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Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Envy. Wrath. Pride. Lust.
( Crime / Mystery / Thriller )


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US Runtime: 127 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Sep 22, 1995   [USA]
 
Director: David Fincher   [Director]
 
Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker   [Writer]
 
Producers: Stephen Joel Brown   [Co-Producer]
Phyllis Carlyle   [Producer]
Nana Greenwald   [Co-Producer]
Lynn Harris   [Co-Executive Producer]
Dan Kolsrud   [Executive Producer]
Anne Kopelson   [Executive Producer]
Arnold Kopelson   [Producer]
Gianni Nunnari   [Executive Producer]
Sanford Panitch   [Co-Producer]
Michele Platt   [Associate Producer]
Richard Saperstein   [Co-Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: Darius Khondji   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Richard Francis-Bruce   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Howard Shore   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Arthur Max   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Michael Kaplan   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Kerry Barden   [Casting]
Suzanne Smith Crowley   [Casting]
Billy Hopkins   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Arnold Kopelson Productions   (US)
Juno Pix   (US)
New Line Cinema   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Morgan Freeman
Somerset
Brad Pitt
Mills
Gwyneth Paltrow
Tracy
John Cassini
Officer Davis
Peter Crombie
Dr. O'Neill
Reg E. Cathey
Dr. Santiago
R. Lee Ermey
Police Captain
Daniel Zacapa
Detective Taylor at First Murder
Andrew Kevin Walker
Dead Man at 1st Crime Scene
George Christy
Workman at Door of Somerset's Office
 
Endre Hules
Cab Driver
Hawthorne James
George the Night Guard at the Library
Bob Mack
Gluttony Victim
William Davidson
First Guard at the Library
Bob Collins
Second Guard at the Library
Jimmy Dale Hartsell
Library Janitor
Richard Roundtree
Talbot
Charline Su
TV News Reporter
Dominique Jennings
TV News Reporter
Allan Kolman
First Forensic Man in the Law Office
 
 

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Miscellaneous Companies:

Call The Cops
police technical advisors
 
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$33,000,000
Revenue:
$327,311,859
Color Info:
Color (DeLuxe)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Super 35
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm - anamorphic
Film Length:
3548 m

Trivia:

  • The original script had a strange, dwarf-like woman as part of the forensics team, appearing in every one of the "cleanups" after a murder and hurling foul language and epithets at Somerset and Mills.
     
  • In one scene, Mills belittles Doe as a "Movie of the Week." When this film was shown on network television, the line was changed to "Book of the Month."
     
  • Morgan Freeman's son, Alfonso Freeman, played the part of a fingerprint technician.
     
  • Shortly before shooting John Doe, a flash of Mills' wife's face appears on the screen, a technique that David Fincher uses again in Fight Club.
     
  • Originally, Somerset drew his pistol with his finger on the trigger. Police officers that were on the set as technical advisors quickly corrected him, as that is not correct police procedure.
     

Credits Fun:

  • Credits roll down instead of up.
     
  • The opening credits are done over broken, blurred images of John Doe removing the skin from his fingertips and sewing it into his journals.
     

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