A producer in Sydney optioned the script for a year, but the deal eventually fell through. Finally, after other failed attempts to get the script produced in Australia from to , literary agent Ken Greenblat read the script and suggested traveling to Los Angeles. Wan and Whannell initially refused due to the lack of travel funds. Finally, however, their agent, Stacey Testro, convinced them to go as they had better chances of finding a studio interested in producing the film in LA.
Whannell played David , a hospital orderly tested in one of Jigsaw's games. Working at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Whannell and Wan had connections to camera operators who were willing to provide technical assistance for the short film. Wan shot the movie with a 16mm camera in over two days and transferred the footage to DVDs to ship along with the script. Whannell wanted to play the lead character in the feature film, while Wan intended to be the director. Eventually, the short film, along with the script, attracted Oren Koules , Gregg Hoffman , and Mark Burg , who worked as producers for Twisted Pictures.
As they were fascinated with the film's concept, they decided to produce it, with Whannell playing the leading role of Adam while Wan directed the film. The principal photography started on September 22, , at the Lacy Street Production Facility in Los Angeles and went on for 18 days. The bathroom was the only set that had to be built. Danny Glover completed his scenes within two days. Due to the tight shooting schedule, Wan could not afford to shoot more than a couple of takes per actor. He found he did not have enough shots or takes during post-production as he had mainly shot rehearsals.
Having numerous missing gaps in the final product, he and editor Kevin Greutert created shots to mend together during editing, such as making a shot look like a surveillance camera feed and using still photographs. Lions Gate Entertainment picked up worldwide distribution rights for Saw when the films were shown at the Sundance Film Festival, only days before the film premiered on January 19, Lionsgate initially planned to release the movie direct-to-video, but due to the positive reaction at Sundance, they chose to release it theatrically on Halloween.
The film was initially rated NC by the Motion Picture Association of America for the graphic depiction of violence, but it was released with an R-rating after being re-edited. On October 31, , Saw was re-released in honor of its 10th anniversary. Additionally, the short film, also titled Saw , was included on the DVD. The film was subsequently included in a boxed set with all six sequels entitled Saw: The Complete Movie Collection , which was released in September to celebrate the film's 10th anniversary.
The box contained the unrated editions of all seven films, though it lacked any of the unique features from previous releases. Saw was a financial success. Generally, the critical reactions to the film were mixed. Most of the criticism regarded the general plot and the ending, which were considered "convoluted. The soundtrack was mainly composed by Charlie Clouser , which took six weeks to complete.
In addition, Megadeth's song "Die Dead Enough" was initially set to be featured in the film but was not used for undisclosed reasons. The soundtrack was released on October 5, , by Koch Records. Tape Deck. Hello, Mark. Reverse Beartrap. Are You Daddy? X Marks. Out of Time. Fuck This Shit A. Fuck This Shit B. The Rules. Be Alright. Hello Zepp. Zepp Overture. Down the Drain. Hello, Adam. Follow Heart. Last I Heard.
Wan doesn't give specific locations or dates about the particular case, but oddly enough, there are more than a few "serial tickler" crime cases out there. The man was eventually caught, and during interrogation, he told police that he was being forced to do it by someone else. He later revealed that he was sent a jigsaw puzzle piece in the mail, instructing him to commit the acts. Both Wan and Whannell's experiences helped shape one of the most successful and brutal horror franchises around and it's still chugging along, even in their absence.
The next chapter in world of Saw , Spiral , will be released on May 15th, Blake has been writing for the web for the past 10 years as a technology, gaming, and marketing writer, based in San Francisco. You can now find him writing for Screen Rant Horror. In addition to all things horror, he's a lover of tech gadgets and cinnamon sugar -- perpetually in search of the perfect churro.
By Blake Stimac Published Mar 08, Share Share Tweet Email 0. What made Saw such a hit? Se7en, the film Saw is always accused of imitating, was coy about its horror, letting the imagination of the audience plug the gaps. Saw, however, fills your reeling head with amphetamine-frenzied snuff clips, macabre off-cuts from a Nine Inch Nails video. What they grabbed onto with Saw was that it was this cheap little indie film that screened at the Sundance festival and no one else knew anything about it except them.
It was their little secret. Saw is no longer the little movie it was back in October The franchise has become a box-office juggernaut bigger than each of the Halloween, Friday and Elm Street series. Part of its success was that it pre-empted the zeitgeist. A few months before its release, reports of torture at Abu Ghraib prison made front page news in the US. Probably not, although no one feels particularly comfortable talking about it. Yet for both Wan and Whannell, the original remains forever separate from the sequels that followed.
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