There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer.
The story follows the manhunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police with letters, bloodstained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers.
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Character
Earnest, meticulous, grave and bleak.
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
Who loves it, who doesn't
38 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Jake GyllenhaalRobert Graysmith
- Mark RuffaloDavid Toschi
- Anthony EdwardsWilliam Armstrong
- Robert Downey Jr.Paul Avery
- Chloë SevignyMelanie
- Elias KoteasJack Mulanax
- John Carroll LynchArthur Leigh Allen
- Brian CoxMelvin Belli
- Dermot MulroneyMartin Lee
- Charles FleischerBob Vaughn
Crew
- David FincherDirector
- James VanderbiltScreenplay
- Harris SavidesDirector of Photography
- David ShireOriginal Music Composer
- Angus WallEditor
- James VanderbiltProducer
- Bradley J. FischerProducer
- Arnold MesserProducer
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Pairings
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Under the Banner of Heaven 202278% alikeSeries · Both earnest, grave.- Illmatic 199470% alikeAlbum · Both earnest, grave, meticulous.
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