Zodiac, 2007
Note: this is Zodiac, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey, Jr., and Mark Ruffalo — not the half-dozen or more films about the Zodiac serial killer. Zodiac is a great movie. It combines two of my favorite things: journalism and true crime. Here’s an IMDB synopsis:
Robert Graysmith is a cartoonist who works for the San Francisco Chronicle. His quirky ways irritate Paul Avery, a reporter whose drinking gets in the way of doing his job. The two become friends thanks to a shared interest: the Zodiac killer. Graysmith steadily becomes obsessed with the case, as Avery’s life spirals into drunken oblivion. Graysmith’s amateur sleuthing puts him onto the path of David Toschi, a police inspector who has thus far failed to catch his man; Sherwood Morrill, a handwriting expert; Linda del Buono, a convict who knew one of the Zodiac’s victims; and others. Graysmith’s job, his wife and his children all become unimportant next to the one thing that really matters: catching the Zodiac.
IMDB
This film is based on Robert Graysmith’s 1986 book of the same name. The still-unidentified Zodiac was confirmed to have killed five people, injured two, with possibly 20–28 total victims. We may never know who be was. The mystery and the action in the newsroom make it a great movie.
I’ll be back tomorrow with something I haven’t decided on yet. Have a good Sunday.
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