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Zodiac Killer: Film Portrayal
12017-11-05T17:29:54-08:00Sarah Navina253ed662ff0d8bc7e6ae7a2f49da7ed5a29250c256595plain2017-12-13T12:34:39-08:00Sarah Navina253ed662ff0d8bc7e6ae7a2f49da7ed5a29250cZodiac (2007) Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller Rating: R strong killings, language, drug material and sexual images Writer: James Vanderbild and Robert Graysmith Director: David Fincher Box office: $33,080,084 Similarities:
Killer wrote letters to a reporter about his killings
Gave details of the murders in his letters
Police working with reporter
Location set in San Francisco
No DNA, prints, no way to trace him
Killed in different cities
Different methods of killing (knife and gun)
Killer follows the news
Never caught
Differences:
Not in same time period
This killer takes polaroid’s of victims
Religious aspect to killings
Kills reporter
See the actor who plays the killer
Sources San Franpsycho. Directed by Eduardo Quiroz and Jose Quiroz, Pumpkin Patch, 2006. Zodiac. Directed by David Fincher, performances by Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Paramount Pictures, 2007. International Movie Database Contributers. “Zodiac”. IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443706/?ref_=nv_sr_1. Accessed 20 Nov. 2017. International Movie Database Contributers. “San Franpsycho”. IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0809941/?ref_=rvi_tt . Accessed 20 Nov. 2017.
