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Zodiac
Directed by David Fincher and written by James Vanderbilt, Zodiac (2007) is a meticulous procedural thriller based on Robert Graysmith's nonfiction books about the Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police and newspapers with cryptic letters and ciphers. The film follows three figures consumed by the case: cartoonist-turned-obsessive amateur detective Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal), crime reporter Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.), and homicide inspector David Toschi (Mark Ruffalo).
Fincher, his writers, and producer Bradley Fischer spent 18 months conducting their own investigation before production began. Though the real events took place across the Bay Area, only a portion of the film was shot on location in San Francisco; many scenes were reconstructed in Los Angeles and its suburbs.
Location(s)
Zodiac was filmed across multiple California locations including San Francisco, Long Beach, Napa, Santa Clarita, and South Gate, as well as at studio facilities in Los Angeles.
San Francisco Chronicle, 901 Mission Street, San Francisco
The San Francisco Chronicle building — the beating heart of the film's newspaper investigation — appears in several exterior scenes. The interiors of the newsroom were recreated at studio facilities at 900 North Alameda Street in Los Angeles. Map Location
San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco
Several scenes were filmed in front of San Francisco City Hall, its imposing Beaux-Arts dome serving as shorthand for institutional power and civic authority throughout the investigation. Map Location
Washington Street and Cherry Street, San Francisco
The corner of Washington and Cherry Streets in San Francisco was used for daytime filming of the scene depicting the Zodiac's murder of taxi driver Paul Stine in October 1969 — a crime witnessed by children across the street. The nighttime version of this scene was recreated almost entirely on a set with greenscreen. Map Location
3930–3964 Gundry Avenue, Long Beach, California
The film's opening sequence — a tracking shot through a Long Beach neighborhood leading to the house of murder victim Mike Mageau — was filmed on Gundry Avenue. The diner nearby is at 4390 Atlantic Avenue. Map Location
Knoxville Road, Lake Berryessa, Napa County, California
The Lake Berryessa attack sequence was filmed on location at Knoxville Road near the lake in Napa County, recreating the site of the September 1969 attack on Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepard. Map Location
Director
David Fincher
Cast
Jake Gyllenhaal
Mark Ruffalo
Robert Downey Jr.
Anthony Edwards
Chloë Sevigny
Brian Cox
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