Zodiac (DVD, 2007, Widescreen)

Absolutely stunned by this very overlooked film of 2007. Highly recommended. We are currently offering the Original Alternative 4' x 6 ' Advance Poster on our eBay Store , and now fully understand all the interest. A true Masterpiece of suspense and noir, Zodiac is both thought-provoking and very relevant.

Well done! A refreshing larger budget take from the other films in the genre. Jake excels in his role. Worth the Watch now with the lower prices on the film!

This is a movie about a killer who terrorised San Francisco with random murders during the 1960s and 1970s and everyone was looking for him for almost two decades. This is taken from real events.
The movie is a masterpiece and even if it is 158 minutes you will enjoy every minute of it.
Surely a must buy movie because you are going to see it many times without getting bored.
Great casting, great plot and very good acting from Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr.

"Zodiac" is a terrific thriller! It reinvents one of the most overused subgenre in all of American Cinema, the serial-killer. It does so not through overly obvious technique or even radical story innovations; but through subtle adjustments in perspective. Shifting the focus from the serial killer's methods and moral impulses (the approach taken by "Saw", "Se7en", etc.) and toward the tools used by reporters and cops tracking the murderer.
This moves "Zodiac" evolves another familiar genre; Police Procedure. Yet Fincher and screenwriter James Vanderbilt show so much disregard for Cop Movie conventions that their film ends up having more in common with "All the President's Men" than "Dirty Harry" — (even though "Dirty Harry" was based on the real 'Zodiac' case.)
The "Zodiac" Case made national headlines, partly due to the elusiveness of the killer and partly thanks to his method of making himself famous. Starting in 1969, the "Zodiac" wrote letters to San Francisco newspapers detailing his crimes, which consisted of random murders of apparently unconnected victims. The newspaper coverage made him famous, and inspired one of the case's most persistent investigators: Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal), a San Francisco Chronicle cartoonist who became so obsessed with the case that he let it decimate his marriage while he followed leads for years. Graysmith's amateur sleuthing is just one thread of the story.
Fincher's drama follows not only the cartoonist but also crime reporter Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.), and Cops Dave Toschi (Mark Ruffalo) and William Armstrong (Anthony Edwards). All four of these characters' stories intersect at various points in the film; but they also inspire subplots of their own that accumulate to create a vivid tapestry of 1970's America. Like the best of Scorsese, "Zodiac" succeeds both as a sweeping pop epic and an intimate character study. Even peripheral characters, such as a man who escapes the "Zodiac's" clutches, or a creepy movie nut who may have a link to the killer, have fully realized personas — they're better defined than the leads in most movies. And the leads here are riveting.
The Ruffalo, Downey, and Gyllenhaal characters are all strong enough to carry their own films, but joining their stories allows Fincher to make one of the best movies ever made about the ambivalent relationship between Law Enforcement and the Press.
"Zodiac" concentrates primarily on Graysmith's investigation, moving back and forth between storylines with great ease and clarity. The elegant story construction and Fincher's visual flair keep it from ever becoming static.
The movie is aggressively realistic, abandoning the logical, interlocking structure of most murder mysteries for a plot in which clues contradict each other, fail to connect, and sometimes just get forgotten about in the chaos that is Police Work.
If there's a dominant emotion; it's frustration; characters continually get close to the "Zodiac" killer, only to see the case evaporate before their eyes. "Zodiac" therefore becomes a film about smart, competent men failing — a topic that would have been somewhat acceptable in a prior era; yet feels almost revolutionary in 2007 Hollywood. Fincher manages to convey that sensibility, while placing it in the context of a compelling and fast-paced piece of entertainment.
2007: Zodiac Case to date...."UNSOLVED"
SEE THIS !!!! Won't disappoint !!!!

What makes this movie special is that really, not much happens. ,yet it's insanely gripping, even if someone is explaining discovery or flipping through a file. Zodiac is a thoroughly engrossing, brilliantly directed and superbly acted thriller that is quite simply one of the best films of the year. Unmissable.

