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Saw (2004)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2003
Running Times: 100 mins (US cut version)
102 mins (uncut version)
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: DTS Dolby Digital
SDDS
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Evolution Entertainment / Saw Productions Inc
/ Twisted Pictures
Executive Producers: Jason Constantine, Peter Block, Stacey Testro
Producers: Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg, Oren Koules
Co-Producers: Richard H. Prince, Daniel Jason Heffner
Associate Producer: Lark Bernini
Production Manager: Richard H. Prince
SCRIPT
Script: Leigh Whannell
Story: James Wan, Leigh Whannell
DIRECTION
Director: James Wan
1st Assistant Director: Daniel Jason Heffner
2nd Assistant Director: Alexa 'Squirrel' Motley
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: David A. Armstrong
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Andy Steinman
Camera Operator: Jon Myers
1st Assistant Camera: Josh Harrison
2nd Assistant Camera: Aaron Schuh, Todd Baldi
Camera Loader: Lisa Villaire
Gaffer: Yron Levy
Best Boy Electric: Brandon Cunningham
Electrician: Tom Kuo
Grips: Jeremy Quinlan, Vinny Walsh
Dolly Grip: Michael Steffen
Crane Operator: Jon Myers
Stills: Greg Gayne
Video Playback Operator: David Katz
Camera Dollies and Cranes: J.L. Fisher Inc
Colour Timer: Dan Muscarella
Cameras and Lenses: Panavision
Lab: FotoKem Laboratory
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Kevin Greutert
Assistant Editor: John Coniglio
MUSIC
Music: Charlie Clouser
Songs: Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber (Sturm); Fear Factory (Olde Wolbers, Herrera
(real name: Raymond Herrera), Bell (real name: Burton C. Bell)) (Bite
the Hand That Bleeds); Stephen Ladd Bishop, Charles Todd Conally, Don
Van Stavern (You Make Me Feel So Dead)
Songs Performed By: Pitbull Daycare (You Make Me Feel So Dead); Fear
Factory (Bite the Hand That Bleeds); Front Line Assembly (Sturm)
SOUND
Sound Designer: Jonathan Miller
Sound Mixer: John C. Taylor
Post Production Sound Recordist: Scott Hinkley
Sound Re-Recording Mixers: Jerry Gilbert, Jonathan Wales
Supervising Sound Editor: Jonathan Miller
Editorial Assistant: Mike Brownsher
Dialogue Editor: Andrew Patterson
ADR Mixer: Alan Freedman
Sound Effects Editor: Randy Babajtis
Foley Mixer: Jeremy Balko
Foley Artist: Shelley Roden
Assistant Foley Editor: Damien Seckinger
Sound Post Production and Mixing: Sonic Magic
Additional ADR Recorded At: Pinewood Studios Vancouver; Sound One
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Department Head: Eleanor Sabaduquia
Make Up For Glover: Scott Eddo
Key Hair: Michelle Elam Torres
Hair For Danny Glover: Kashka Banjoko
Costume Designer: Jennifer Soulages
Costumer: Christina DeMasi
SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Prosthetics Make Up: Rocky Faulkner
Assistant Prosthetics Make Up: Richard Redlefsen
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Tom Bellissimo
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Marlo Pabon
Visual Effects Line Producer: Josh Comen
Digital Compositor: Mike Ocoboc
Opticals and Digital Effects: Title House Digital
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Julie Berghoff
Art Director: Nanet Harty
On Set Dresser: Brook Shafer
Property Master: Bill Davis
Lead Construction: Glenn 'Fuzzy' Fields
Lead Scenic Artist: Erin McKenna
Scenic Artist: Summer Ramsey
Graphics Designer: Jonah Markowitz
Art Production Assistant: Kelly Kilgo
Art Department Assistant: Chris Saltzberg
Art Production Intern: Chuck Radtke
MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Jillian Giacomini
Production Accountant: Monica Muehlhause-Horn
Assistant Accountant: Sherry Kecskes
Set Production Assistant: Tory Ireland Mell
Production Assistants: Abigail Kirk, Alexander Wysocki, Mike Sarno,
