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The Rewatchables · January 26, 2026

Zodiac

host Bill Simmons host Chris Ryan host Sean Fennessey producer Craig Horlbeck format Video on Spotify and Netflix

Needle drop: Hurdy Gurdy Man leads a field including Inner City Blues and Bernadette.
Sequel or remake: Mindhunter as the prestige-TV version

All 36 categories

Who won the movie David Fincher
Roger Ebert
Just one Oscar David Fincher
Dion Waiters Award Clea DuVall

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · 2:01:50

Zodiac as the greatest American crime film

A modern Zodiac case would be flattened into partisan internet discourse.

Sean Fennessey: Zodiac is proposed as the greatest American crime film.

The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 2:40:42

“It’s not finished until you type it up”

Bill Simmons: “It’s not finished until you type it up” is offered as a life lesson and compared with the idea that movies are abandoned rather than finished.

The film

Zodiac (2007)

Directed by David Fincher · Crime

157 minutes

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Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Jake Gyllenhaal Robert Graysmith

Mark Ruffalo Inspector Dave Toschi

Robert Downey Jr. Paul Avery

Anthony Edwards Inspector Bill Armstrong

Brian Cox Melvin Belli

Charles Fleischer Bob Vaughn

Zach Grenier Mel Nicolai

Philip Baker Hall Sherwood Morrill

Elias Koteas Sergeant Jack Mulanax

James LeGros Detective George Bawart

Donal Logue Captain Ken Narlow

John Carroll Lynch Arthur Leigh Allen

Dermot Mulroney Captain Marty Lee

Chloë Sevigny Melanie Graysmith

John Terry Charles Thieriot

June Diane Raphael Carol Toschi

Ciara Moriarty Darlene Ferrin

Adam Goldberg Duffy Jennings

Tom Verica Jim Dunbar

Lee Norris Mike Mageau

Jimmi Simpson Older Mike Mageau

Joel Bissonnette Inspector Kracke

John Getz Templeton Peck

John Mahon Captain Gillette

Matt Winston John Allen

Jules Bruff Catherine Allen

John Ennis Terry Pascoe

Patrick Scott Lewis Bryan Hartnell

Pell James Cecelia Shepard

Clea DuVall Linda del Buono

Zachary Sauers Aaron Graysmith

Micah Sauers David Graysmith

Candy Clark Carol Fisher

Paul Schulze Sandy Panzarella

John Hemphill Donald Cheney

Ed Setrakian Al Hyman

The titular serial killer is portrayed by different actors in different scenes: Richmond Arquette Zodiac 1 / Zodiac 2

Bob Stephenson Zodiac 3

John Lacy Zodiac 4

Everything from the episode

In the order the hosts got to it. Open a row for the discussion.

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