Zodiac (2007) — Screenplay
A San Francisco cartoonist and a reporter risk their careers and sanity to unmask the Zodiac Killer, a cipher-taunting serial murderer who eludes them for decades.
- Written by
- James Vanderbilt, Robert Graysmith
- Genre
- Drama, History, Crime, Mystery
- Length
- 207 pages
This screenplay offers a masterclass in building obsession through structure—the investigation's slow burn mirrors the characters' descent into fixation. Vanderbilt's dialogue captures the era's paranoid professionalism, while the shifting POV across four investigators keeps the procedural fresh, making it a sharp study in managing a sprawling true-crime narrative.
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