaking" featurette; "Prime
Suspect" featurette.
Movie Spotlight
Zodiac Release
Date:
March 2, 2007 Studio: Paramount Pictures Director: David Fincher
Screenwriter: James Vanderbilt Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr.,
Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch,
Dermot Mulroney Genre: Thriller MPAA Rating: R (for some strong killings, language, drug material and
brief sexual images) Official Website:
Zodiacmovie.com
Plot Summary: 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 "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
EN 5 Second Review:
An incredible tale of hunting for a killer in the 1970's
A
frightening, engrossing account of the hunt for a notorious Bay Area
killer William Arnold: Seattle Post
Intelligencer
Above all else, Zodiac is a dazzling period piece
that manages, in almost every scene, to eerily capture the mood of its
principal era --
the '70s -- and shrewdly comments on how the computer has made
it as distant to us as the Middle Ages...more
The
movie, directed by David Fincher, is not without value, if
it's largely without drama. Stephen Hunter: Washington Post
The movie makes clear the agonizing reality that a
manhunt is 99.9 percent talking and record-checking. The
thread that brings it all together is Graysmith's eventual
submersion in the case, until, even though he has since
married and had children....more
"Zodiac"
forgoes action and gore, drawing us into more deeply
chilling realms of suspense. Colin Covert: Minneapolis
Star-Tribune
The film is relentlessly tense despite the absence of
chases, stunts or cheap fright effects. Fincher has a
wizardly ability to transform everyday environments into
Fear Central. Opening on a suburban Fourth of July
celebration, he turns sparklers and bottle rockets into
fuses hissing toward some dire detonation...more
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Release
Date:
March 2, 2007
EN 5 Second Review:
An incredible tale of hunting for a killer in the 1970's 
The
movie, directed by David Fincher, is not without value, if
it's largely without drama.