Zodiac

Resource Information

The work Zodiac represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Santa Clara County Library District. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Zodiac

Statement of responsibility

Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures present a Phoenix Pictures production ; a David Fincher film ; produced by Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Bradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, Ceán Chaffin ; screenplay by James Vanderbilt ; directed by David Fincher

Contributor

• Chaffin, Ceán
• Fincher, David
• Vanderbilt, James
• Fischer, Bradley J
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Lynch, John Carroll, 1963-
• Cox, Brian, 1946-
• Graysmith, Robert
• Koteas, Elias, 1961-
• Phoenix Pictures
• Paramount Pictures Corporation
• Mulroney, Dermot
• Gyllenhaal, Jake, 1980-
• Edwards, Anthony, 1962-
• Medavoy, Mike
• Logue, Donal, 1966-
• Ruffalo, Mark
• Messer, Arnold W
• Downey, Robert, Jr., 1965-

Actor

• Lynch, John Carroll, 1963-
• Cox, Brian, 1946-
• Koteas, Elias, 1961-
• Mulroney, Dermot
• Gyllenhaal, Jake, 1980-
• Edwards, Anthony, 1962-
• Logue, Donal, 1966-
• Ruffalo, Mark
• Downey, Robert, Jr., 1965-

Screenwriter

• Vanderbilt, James

Director

• Fincher, David

Producer

• Chaffin, Ceán
• Vanderbilt, James
• Fischer, Bradley J
• Medavoy, Mike
• Messer, Arnold W

Subject

• California -- San Francisco
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Detectives -- California | San Francisco -- Drama
• California -- San Francisco Bay Area
• Detectives
• Drama
• Historical films
• Criminal behavior
• Serial murder investigation -- California | San Francisco Bay Area -- Drama
• Graysmith, Robert -- Drama
• Graysmith, Robert
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Fiction films
• Starr, Robert Hall
• San Francisco (Calif.) -- Drama
• Feature films
• Criminal behavior -- California | San Francisco -- Drama
• Serial murderers
• Film adaptations
• Historical films
• Fiction films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Film adaptations
• Feature films
• Editorial cartoonists
• Serial murderers -- California | San Francisco -- Drama
• Starr, Robert Hall -- Drama
• Serial murder investigation
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Editorial cartoonists -- California | San Francisco -- Drama

Genre

• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Drama
• Fiction films
• Historical films

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Robert Graysmith is a socially awkward newspaper cartoonist. He becomes obsessed with the Zodiac, a serial killer whom was murdering people in the San Francisco area. The publicity-hungry Zodiac starts writing cryptic letters to the papers regarding the unsolved murders. He latches onto columnist Paul Avery who has the crime beat and gets overly involved with the investigation. Lead investigator, David Toschi and his partner, William Armstrong, have their hands full with the investigation and the intense interest that the story is generating. Based on actual events that occurred in the 1960s and 1970s

Member of

• Zodiac (Motion picture : 2007)

Cataloging source

SDE

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Harris Savides ; editor, Angus Wall ; music, David Shire ; production designer, Donald Graham Burt ; based on the book by Robert Graysmith

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for some strong killings, language, drug material and brief sexual images

Language note

In English with English, English SDH, French or Spanish subtitles

PerformerNote

Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey, Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, Dermot Mulroney

Runtime

162

Technique

live action