Saw III (2006)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Darren Lynn Bousman

Writers:

Leigh Whannell (story) and
James Wan (story) ...
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Release Date:

27 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Sometimes Rules Are Meant To Be Broken...

Plot:

Jigsaw kidnaps a doctor to keep him alive while he watches his new apprentice put an unlucky citizen through a brutal test.

Plot Keywords:

Gruesome | Doctor | Car Accident | Brain Tumor | Revenge

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Tobin Bell	...	Jigsaw / John
Shawnee Smith	...	Amanda
Angus Macfadyen	...	Jeff
Bahar Soomekh	...	Lynn
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Eric Matthews
Dina Meyer	...	Kerry
Leigh Whannell	...	Adam
Mpho Koaho	...	Tim
Barry Flatman	...	Judge Halden
Lyriq Bent	...	Rigg
J. LaRose	...	Troy (as J Larose)
Debra McCabe	...	Danica (as Debra Lynne McCabe)
Costas Mandylor	...	Forensic Hoffman
Betsy Russell	...	Jill
Jane Luk	...	Nurse - Emergency Room
Stefan Georgiou	...	Dylan
Niamh Wilson	...	Corbett
Alan Van Sprang	...	Chris
Kim Roberts	...	Deborah
Brian Paul	...	Doctor #1
Zoe Heath	...	Female Forensic
Billy Parrott	...	Male Nurse
Dylan Trowbridge	...	Paramedic
Franky G	...	Xavier - Dead
Kelly Jones	...	SWAT Member Pete
Vincent Rother	...	SWAT Member Joe
Nicholas Kaegi	...	Young Boy
Mark Poyser	...	Gun Shot Victim (as Marc Poyser)
Tim Burd	...	Obi (as Timothy Burd)
Dan Sudek	...	Aftermath Cop
Bill Vibert	...	Cop
Sandy Kellerman	...	Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Shauna Black	...	Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Sean Sullivan	...	Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Larry Yachimec	...	Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Darrell Dennis	...	Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Christopher Marren	...	Additional Voice Talent (voice) (as Chris Marren)

Directed by
Darren Lynn Bousman

Writing credits
Leigh Whannell		(story) and
James Wan		(story)
Leigh Whannell		(screenplay)

Produced by
Troy Begnaud	....	associate producer
Peter Block	....	executive producer
Mark Burg	....	producer
Jason Constantine	....	executive producer
Greg Copeland	....	co-producer
Daniel J. Heffner	....	executive producer (as Daniel Jason Heffner)
Gregg Hoffman	....	producer
Oren Koules	....	producer
Stacey Testro	....	executive producer
James Wan	....	executive producer
Leigh Whannell	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Charlie Clouser

Cinematography by
David A. Armstrong		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Kevin Greutert

Casting by
Stephanie Gorin

Production Design by
David Hackl

Art Direction by
Anthony A. Ianni

Set Decoration by
Liesl Deslauriers

Costume Design by
Alex Kavanagh

Makeup Department
Rachel Affolter	....	assistant makeup artist
Damon Bishop	....	prosthetics assistant
Chris Bridges	....	prosthetics assistant
Pamela Mills Byer	....	assistant hair stylist (as Pamela Mills)
François Dagenais	....	prosthetics makeup (as Francois Dagenais)
Sarah Fairbairn	....	key makeup artist
Kyle Glencross	....	prosthetics assistant
Stephanie Ingram	....	key hair stylist
Neil Morrill	....	prosthetics assistant (as Neil Morril)

Production Management
Greg Copeland	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yolanda Graci	....	second assistant director
David Hackl	....	second unit director
Dominika Jurek	....	third assistant director
David C. Malcolm	....	third assistant director
Elizabeth Scherberger	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Sam Agro	....	storyboard artist
Jeff Burden	....	carpenter
Carlo Cesta	....	painter
Steven Ciancamerla	....	set dresser
Frank Croft	....	painter
Jeff Flint	....	carpenter (as Geoff Flint)
Dwight Hendrickson	....	set designer
Grant Kilroy	....	carpenter
Takashi Komai	....	carpenter
Sylvia Lange	....	painter
Ron Lightfoot	....	construction coordinator
Jason Lunn	....	set dresser
Mario Moreira	....	assistant property master
James R. Murray	....	property master
Monique Roy	....	set buyer
Sean Scoffield	....	graphic designer
Adam Smith	....	specialty prop fabricator
Cherie Spencer	....	set dresser
Ercidio Tamayo	....	painter
Richelle Wilks	....	art department trainee
Michael Zaharuk	....	painter
Anthony Pearce	....	conceptual illustrator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steve Baine	....	foley artist
Jeremy Balko	....	adr mixer
Tom Bjelic	....	sound effects editor
Keith Elliott	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Gingras	....	sound designer
Jamie Gould	....	sound re-recording assistant
Gina Gyles	....	foley assistant
Jamie Lucas	....	re-recording assistant
Matthew McKenzie	....	adr recordist
Colin McLellan	....	adr recordist
Rick Penn	....	sound mixer
Jason Perreira	....	sound re-recording assistant
Peter Persaud	....	foley recordist
John Douglas Smith	....	supervising sound editor
Andrew Tay	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marilee Yorston	....	foley assistant
Mark Zsifkovits	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Damon Bishop	....	special effects crew
Derek Bujalski	....	special effects technician
Tim Good	....	special effects coordinator
A. Scott Hamilton	....	pigs
Maya Kulenovic	....	pigs

