Robert Downey, Jr. as Paul Avery

PARAMOUNT PICTURES and WARNER BROS. PICTURES Present
A Phoenix Pictures Production:
Zodiac (2007)
OPENING DATE: Friday, March 2, 2007 (wide)
Running time: 160 minutes; Rating: MPAA - R for some strong killings, language, drug material, and brief sexual images
DIRECTOR: David Fincher
WRITER: James Vanderbilt (based upon the book by Robert Graysmith)
PRODUCERS: Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Bradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, and Ceán Chaffin
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Harris Savides, A.S.C.
EDITOR: Angus Wall
MUSIC: David Shire
DISTRIBUTORS: Paramount Pictures (domestic), Warner Bros. Pictures International

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

Gyllenhaal as Graysmith and Ruffalo Inspector Toschi

Based on the actual case files of one of the most intriguing unsolved crimes in U.S. history, Zodiac, is a thriller from director David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, Panic Room) and writer James Vanderbilt (Darkness Falls, The Rundown).  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 film also focuses on a quartet of characters.  There is shy editorial cartoonist Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his cynical colleague, the San Francisco Chronicle's star crime reporter, Paul Avery (Robert Downey, Jr.).  Next are Homicide Inspector Dave Toschi (Mark Ruffalo) and his partner Inspector William Armstrong (Anthony Edwards).   The case becomes an obsession for these four men as an endless trail of clues builds some careers and destroys others.

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