Context:
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.
 Mike
 surviv
ed
 
while
 Dar
lene
 die
d
 from
 her
 injur
ies
.
 A
 letter
 
written
 by
 the
 Z
odiac
 arrive
d
 at
 the
 San
 Francisco
 

Chronicle
 on
 August
 1,
 1969
.
 Paul
 A
very
 (
Robert
 Down
e
y
 Jr
.
 is
 the
 top
 crime
 beat
 reporter
 
covering
 the
 Z
odiac
 
murder
s

 for
 the
 San
 Francisco
 
Chronicle
.
 Robert
 Gray
smith
 (
Jak
e
 Gy
llen
haal
)
 is
 
a
 
political
 
cartoon
ist
 for
 the
 same
 
newspaper

 who
 receive
s
 
encrypt
ed
 
letters
 that
 the
 
killer
 send
s
 to
 the
 police
 and
 se
veral
 
newspaper
s
,
 ta
unting
 them
.
 The
 Z
odiac
 

killer
 stab
s
 
Bryan
 Hart
nell
 and
 Cec
elia
 She
pard
 at
 Lake
 Berry
essa
 in
 Napa
 County
.
 
Soon
 after
wards
,
 cab
 driver
 Paul
 S
tine

 is
 shot
 and
 
killed
 by
 the
 
killer
 in
 Pres
idio
 
Heights
.
 San
 Francisco
 police
 det
ectives
 Dave
 To
schi
 (
Mark
 R
uffalo
)
 and

 his
 partner
 Bill
 
Armstrong
 (
Anthony
 
Edwards
)
 are
 as
signed
 to
 the
 case
,
 li
ais
ing
 with
 det
ectives
 Jack
 Mula
na
x
 (
El
ias
 Ko

te
as
)
 in
 Valle
jo
,
 Ken
 Nar
low
 (
Don
al
 L
ogue
)
 in
 Napa
 and
 others
.
 The
 
killer
,
 or
 
someone
 pos
ing
 as
 him
,
 continue
s
 to
 toy

 with
 
authorities
 by
 
speaking
 on
 the
 phone
 with
 
celebrity
 
lawyer
 M
elvin
 Bell
i
 (
Brian
 Co
x
)
 
when
 he
 
makes
 an
 
appearance
 on

 
a
 television
 talk
 show
.
 In
 1971
,
 To
schi
,
 
Armstrong
 and
 Mula
na
x
 question
 Arthur
 Le
igh
 Allen
 (
John
 C
arroll
 Lyn
ch
),
 
a

 potential
 
suspect
 in
 the
 case
.
 
However
,
 
a
 hand
writing
 expert
 
says
 that
 Allen
 did
 not
 write
 the
 Z
odiac
 
letters
.
 Over
 the

 course
 of
 the
 
decade
,
 
Armstrong
 quit
s
 the
 hom
icide
 division
,
 To
schi
 is
 demo
ted
 for
 
suppos
edly
 for
ging
 
a
 Z
odiac
 letter

 and
 Gray
smith
 continue
s
 his
 own
 in
-
depth
 
investigation
,
 interview
ing
 wit
nesses
 and
 police
 det
ectives
 
involved
 in
 the

 case
.
 Due
 to
 his
 ob
session
 for
 the
 case
 he
 los
es
 his
 job
,
 and
 his
 
wife
 
leave
s
 him
,
 
taking
 
their
 children
 with
 her
.
 In

 1983
,
 Gray
smith
 find
s
 Allen
 at
 
a
 Valle
jo
 hardware
 store
 but
 
does
 not
 confront
 him
.
 In
 1991
,
 Mag
eau
 identifie
s
 Allen

 from
 
a
 police
 mug
shot
.
 Government
 and
 in
 de
fence
 of
 the
 
rights
 of
 
freedom
 of
 
speech
,
 
freedom
.
 He
 
added
 that
 he
 
would
 re

-
consider
 his
 decision
 if
 the
 Government
.
 In
 
a
 communi
que
 issue
d

Input:
dy
 Man
"
 by
 Don
ovan
.
 The
 depi
ction
 of
 the
 mask
ed
 Z
odiac
'
s
 sta
bbing
s
 of
 
another
 couple
 pic
nick
ing
 
along
side
 Napa
 County
'
s

 Lake
 Berry
essa
 is
 
equal
ly
 effective
,
 with
 the
 
lone
 sound
 of
 
a
 
nearby
 wood
p
ecker
 minimalist
ically
 ra
tchet
ing
 up
 the

 tension
.
 Final
ly
,
 
a
 scene
 in
 
which
 
a
 mother
 (
I
one
 Sky
e
)
 
n
arrow
ly
 
escape
s
 with
 her
 baby
 from
 the
 c
lutch
es
 of
 
a
 man
 who
 

might
 or
 
might
 not
 be
 the
 Z
odiac
 is
 
s
hiver
-
in
ducing
.
 Other
 than
 
these
 flee
ting
 
steps
 into
 horror
 
territory
,
 "
Z
odiac
"
 is
 

very
 much
 an
 
exposition
al
 drama
 that
 
journey
s
 in
-
depth
 into
 an
 
investigation
 that
 
drags
 on
 for
 over
 
a
 
decade
 before
 

threat
ening
 to
 go
 cold
 for
 good
.
 First
 and
 for
emos
t
 an
 
actors
'
 film
,
 the
 
ensemble
 cast
 is
 uniform
ly
 super
l
ative
.
 Jak
e
 Gy

llen
haal
'
s
 (2005
'
s
 "
B
roke
back
 Mountain
")
 rock
-
solid
 por
tray
al
 of
 Robert
 Gray
smith
 is
 the
 one
 the
 
viewer
 la
t
ches
 onto
 the

 most
,
 as
 his
 career
 and
 home
 life
 with
 
wife
 M
elanie
 (
C
hlo
ë
 Sev
igny
)
 and
 three
 children
 suff
er
 at
 the
 
expens
e
 of
 
a
 fix

ation
 over
 the
 Z
odiac
 case
.
 Gray
smith
 eventu
ally
 
went
 on
 to
 pen
 two
 
successful
 books
 on
 the
 subject
,
 but
 his
 personal

 story
 is
 
a
 sad
 one
 that
 
shows
 what
 he
 had
 to
,
 at
 
least
 tempor
arily
,
 sacrific
e
.
 Mark
 R
uffalo
 (2006
'
s
 "
All
 the
 King
'
s
 Men

")
 is
 quiet
ly
 
com
pelling
 in
 the
 role
 of
 police
 de
tective
 David
 To
schi
,
 the
 toll
 the
 case
 
takes
 on
 him
 stay
ing
 
a
 large
ly

 interior
 one
.
 And
 as
 self
-
de
structive
 reporter
 Paul
 A
very
,
 Robert
 Down
e
y
 Jr
.
 (2006
'
s
 "
A
 
Scanner
 Dark
ly
")
 mesm
er
izing
ly
 

layers
 his
 role
 with
 
a
 bu
oyant
 personalit
y
 mask
ing
 the
 
emotional
 w
ounds
 and
 feeling
s
 of
 
regret
 under
ne
ath
.
 F
urther

 mention
 should
 go
 to
 John
 C
arroll
 Lyn
ch
 (2004
'
s
 "
Catch
 That
 Kid
"),

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