Alexis Ross
Assistant to Producer: Jonathan Leeder
Assistant to Danny Glover: Karen Bolt
Assistant to Gregg Hoffman: Joni Lefkowitz
Assistant to Oren Koules and Mark Burg: Chad Cole
Teacher: Laura Gary
LOCATIONS
Studio: Lacy Street Production Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Keith Adams
CASTING
Casting: Amy Lippens
Extras Casting: Lisa S. Beasley
Casting Associate: Jennifer Levy
CAST
Leigh Whannell (Adam)
Cary Elwes (Dr Lawrence Gordon)
Danny Glover (Detective David Tapp)
Ken Leung (Detective Steven Sing)
Dina Meyer (Kerry)
Mike Butters (Paul)
Paul Gutrecht (Mark)
Michael Emerson (Zep Hindle)
Benito Martinez (Brett)
Shawnee Smith (Amanda)
Makenzie Vega (Diana Gordon)
Monica Potter (Alison Gordon)
Ned Bellamy (Jeff)
Alexandra Chun (Carla)
Avner Garbi (father)
Tobin Bell (John)
PLOT SUMMARY
Adam and Dr Lawrence Gordon wake up to find that they've been abducted,
chained to pipes at opposite ends of a dirty room and have a limited
amount of time to outwit their captor, a serial killer known only as
Jigsaw, who is holding Gordon's family hostage.
AVAILABILITY
Argentina
Theatrical Distributors: Distribution Company
Australia
Theatrical Distributors: Hoyts Distribution
Brazil
Theatrical Distributors: Paris Filmes
Canada
DVD Distributors: Maple Pictures
Czech Republic
Theatrical Distributors: Hollywood Classic Entertainment
France
Theatrical Distributors: Metropolitan Filmexport
Germany
Theatrical Distributors: Kinowelt Filmverleih
DVD Distributors: Kinowelt Home Entertainment
Indonesia
Theatrical Distributors: Amero PT
Italy
Theatrical Distributors: Eagle Pictures S.p.a.
Japan
Theatrical Distributors: Asmik Ace Entertainment
Korea
Theatrical Distributors: Mirovision Inc
Netherlands
Theatrical Distributors: Inspire Pictures
DVD Distributors: Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) B.V.
Singapore
Theatrical Distributors: Shaw Organisation
Slovakia
Theatrical Distributors: Tatrafilm
Spain
Theatrical Distributors: DeA Planeta S.L.
Switzerland
Theatrical Distributors: Ascot Elite Entertainment Group
UK
Theatrical Distributors: Entertainment Film Distributors Ltd.
Video Distributors: Entertainment in Video
USA
Video Distributors: Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment
DVD Distributors: Lions Gate Home Entertainment (16541); Lions Gate
Home Entertainment (17276 (full screen version))
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Argentina
Rating: 16
Australia
Rating: MA
Brazil
Rating: 16
Canada
Rating: 16+ (Quebec); 18 (Nova Scotia); R (Nova Scotia (re-rating));
18A (British Columbia / Manitoba / Ontario); R (Alberta)
Chile
Rating: 14
Finland
Rating: K-18
France
Rating: -16
Germany
Rating: 18
Greece
Rating: K-17
Hong Kong
Rating: III
Ireland
Rating: 18
Italy
Rating: T
Japan
Rating: R-15
New Zealand
Rating: R18
Norway
Rating: 18
Philippines
Rating: R-13
Portugal
Rating: M/18
Singapore
Rating: M18; NC-16 (cut version)
Switzerland
Rating: 16
Taiwan
Rating: R-18
UK
Rating: 18
USA
Rating: NC-17 (original rating); R for strong grisly violence and language
- cut version); unrated (DVD version)
AWARDS
2004
San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, Spain
Audience Award: Best Feature (James Wan) - winner
2005
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA (Saturn Awards)
Best Horror Film - nominated
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, Belgium
Pegasus Audience Award (James Wan) - winner
Fantasporto, Portugal (International Fantasy Film Award)
Best Film (James Wan) - nominated
Golden Trailer Awards, USA
Best Horror - nominated
MTV Movie Awards, USA
Best Frightened Performance (Cary Elwes) - nominated
Satellite Awards, USA
Outstanding DVD Extras (Uncut Edition) - nominated
Teen Choice Awards, USA
Choice Movie Scream Scene (Leigh Whannell) - nominated (Adam
screams as he's being locked in the room)
Choice Movie: Thriller - nominated