I was disappointed about receiving this dvd,
it was not in usual packaging, also it had alot of
foreign writing on it, I don't care for that,
it was in a flat package, nothing like you buy in stores,
and I do not recall them telling me this was the case
to purchase this movie, thanks.,,, Debby

Fincher is on top form: this is his best, most mature film yet. Overloading me with the minutiae of evidence (fingerprints, I.D. parades, witness statements), Zodiac becomes a cryptic, headache inducing puzzle-box (warning: bring aspirin). It's also wryly ironic, the period setting raising bigger questions about the information age as the cops are hampered by a lack of faxes, bad filing systems and no cell phones. Bolstered by superb performances, eye-catching digital camerawork and a terrifically confident sense of purpose, this is the closest cinema has ever come to the realities of the investigative process. Don't expect action; do expect a grown-up, provocative film that invites you to engage your brain. Compelling? Scarily so.

I am rating this 5/5

This is an excellent film.It keeps to the fact's from the actual case!
The entire film was fact based,and highly educational.If this is a course of study,a hobby,or just want a film to keep you on the edge of the seat-this one's for you!

Shot clearly,and makes you feel like your right there in it all!

You get stars like:Jake Gyllenhaal,Mark Ruffalo,Anthony Edwards,Chloe Sevigny

They all have stellar performances!

There are some good extras

Film is just around an hour 1/2,so there's not much time to become uninterested!

This one will keep you guessing,and even though you know that outcome you still keep hoping for an arrest!

Highly,Highly recommended!

A good story should have a begining and an end. This one doesn't. Maybe if you read the book, saw it at the movies or on a big screen TV it would be different. Those of us who watched it on a wide screen format on a 19" TV found after 2 hours and 37 minutes of developing an interesting story line and even more interesting characters the movie just ended with 3 pages of explaination in print so fine it could not be read. A joke that needs explaining is not a good joke. A story that requires a Google search to understand the ending is not a good story. I felt cheated of my time. The least they could have done was had one page with giant letters saying UNSOLVED. At least that would have been an ending.

This movie is a spectacular one. Paramount went so far as to use their old logo from the 60s in the opening segment. The acting was superb, and the simulated 60s-70s era was more realistic than any other film I've seen. Story was awesome also.

If you are looking for a movie that has a nice ending that ties up all the details then this is not for you. This movie shows the fear and anxiety that the Zodiac killer laid on a city. This movie is based on the actual case of the zodiac killer and true to store leaves the viewer without an ending. Even with this apparent lack of tieing up all the loose ends the movie works. Check out some of the extras on the dvd worth a look.

I wrote to eBay about my order of this dvd. I wrote to the seller per your recommendation never received a answer. Then eBay claimed I never had a order on file. I will think twice before using eBay.

This movie was a big disappointment. None of the characters were good other than Downey Jr. It seemed long and drawn out. I feel asleep the last part of the movie.kk

A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's book, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people.

This was a great movie well worth the money....Keeps you on the edgr of your seat......A must for your DVD colection....
{Mrs puman}

I like ding business with the seller because I recieved item in a timely matter and it was of a very good quality .

True story about the American "Jack the Ripper", except this one still might be alive!

If you are interested in serial killers from watching American Justice, then you will like this movie. What sets Zodiac apart is of course he has not been caught despite plenty of opportunities including surviving witnesses and taunting the police with letters and telephone messages.

The regular release is missing a documentary featurette and/or real interviews, but you can get that on DVD from Zodiac: The Director's Cut or A & E's show Cold Case Files.

A kind of long that was a bit confusing at times and hard to follow. It could maybe use a second watch but I'm not sure I will watch again, being that it was hard to follow and a long movie. Besdies being a bit confusing it still was an exciting movie with murder and suspicion and confusing...

This film features excellent performances by Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Paul Downey, Jr. and the beguiling Jake Gyllenhaal. The film is two and a half hours long, but the pacing is first-rate, the dialogue crisp and cogent, the few moments of violence appropriately graphic and unsettling.

There was another film made around the same time on the same topic. This one is far better.

The story attests most of all to the tenacity of one character who will not throw in the towel on this mystery fter everyone else has moved on.

It is based on a true and brutal story.

With this cast and director, I was expecting a good movie. It is even better than expected because of all the detail in the investigation. Who knows, after almost 40 years, with all the latest DNA, they still might solve this crime.