Saw Page #3

Synopsis: Photographer Adam Stanheight (Leigh Whannell) and oncologist Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) regain consciousness while chained to pipes at either end of a filthy bathroom. As the two men realize they've been trapped by a sadistic serial killer nicknamed "Jigsaw" and must complete his perverse puzzle to live.
Director(s): James Wan
Production: Lions Gate Films
  8 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
49%
R
Year:
2004
103 min
$55,100,000
Website
4,159 Views


Now, how can I help you gentlemen?

Are you able to tell us where you were

between the hours of 11:00 p.m.

And 1:
00 a.m. last night, Doctor?

Why is it that you're interested?

We'd like to ask you

a few questions about it.

For your sake, I think it's best

if we do it down at the station.

Would you like to follow us there?

No, I'm afraid that's...

that's quite out of the question.

I can't just leave, I have work to do.

Plus, my wife has the car today, so...

Oh, that's okay, you can ride with us. Doc.

I'm sorry, you'll have to tell me again.

What is this all about?

Is this yours, Doctor?

So you have no idea how your penlight

showed up at the murder scene?

Of course not!

I have to ask.

What were you doing last night?

I was seeing someone.

Who?

Look, if you can't be honest with me...

I was visiting someone. It wasn't a patient. Alright?

What am I gonna do?

Well, as your lawyer and your friend,

my advice to you is to bite the bullet

and give them your alibi now.

Because no one is going to

believe you later.

That was five months ago.

He tried to set me up for murder.

Okay. We checked your alibi. It holds up.

Good! Can I go home now?

We have one of the victims

who managed to escape.

Want to know if you wouldn't mind sticking

around and listening to her testimony?

Maybe it'll trigger something.

I'd like to help, really, but...

Well, we'd really appreciate it.

She's the only one who made it.

Okay.

Amanda...

in your own time,

tell me the first thing you remember.

I woke up. All I could taste was blood.

And metal.

Hello, Amanda.

You don't know me, but I know you.

I want to play a game.

Here's what happens if you lose.

The device you're wearing

is hooked into your upper and lower jaws.

When the timer at the back goes off,

your mouth will be

permanently ripped open.

Think of it like a reverse bear trap.

Here, I'll show you.

There is only one key to open the device.

It's in the stomach of your dead cellmate.

Look around, Amanda.

Know that I'm not lying.

You better hurry up.

Live or die. Make your choice.

And then I saw the body.

There was a knife.

He'd been injected with an opiate overdose.

He couldn't move or feel much of anything.

You mean... he was alive?

Was.

What happened after you took it off?

Congratulations. You are still alive.

Most people are so ungrateful to be alive.

But not you. Not anymore.

You are, in fact, a drug addict.

Isn't that right, Mandy?

Do you think that is why he picked you?

Are you grateful, Mandy?

He... helped me.

Are you sure it's him?

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Leigh Whannell

Leigh Whannell (born 17 January 1977) is an Australian screenwriter, producer, director, and actor. He is best known for writing films directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2011), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Whannell has directed two films, Insidious: Chapter 3, released in 2015, and Upgrade, released in 2018. Whannell and Wan are the creators of the Saw franchise. Whannell wrote the first installment, co-wrote the second and third installments, was producer or executive producer for all the films, and appeared as the "Adam Stanheight" character in four of the installments. He was also the writer of the Saw video game (2009), and co-writer of the 2014 film Cooties. more…

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