Zodiac is a 2007 American
mystery-
thriller film directed by
David Fincher(pictured) and based on
Robert Graysmith's non-fiction book
of the same name. The
Paramount Pictures and
Warner Bros. joint production stars
Jake Gyllenhaal,
Mark Ruffalo, and
Robert Downey, Jr.Zodiac tells the story of the hunt for a notorious
serial killer known as "
Zodiac" who killed in and around the
San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, leaving several victims in his wake and taunting police with letters and
ciphers mailed to newspapers. The case remains one of San Francisco's most infamous unsolved crimes. Fincher,
screenwriter James Vanderbilt, and producer Brad Fischer spent 18 months conducting their own investigation and research into the Zodiac murders. During filming, Fincher employed the digital
Thomson Viper Filmstream camera to shoot the film. Contrary to popular belief, Zodiac was not shot entirely digitally; traditional high-speed film cameras were used for slow-motion murder sequences. Reviews for the film were highly positive; however, it did not perform strongly at the North American
box office. It performed better in other parts of the world, earning $84 million, with a budget of $65 million spent on its production. (
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1992 –
Bosnian War: Unidentified gunmen killed two people while firing upon a large crowd of anti-war protesters in
Sarajevo, marking the start of the four-year-long Siege of Sarajevo.
The Battenberg Mausoleum is the memorial tomb of Prince
Alexander of Battenberg, the first ruler of modern Bulgaria. Located in the
Sofia city centre, the structure opened in 1897, four years after Alexander's death on April 5, 1893, in
Graz, Austria, where he was initially buried. However, in accordance with his wish, his remains were transferred to Sofia where he was given a
state funeral.
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