Visual Effects by
David Alexander	....	senior CGI artist: Switch VFX
Don Asido	....	data manager: Switch VFX
Jon Campfens	....	visual effects supervisor
Peter Denomme	....	visual effects producer: Switch VFX
Amir Eftekhari	....	digital compositor: Switch VFX
Amir Eftekhari	....	matte painter: Switch VFX
Genevieve Forte	....	digital artist
Gudrun Heinze	....	senior digital artist: Switch VFX
Dan Kelly	....	creative director
Louis Kim	....	digital compositor: Switch VFX
Jef Lonn	....	digital compositor: Switch VFX
Mag Sarnowska	....	dustbuster
Antonio Torres	....	digital artist: Pacific Title
Geoff Wigmore	....	digital compositor: Switch VFX

Stunts
C.J. Fidler	....	stunt double: Lynn (as C.J. Lusby)
Cotton Mather	....	stunt double: Jeff
Alison Reid	....	stunt coordinator
Alison Reid	....	stunt double: Amanda
Bryan Renfro	....	stunt double: Judge Halden

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Beaulieu	....	second assistant camera
Ira Cohen	....	gaffer
Robert Dias	....	electrician
Jim Docouto	....	electrician
Brian Gedge	....	camera operator
Kevin Michael LeBlanc	....	first assistant camera
Robin Lopes	....	grip
Paolo Perin	....	best boy grip
David Perkins	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Ronald Schlueter	....	playback operator
Jeremy Settles	....	camera operator: segments
Darren Spriet	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Christopher J. Toudy	....	key grip
Steve Wilkie	....	still photographer
Jordan Willoughby	....	camera trainee
Ramesh Yogendran	....	electrician

Casting Department
Kathleen Howell	....	casting associate
Misha Rasaiah	....	casting assistant
Jane Rogers	....	extras casting
Karen Williams	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Karen Eppstadt	....	key costume breakdown artist
Les Handrahan	....	costumer
Leslie Kavanagh	....	wardrobe set supervisor
Stephanie Lees	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Diane Brunjes	....	first assistant editor
Nick Iannelli	....	digital intermediate producer
Tom Mayclim	....	negative cutter
Arthur Montreuil	....	color timer
Dave Muscat	....	assistant digital intermediate editor
Chris Wallace	....	digital intermediate colorist
James Yazbeck	....	telecine suite operator
Motassem Younes	....	digital intermediate editor

Music Department
Leo Busuttil	....	musician
Peter Freeman	....	music designer
Paul Intson	....	music editor
Jim Kaufman	....	soundtrack music
Yvonne McDonald	....	music clearances

Other crew
Adam Bialow	....	business affairs
Lisa Burling	....	script supervisor
Chad Cole	....	assistant: Mark Burg & Oren Koules
Cristin L. Cornett	....	production coordinator
Kym Crepin	....	production accountant
Ryan Eldridge	....	production assistant
Yon Elvira	....	supervisor of assets and unit publicity: Lionsgate
Lisa Gyorfi	....	assistant production coordinator
Kaleigh Kavanagh	....	assistant to executive producer
Daniel Hugh Kelly	....	title designer
Jane Kim	....	assistant: Darren Bousman
Steven Lewis	....	production attorney
Dahla MacKenna	....	educational supervisor
Ashleigh Millar	....	craft service
Tracy Mulholland	....	acquisition
Pete Nilson	....	caterer
Sat Sidhu	....	on-set tutor
Carla Spizziri	....	first assistant accountant
Al Vrkljan	....	armorer
Kris Wood	....	playback coordinator

