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2004 film directed by James Wan
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Saw is a 2004 American horror, crime, and gore film directed by James Wan, who co-wrote the screenplay with Leigh Whannell. The cast includes Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, and Michael Emerson. Produced by Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg, and Oren Koules under the Twisted Pictures banner, the film features music by Charlie Clouser, cinematography by David Armstrong, and editing by Kevin Greutert. It was distributed by Lionsgate Films and Netflix in English.
The film has a runtime of 103 minutes and was released on October 1, 2004. Its production budget was $1,200,000, and it generated box office revenue of $103,100,000. The movie is part of the Saw series and carries the tagline "How much blood would you shed to stay alive?" It holds a rating of 7.6 on IMDb based on 511,492 votes and a 7.42 average from 10,038 votes on TMDb.
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Film · TMDB
7.4Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.
Cast
- Tobin Bell as John Kramer / Jigsaw
- Cary Elwes as Dr. Lawrence Gordon
- Leigh Whannell as Adam Radford
- Danny Glover as David Tapp
- Monica Potter as Alison Gordon
- Ken Leung as Detective Steven Sing
Themes
- sadism
- shotgun
- detective
- flashback
- hospital
- doctor
- torture
- sadist
- survival horror
- chained
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Encyclopedic overview
Saw is a 2004 American horror film directed by James Wan in his feature directorial debut, and written by Leigh Whannell, from a story by Wan and Whannell. It stars Whannell alongside Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, and Ken Leung. The film tells a nonlinear narrative revolving around the mystery of the Jigsaw Killer, who tests his victims' will to live by putting them through deadly "games" where they must inflict great physical pain upon themselves to survive. The frame story follows Jigsaw's latest victims (Whannell and Elwes), who awaken in a large, dilapidated bathroom, with one being ordered to kill the other to save his own family.
The film was originally written in 2001, but after failed attempts to get the script produced in Wan and Whannell's home country of Australia, they were urged to travel to Los Angeles. In order to help attract producers, they shot a low-budget short film of the same name from a scene out of the script. This proved successful in 2003 as producers were immediately attached and also formed a horror genre production label, Twisted Pictures. The film was given a small production budget and was shot in 18 days.
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