Saw is a 2004 horror film, and the first installment of the Saw film series. It was directed by James Wan and co-written by Wan and Leigh Whannell. It was filmed in only 18 days. Saw was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004 and saw an international release later that year on October 29. The movie spawned a series of sequels, Saw II, Saw III, and Saw IV.
Saw is focused on two men who find themselves locked in a disused bathroom with instructions for one to kill the other, or he and his family will be killed in turn. The characters attempt to escape while the police investigate and attempt to capture the criminal responsible, the "Jigsaw Killer".
Originally rated NC-17 for strong, graphic violence, the film was slightly edited to achieve an R rating. The unrated version is available as the Saw: Uncut Edition, a DVD special edition that was released around the same time that Saw II was released theatrically.
Saw is a 9 and a half-minute short film by James Wan and Leigh Whannell. It was created from a scene that they chose from the script for Saw (2004). It was originally used to pitch their script to various studios and actors who may have been interested in their movie.
This short film later became a scene in the feature film Saw, with Shawnee Smith portraying Amanda wearing the Reverse Bear Trap device instead of David.
The short film can be viewed on the second disc of Saw: Uncut Edition.
The Saw film series is a crime/horror/thriller film franchise created by James Wan and Leigh Whannell. Four films have been released and two more are scheduled, with a video game planned for a 2009 release.
Two men wake up at opposite sides of a dirty, disused bathroom, chained by their ankles to pipes. Between them lies a dead man loosely clutching a hand-held tape player and a handgun. Each finds a tape the perfect fit for the player in their back pocket. They play the tapes. One is threatened, the other isn't. But they have a task: One must kill the other by 6:00, or his wife and daughter will die. They find hacksaws in a toilet, and try to cut the chains, but it doesn't work. They are the two newest victims of the Jigsaw Killer. In a flashback, we learn of Amanda, a girl who falls victim to the Jigsaw Killer. On her head is a mask, which is hooked into her lower jaw. There is a timer on it. Only one key will unlock it, and that key is in the digestive tract of her cell mate who lies paralyzed on the opposite side of the room. If she doesn't unlock the mask in time, her lower jaw will be ripped wide open. She survives, but her cell mate doesn't. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn of more victims, and of the nearly-successful capture of the Jigsaw Killer, who doesn't actually kill his victims. Instead, he finds ways to make them kill either themselves, or each other, and he thinks the entire 'game' out perfectly, with no other ways out. Or so it would seem. Written by Aurabesh corrected by Paul P
Adam (Leigh Whannell) en Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) worden wakker, om erachter te komen dat ze vast zijn geketend aan pijpen tegenover elkaar in een vieze badkamer. Ze ontdekken dat ze slachtoffers zijn geworden van "Jigsaw", een man die gevaarlijke situaties voorziet om zijn slachtoffers te leren hun leven lief te hebben, door hen te dwingen zichzelf of anderen te pijnigen om in leven te blijven. Jigsaw staat bekend als moordenaar, maar heeft nog nooit een slachtoffer echt zelf pijn gedaan. In een strijd tegen elkaar en de klok, moeten de twee van hun vijand winnen en Gordon's familie redden, die zijn gegijzeld door de 'moordenaar'. Zullen zij het redden? Written by Anonymous
Available on the Saw: Uncut Edition of Saw.
The "Reverse Bear Trap" used in this short film was made by an engineer friend of Leigh Whannel and James Wan. The device was actually rusty and had to be placed in Leigh's mouth. Also, it was completely workable and dangerous. In the feature length SAW film however, the device was safe and coated with fake rust.
