Zodiac [Blu-ray]

Zodiac [Blu-ray]
by David Fincher

Zodiac [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr.
Director: David Fincher
Brand: GYLLENHAAL,JAKE
Writer: James Vanderbilt
Writer: Robert Graysmith
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 157 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-01-27
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount

Movie Reviews of Zodiac [Blu-ray]

Movie Review: Review of the blu ray 2 disc edition
Summary: 5 Stars

Wow. The blu ray presentation of ZODIAC is absolutely spectacular and everything that was great about this film is exemplified 100% as blu ray is used to its fullest effect. This film has always been a 5 star outing for me. It takes a new approach to true crime and instead follows the lengthy journey of police and reporters as they follow the leads and try to find the mysterious Zodiac killer. The ensemble cast is exemplary with all doing some of their best work. Some of the killings are shown and they are done without over the top gore. Instead they are realistically shot which instills an even greater fear into the viewer. When the killer approaches a couple and the woman exclaims "He has a gun !!" my insides quiver as if it was happening to me.

The film manages to follow the history of the Zodiac's killings while being a police procedural and investigative piece all at the same time. The viewer feels how each characters life is involved with and changed by this case. There is trepidation, suspense and great drama with a superb script and amazing directing.

Now, back to the blu ray version of this film. This is a brand new release and I needed an update on my blu ray player to view it. Very easy to do. And the 1080 high def pic is striking. The visual clarity is amazing and darks, brights, etc. are all excellent. Day and night scenes are both just as vibrant. And the 5.1 Dolby TrueHD audio is amazing. This seems to be a film basically dialogue driven but all 5 speakers are put to amazing use here. The dialogue is totally crisp and this film also possesses an amazing score of 70s music. It comes from all the speakers as does city background noise. All 5 speakers are continuously in use. It is as if viewing the film for the 1st time and I was in awe. This audion track makes the film a new experience.

And for me this 2 disc Director's cut is the first blu ray to take advantage and provide exemplary special features. There is an extensive commentary with the film and disc 2 contains a documentary on the making of the film, an in depth look at the prime suspect thru real participants in the search and most importantly an almost 2 hour feature length documentary THIS IS THE ZODIAC SPEAKING which chronicles every aspect of the investigation including in depth interviews with even surviving victims. All the special features are presented in HD and are worth the price of this set in themselves.

This film is a quality piece of work and this 2 disc Directors Cut blu ray shows blu ray at its best and is a must. I highly recommend it.

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Summary of Zodiac [Blu-ray]

Based on the true story of the notorious serial killer and the intense manhunt he inspired, Zodiac is a superbly crafted thriller form the director of Se7en and Panic Room. Featuring an outstanding ensemble cast led by Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo and Chloë Sevigny, Zodiac is a searing and singularly haunting examination of twin obsessions: one man's desire to kill and another's quest for the truth.

Closer in spirit to a police procedural than a gory serial-killer flick, David Fincher's Zodiac provides a sleek, armrest-gripping re-invention of the crime film. It surveys the investigation of the Zodiac killings that terrorized the San Francisco Bay area in the late -60-early -70s; Zodiac not only killed people, but cultivated a Jack the Ripper aura by sending icky letters to the newspapers and daring readers to solve coded messages. But the film's focus isn't on the killer. We follow the reporters and detectives whose lives are taken over by the case, notably an addictive crime writer (a sartorially splendid Robert Downey Jr.), an awkward editorial cartoonist (Jake Gyllenhaal), and a hard-working cop (Mark Ruffalo). Fincher and his brilliant cinematographer Harris Savides are deft at capturing the period feel of the city, without laying on the seventies kitsch, and James Vanderbilt's script doles out its big moments to major and minor characters alike. Fincher's confidence is infectious; the movie glides through its myriad details with such dexterity that even the blind alleys and red herrings seem essential. The well-chosen cast includes unexpected people popping up all over: Anthony Edwards as a lunch-bucket homicide cop; Charles Fleischer as a mysterious suspect; Elias Koteas and Donal Logue as small-town policemen whose districts are hit by Zodiac; Chloe Sevigny as Gyllenhaal's sweet-natured wife; Brian Cox as the media-friendly lawyer Melvin Belli, so famous he once appeared on Star Trek; and the mighty John Carroll Lynch, as a supremely creepy suspect. The film is based on non-fiction books by Robert Graysmith (he's portrayed by Gyllenhaal), although Fincher and co. did extensive research on their own. The result is a propulsive whodunit without (thus far) an ending, but the uncertainty makes the film even more intriguing. --Robert Horton

Beyond Zodiac

The Zodiac (2005)
Curse of the Zodiac (2007)
The Novel

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