Factual error: In a couple of scenes, most notably the one where Graysmith drives his kid to school, there are newer cars in the background than the year it is supposed to be. In this scene the car is a 1971 Chrysler, when the scene takes place in 1969.
Zodiac (2007)
1 factual error
Directed by: David Fincher
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Brian Cox, Anthony Edwards
Continuity mistake: In the shot where Robert Graysmith goes to see Paul Avery on his boat, the pong game on the T.V. in the background goes from 15:9 to 14:9 back to 15:9 between shots.
Robert Graysmith: Paul, are you okay?
Paul Avery: No... but thanks for asking.
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Question: Are this film's Zodiac killer and the Scorpio Killer in "Dirty Harry" based on the same person?
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Chosen answer: Scorpio is loosely based on the Zodiac killer, yes. However, "Zodiac" is made to portray the hunt for the real-life Zodiac killer (as accurately as possible), with only a few ficticious elements thrown in for the sake of story-telling, while "Dirty Harry" is pure fiction.
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