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  • Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Elias Koteas, John Carroll Lynch, Dermot Mulroney, Donal Logue
  • Directors: David Fincher
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 24 Sep 2007
  • Run Time: 151 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000TQLI92
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,597 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Watching Zodiac with Se7en and Fight Club in mind might disappoint those expecting a typical David Fincher movie, but his exploration of a serial killer’s reign across 70s San Francisco is highly rewarding, provided you’re willing to put in the (2 and a half) hours. The Zodiac killer submitted citizens of California to everything from fear to mild bemusement for the better part of a decade with his media-baiting ciphers and acts of terrible violence. Meanwhile reporters, police and an obsessed cartoonist named Robert Graysmith spent those years trying and ultimately failing to put a face to the name. Fincher’s own fascination with the case really comes across here, and while he doesn’t shrink from the horror of the murders, this is his most traditional, but most accomplished feat of storytelling to date.

The pin sharp dialogue and perfectly paced story is accompanied by a first rate cast – most notably Robert Downey Jnr’s hack Paul Avery and Mark Ruffalo’s dogged homicide detective David Toschi. The story veers away swiftly from standard serial killer fare to intense procedural, focussing on the obsession of the men trying to stop Zodiac. And the real accomplishment here is that audiences will feel their regret, because to this day, the killer has never been caught. Despite this and the intimidating running time, those with the patience will be rewarded with one of the best crime thrillers in years. -–Luke Mawson

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David Fincher's (FIGHT CLUB, SE7EN) adaptation of the Robert Graysmith book masterfully transports viewers to the Bay Area in the 1960s and '70s by drawing on actual case files from the notoriously unsolved Zodiac killer mystery. As a murderer with seemingly random targets starts sending terrifying threats and cryptic codes to police and publishers all around San Francisco, fear and paranoia descend on the city. Through slow pacing, Fincher creates an effectively chilling atmosphere in which he spins a thick web of character-driven plotlines. Early scenes depicting the Zodiac's first-known murders vividly capture the victim's fear and agony and will leave viewers haunted. When the Zodiac’s ciphers arrive at the San Francisco Chronicle, they spark the interest of Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal), a young cartoonist with a penchant for puzzles. As the former Boy Scout earnestly tries to decode the messages, eccentric reporter Paul Avery approaches the case from a career-boosting angle. Meanwhile, a string of investigators from four jurisdictions carry on a complex and unsatisfying search for the elusive killer. Inspectors Dave Toschi (Mark Ruffalo) and Bill Armstrong (Anthony Edwards) at times collide with Avery and Graysmith, whose interest in the case extends long after most have given up. Even at two-and-a-half hours in length, this dense murder mystery should manage to keep its audience riveted throughout. Paired with stellar performances from Ruffalo, Downey, Gyllenhaal, and countless others, a clever script produces well-developed characters, and the film's art direction, music, and costumes all combine to create an authentic sense of time and place. The sombre tone of the atmospheric thriller gives the film a documentary-like aesthetic at times, lending weight to the story’s facts while never relying on cheap tricks. Unlike murder mysteries such as THE BLACK DAHLIA, ZODIAC invites viewers to develop theories of their own, allowing them to come to their own conclusions.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A really interesting film!, 5 Feb 2008
I really enjoyed Zodiac. Although it does last for 2.5 hours, I honestly never felt bored, I was genuinely interested in the subject of the film. It can get slightly confusing at times as lots of new characters are brought in throughout, so it does require a lot of concentration on the viewers part.....anyone looking for a fast paced, gruesome thriller that doesn't tax the brain too much would probably switch this off after the first hour!

Jake Gyllenhaal and Anthony Edwards are great in this film, in fact the whole film is very well acted.....and the murder scenes had a very `real' feel about them without being overly gruesome, but at the same time I was quite disturbed by them. All in all I would definitely recommend Zodiac, if you're willing to concentrate for the 2.5 hours you won't be disappointed, it's a gripping true crime story.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars 'I am waiting for a good movie about me' - well wait no more, 1 Jan 2008
By William Rycroft "blogs @ Just William's Luck" (Hertfordshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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David Fincher is an exciting director, no doubt, but for every Fight Club, there's a Panic Room, for every Se7en an Alien3. His films seem to alternate in quality and by my reckoning that meant I was in for a treat with Zodiac. And I was right.

I don't think it is spoiling anything to mention that this film is based on a series of murders which took place around San Francisco in the 60's and 70's and that remain unsolved. But just as James Ellroy's book The Black Dahlia was a compelling story not only of what might have happened but of what effect crimes like these can have on those who try to solve them, this film is a brilliant depiction of terror, detection and obsession.

The opening section of the film is actually the weakest, feeling like your average serial killer movie, and due to the extended timeline of the film and the fragmented nature of the action we have a lot of captions telling us '4 days later', '2 weeks later' etc. But as The Zodiac's taunting letters begin to arrive and we see the detail of investigation from both the police and press the tension really begins to build. Having mentioned his intention to attack a children's school bus the resulting panic will be eerily familiar to those who have felt the pressure of living in a city on terror alert.

The casting is excellent, Jake Gyllenhall gives another outstanding performance and particularly in the latter stages of the film, as he tries valiantly to piece together all of the disparate lines of inquiry, he shows how the victims of this killer were not limited to those he attacked. Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr are both excellent as well but Fincher has also assembled an amazing supporting cast throughout, there isn't a single weak link. Having grown up in the area at the time of the killings Fincher brings a very personal touch to the material. The period is beautifully observed, the dialogue spot on and he shows great confidence in allowing the story to unfold slowly over two and a half hours. In one of his letters to the press The Zodiac said 'I am waiting for a good movie about me'. With this film Fincher has provided it but correctly focused on the victims rather than glorifying the killer.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Slow but steady, 7 Nov 2007
Zodiac is a good, solid film, but the thing that was strikingly obvious to me was that the second half (when Jake Gyllenhaal really gets going) was a lot better than the first. There could have - should have - been a lot more snipping in the editing room. The performances from the stirling cast are all note-perfect, no doubt about that. But the story feels unbalanced. It's not unusual, by any means, for this kind of film to be drawn-out and a little verbose, but I still think it's over-long. And in the style of these procedural-type dramas there's an awful lot of fast-fire dialogue that you struggle to catch (or maybe that's just me being cloth-eared).

It's a slow burner, that's for sure. But it's also well-shot, well-crafted, with the visual flair you'd expect from Fincher and a decent helping of the usual short, sharp shocks. Well worth a look.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and tense
This is one of America's most infamous crimes which was never fully resolved ,directed by David Fincher ( Seven )tells the story of a reported whose obsession with the case made... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars A film of two halves
I found the first part of this film interesting enough but when Robert Graysmith, played by Jake Gyllenhaal begins his own investigation, it felt to me like a different film and... Read more
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Bit of a strange one this - it's quite an old fashioned tale, it not only feels as is it's set in the 70's, it feels as if it was made then as well. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
I have run out of superlatives to describe "Zodiac", its simply 'AWESOME', this film simply blew me away. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars a classic
excellent film closely based on the book, albeit with less detail. in my top 20 films of all time.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Obsessed Cartoonist
"Zodiac" is a moderately interesting but overly long film about a serail killers reign of fear in the San Francisco area in the late Sixties/early Seventies. Read more
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I waited - and waited (a long time - 2hours 30 mins)for this film to kick off - and then the credits rolled!

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