Learning Beyond the Classics
Directed by David Fincher
With Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr.
Rated R, 156 minutes, DCP
Fact-based film about a relentless serial killer stalking the streets of the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and 1970s, leaving citizens locked into a constant state of panic and baffled authorities scrambling for clues. As two detectives (Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards) and reporters (Jake Gyllenhall, Robert Downey Jr.) remain steadfast in their devotion to bringing the elusive killer to justice, they soon find that the serial killer has control not only over their careers, but their very lives as well, in no small part to repeated and cryptic ciphers and menacing phone calls.
Directed by David Fincher
With Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr.
Rated R, 156 minutes, DCP
Fact-based film about a relentless serial killer stalking the streets of the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and 1970s, leaving citizens locked into a constant state of panic and baffled authorities scrambling for clues. As two detectives (Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards) and reporters (Jake Gyllenhall, Robert Downey Jr.) remain steadfast in their devotion to bringing the elusive killer to justice, they soon find that the serial killer has control not only over their careers, but their very lives as well, in no small part to repeated and cryptic ciphers and menacing phone calls.
Co-presented by The David A. Heskin and Marilou Brill Endowment for Excellence, Notre Dame Department of Film, Television, and Theatre.
Event Dates
Thursday, October 10, 2024 - 6:30 PM
