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David Fincher

Born 28 Aug 1962, in Denver, Colorado

Wise words: "As a director, film is about how you dole out the information so that the audience stays with you when they're supposed to stay with you, behind you when they're supposed to stay behind you, and ahead of you when they're supposed to stay ahead of you."


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David Fincher - news / articles


  • David Fincher: Real Zodiac was scary - 18 May 2007
    The period when self-named serial killer Zodiac terrorised San Francisco was "very scary", director David Fincher has said.-Fincher, who previously made Seven, Fight Club and Alien 3, grew up in the area during the 1960s and 70s, and told the Guardian it was


  • The Fincher File - 14 May 2007
    - -The UK release of David Fincher's latest film, Zodiac, was delayed a couple of months so that it could compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival (the rules say that a film can only have shown in its home territory to be eligible). - -I imagine i


  • Fincher and Tarantino compete for Palme d'Or - 20 April 2007
    Films by David Fincher and Quentin Tarantino are to join a host of others in competition for awards at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which begins on May 16th.-Zodiac, Fincher's forthcoming take on a real-life serial killer and Death Proof, a retro slasher movie fro

David Fincher - what members say


  • Seven
  • Seven review by Jon Smith from Bedford, England
    Rated - 5 stars Seven Stars 3 September 2003
    .... Morgan Freeman is, as always, absolutely breathtakingly good and top marks to David Fincher for an epic journey into obsession, the grotesque and twisted morality. Seven i...  
  • Alien 3
  • Alien 3 review by Bobby from Nottingham
    Rated - 5 stars One of the worst films I've seen. 11 July 2004
    ...It upsets me to say that I don't like a David Fincher film; Fight Club, Seven, and Panic Room are all very good. But because he was a new director at the time, he wasn't gi...  
  • Fight Club
  • Fight Club review by A customer from London, England
    Rated - 5 stars What a suprise! It's not what you think! 24 October 2003
    ...oking and visually stimulating. The direction is incredibly brilliant. Director David Fincher (Aliens, Se7en and The Game) is at his finest here warping both space and time,...  

David Fincher - filmography


  • Panic Room (3 discs) on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Jodie Foster,  Jared Leto,  Forest Whitaker
    Director: David Fincher
    Certificate: 15
    As David Fincher's PANIC ROOM begins, recently divorced Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) halfheartedly tours through an old New York City townhouse with her restless young daughter, Sarah (Kristen Stewart). Using money from her divorce settlement, the unhappy mother decides to buy the spacious home. The ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 65% from 2,568 members
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  • Fight Club (2 discs) on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Brad Pitt,  Helena Bonham-Carter,  Meat Loaf
    Director: David Fincher
    Certificate: 18
    FIGHT CLUB is narrated by a lonely, unfulfilled young man (Edward Norton) who finds his only comfort in feigning terminal illness and attending disease support groups. Hopping from group to group, he encounters another pretender, or tourist, the morose Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), who ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.0 81% from 18,085 members
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  • The Game on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Sean Penn,  Deborah Unger
    Director: David Fincher
    Certificate: 15
    For the follow-up to his dark crime thriller SEVEN, director David Fincher decided to remain in a film noir vein. The result is THE GAME, a fast-paced cinematic roller-coaster ride that stars Michael Douglas as Nicholas Van Orton, a joyless San Francisco investment banker who receives an unusual ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 72% from 3,118 members
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  • Seven (2 discs) on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Brad Pitt,  Morgan Freeman,  Gwyneth Paltrow
    Director: David Fincher
    Certificate: 18
    Gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, pride, and lust--these are the seven deadly sins that are being punished with unimaginable cruelty and calculation by an enigmatic killer in David Fincher's bleak thriller SEVEN. Set in a perpetually gloomy unnamed city, the film follows Somerset (Morgan Freeman)..read more »
    Rate this: 4.0 80% from 17,877 members
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  • Alien 3 (2 discs) on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Sigourney Weaver,  Charles S. Dutton,  Charles Dance
    Director: David Fincher
    Certificate: 18
    Ripley finds herself the sole survivor of another alien attack. This time she finds herself on Fiorina 161, a penal colony... It is not long before Ripley realises that her doomed escape pod was contaminated with the alien. Now she is imprisoned on a planet where weapons are unavailable....
    Rate this: 3.0 65% from 6,281 members
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David Fincher - downloads


  • Zodiac for Download (2007)
    Starring: Anthony Edwards,  Jake Gyllenhaal,  Mark Ruffalo
    Director: David Fincher
    Certificate: 15
    Buy from: £7.99
    Run time: 158 minutes
    Based on the Robert Graysmith books about the real life notorious Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco with a string of seemingly random murders during the 1960s and 1970s.
    Rate this: 3.5 67% from 38 members
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  • Panic Room for Download
    Starring: Dwight Yoakam,  Jodie Foster,  Jared Leto
    Director: David Fincher
    Certificate: 15
    Rent from: £2.99
    Buy from: £9.99
    Run time: 107 minutes
    Meg Altman and daughter, Sarah, take sanctuary in her New York apartment's 'panic room' which is designed to act as a refuge in the event of a break in...
    Rate this: 3.0 64% from 125 members
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David Fincher facts

5 most recent films


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 3.0 stars
Zodiac - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Zodiac - 3.5 stars
Panic Room - 3.0 stars
Fight Club - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


Alien Quadrilogy - 4.0 stars
Seven - 4.0 stars
Fight Club - 4.0 stars
The Game - 3.5 stars
Game, The - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 3.0 stars
Panic Room - 3.0 stars
Alien 3 - 3.0 stars
Zodiac - 3.5 stars
Zodiac - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Brad Pitt - 3 times - show films
Jared Leto - 3 times - show films
Anthony Edwards - 3 times - show films
Jake Gyllenhaal - 3 times - show films
Mark Ruffalo - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors


James Cameron - 1 times - show films
Ridley Scott - 1 times - show films