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  Name Zodiac
  Imdb Id 0443706
  Writer Robert Graysmith<br><small>(book)</small><br>James Vanderbilt<br><small>(screenplay)</small>
  Starring Jake Gyllenhaal <br> Mark Ruffalo <br> Robert Downey Jr
  Director David Fincher
  Cinematography Harris Savides
  Distributor Paramount Pictures & Warner Bros
  Released November 10 2006 ( USA )
  Runtime 180 min (projected)
  Language English
  Budget $85,000,000
  Awards


''Zodiac'' is an upcoming 2006 Film directed by David Fincher . It is based on the Robert Graysmith books about the Zodiac Killer .


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 officially 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.


CAST

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FILMING METHOD

David Fincher decided to use the digital Thomson Viper to shoot the entire film. ''Zodiac'', along with Michael Mann 's upcoming '' Miami Vice '', are the first North American films to be shot exclusively on the ''Thomson Viper''.

Gary Oldman was originally cast as Melvin Belli .


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