Zodiac: Book vs. Movie
David Fincher's Zodiac (2007) draws on Robert Graysmith's books Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Graysmith, a newspaper cartoonist drawn into the long search for the killer who sends coded messages to the press.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Robert Graysmith
- Year
- 1986
- Pages
- 512Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 10 hr 40 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki
When a killer calling himself Zodiac sends letters and coded messages to Bay Area newspapers, cartoonist Robert Graysmith begins collecting clues. His account brings together attacks, correspondence, witness reports, and possible suspects in an effort to make sense of the case. The book follows his search for an identity that continues to elude investigators.
- Director
- David Fincher
- Writer
- James Vanderbilt
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 2 hr 38 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards
- Genre
- crime thriller, docudrama, Drama, Mystery, police procedural
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Letters from a killer arrive at the San Francisco Chronicle, drawing reporter Paul Avery and cartoonist Robert Graysmith into a case already troubling police inspector Dave Toschi. Graysmith's interest in the ciphers develops into a private investigation that persists as leads stall. The search stretches across years, consuming time and relationships without delivering the certainty its pursuers need.
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