TIMELINE
2004
January
19: USA - shown at the Sundance Film Festival
September
18: Canada - shown at the Toronto Film Festival
October
1: UK - theatrical release
14: USA - shown at the Austin Film Festival
24: Finland - shown at the Night Visions Film Festival
29: Turkey, USA - theatrical release
30: Japan - theatrical release
November
11: Thailand - theatrical release
18: Singapore - theatrical release
24: Philippines - theatrical release
December
2: Australia - theatrical release
3: New Zealand - theatrical release
10: Iceland - theatrical release
17: Finland - theatrical release
26: Norway - theatrical release
2005
January
5: United Arab Emirates - theatrical release
7: Argentina - theatrical premiere in Buenos Aires; Taiwan - theatrical
release
13: Argentina - theatrical release
14: Italy - theatrical release
20: Hong Kong - theatrical release
26: Bahrain - theatrical release
29: France - shown at the Gérardmer Fantasticarts Film Festival
February
3: Germany, Hungary - theatrical release
4: Brazil - theatrical release
15: USA - DVD release (Lions Gate Home Entertainment (16541); Lions
Gate Home Entertainment (17276 (full screen version)))
18: Sweden - theatrical release
24: Poland - theatrical release
March
3: Portugal - theatrical release
4: Denmark - theatrical release
10: South Korea - theatrical release
11: Bulgaria - theatrical release
12: Belgium - shown at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy
Films
16: Belgium, France - theatrical release
17: Croatia - theatrical release
18: Spain - theatrical release
24: Chile, Switzerland (German speaking region) - theatrical release
25: Greece - theatrical release
31: Czech Republic - theatrical release
April
8: Austria - theatrical release
29: Panama - theatrical release
May
18: Egypt - theatrical release
June
9: Netherlands - theatrical release
16: Slovakia - theatrical release
August
11: Israel - theatrical release
2006
January
6: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 2 and Sky Movies
6)
11: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 6)
14: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 4)
POSTER TAGS
Death is a shortcut
Every piece has a puzzle.
How much blood would you shed to stay alive?
How do you solve a puzzle with pieces missing?
Dare you see SAW?
Their saw isn't there to cut their chains, they are there to cut their
feet.
Every puzzle has its pieces.
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
L'enigmista - Italian title
Jogos Mortais - Brazilian title
El juego del miedo - Argentinean title
Juego macabro - Mexican / Panamanian / Venezuelan title
Saw - Enigma Mortal - Portuguese title
Saw - L'enigmista - Italian title
Skladacka - Slovakian title
LINKS
SEQUELS
Saw II (2005)
Saw III (2006)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Entertainment Weekly no.791 (5 November 2004) pp.58-59
(USA)
review (Saw: Another Seven knockoff doesn't make the killer elite
(B-) by Owen Gleiberman)
Rolling Stone no.961 (11 November 2004) p.115 (USA)
review (by Peter Travers)
NEWSPAPERS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution vol.56 no.303 (29
October 2004) p.h3 (USA)
review (Viewers of this squirm-fest may regret what they saw by
Bob Longino)
The Washington Post vol.127 no.329 (29 October 2004)
pp.34; 41 (USA)
review (by Jane Horwitz); review (by Desson Thomas)
KEYWORDS
addiction, booby traps, burned alive, cameras, cancer, children, clowns,
darkrooms, disembowelment, doctors, electric shocks, flashbacks, gore,
home invasions, hospitals, hostages, hotel, infidelity, insanity, orderlies,
photographers, poison, polaroids, police, puppets, saws, self mutilation,
serial killers, severed feet, shotguns, throat slittings, toilets, torture,
twist endings, two way mirrors
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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