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Zodiac

year 2007decade 00sdirector David Finchergenre Crimegenre Thriller

157 minutes

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Cast

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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

Zodiac | The Rewatchables

host Bill Simmonshost Chris Ryanhost Sean Fennesseyproducer Craig Horlbeckproducer Chia Hao Tatproducer Eduardo Ocampoproducer Matt Pevic format Video on Spotify and Netflix
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The Craig Century Club

At 157 minutes, Zodiac is assessed as 57 minutes over Craig’s 100-minute ideal, though the panel would cut only about 15 minutes.

The panel proposes a new category here.

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:05:58Read transcript
  • The hosts explicitly introduce The Craig Century Club as a new category for 2026.
  • The award measures runtime against Craig Horlbeck’s 100-minute ideal.
  • Zodiac lands 57 minutes above that benchmark.
  • The panel believes roughly 15 minutes could be removed without imposing a 100-minute cut.

The Dennis Peck Relationship Test

Graysmith and Melanie’s marriage fails the proposed relationship test; the panel thinks the obsession would break it quickly.

The panel proposes a new category here.

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:34:21Read transcript
  • The panel explicitly proposes The Dennis Peck Relationship Test, named for Richard Gere’s Internal Affairs character.
  • The test asks whether the featured relationship would survive.
  • Graysmith’s fixation is judged likely to destroy the relationship.

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