Thanks
Gregg Hoffman	....	dedicatee

Production Companies

• Twisted Pictures (presents)
• Evolution Entertainment
• Saw 2 Productions

Distributors

• Maple Pictures (2006) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Hoyts Distribution (2006) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Showtime (2006) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2006-2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2006) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (2007) (Greece) (DVD)
• Deltamac Entertainment (2006) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Eagle Films (2006) (Lebanon) (all media)
• Independent Film Channel (IFC) (2008) (USA) (TV)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films (2007) (UK) (DVD)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2006) (Finland) (all media)
• Veronica (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Switch VFX (visual effects)
• Good Enterprises
• Grand Unified Theories

Other Companies

• Artists' Addiction Records  soundtrack
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• DeLuxe Toronto  digital intermediate
• Deluxe Post-Production  post-production facilities
• Got Films  world premiere
• Hand Prop  props supplied by
• Kallista Marketing & PR  international publicity
• Movie Armaments Group  firearms supplied by
• Urban Post Production  sound post-production

MPAA:

Rated R for strong grisly violence and gore, sequences of terror and torture, nudity and language.

Runtime:

108 min | 113 min (unrated version) | 121 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS | DTS (Dolby 5.1)

Certification:

UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Australia:MA | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Norway:18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Romania:I.M.-18 | Portugal:M/18 | USA:R (certificate #42733) | Netherlands:16 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:R21 | Sweden:15 | Finland:K-18 | Hong Kong:III | Mexico:C | Argentina:18 | New Zealand:R18 | USA:Unrated (uncut version) | Chile:18 | Italy:VM14 | Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB) | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | Germany:18 (cut) | Germany:16 (heavily cut) | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (uncut) | South Korea:18 | France:-16 (DVD version) | France:-18 | France:-16 (video) | Japan:R-18 | Brazil:18 | Japan:R-15 (edited for re-rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Iceland:18 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Twisted Pictures

Trivia:

The producers asked the producers of Scary Movie 4 (2006) if they could use their bathroom set for this movie as it was an exact replica of the sets used in Saw (2004) and Saw II (2005).

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Lynn treats the child's pneumothorax with a drainage, the nurse exclaims that the patient is improving. However, at that moment the monitor shows a ventricular fibrillation (VF), a severe arrhythmia that causes death unless immediately treated. Moreover, the VF spontaneously turns into a stable "normal-beat" heart rhythm without an electrical shock, situation that's almost impossible to see in the clinical practice.

Quotes:

Dr. Lynn Denlon: I have the instruments to cut someone open. I don't have the tools to save a life.
Amanda: [glances down at the reverse beartrap on the ground] You'd be surprised what tools can save a life.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 2007 MTV Movie Awards (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Monochrome

Still going good...

Surprise! There is a horror series that holds up well, even on the second sequel.

It's difficult to explain the plot in any detail without ruining the storyline, so instead, I give you small chunks. A doctor must keep Jigsaw alive. If he dies, so does she. A grieving father must decided what he will do when confronted with the people that changed his life for the worse. Saying anything else about the story line is just criminal.

Like the 2 movies before it, difficult decisions and some nasty secrets become a part of a much larger plan. It manages to explain events in Saw 1 and 2 that may have been considered plot holes. It spins the whole concept of the Jigsaw character and what he represents, and the message he is trying to say. By carefully placing events from the past in a certain order, and by introducing important sequences of the character's lives, Saw 3 manages to become a pivotal point to the series. It's not perfect, though. Constant flashbacks to memories becomes a bit tiresome. Some of the dialog could be a combination of dry, repetitive, or dumb, or all of the above. And oh yes, there will be the improbable & illogical. Big critics will focus on this, and consider the movie a waste of time.

Of course, you can toss out the psychological-babble, tell the critics to go back to their coke snorting, and just have fun watching the movie as pure horror. Of the three, this is ultimately the most bloodiest. Those of low tolerance of gore, medical procedures and general dismemberment beware: the movie theater I went to here in Winter Springs had one movie-goer faint and fall to the floor. They had to temporarily stop the movie and take her outside, an ambulance came, and took her away. Even with this interruption, the movie kept everyone awake, wanting to see more. By the end of the movie, the audience clapped. We liked what we had seen. "What has the world come to?", you say? Geez. You are in the wrong place. I'm sure there will be some Disney movie to your liking.

The traps were clever, original, and far, far deadlier this time around. To me, it beats out any psycho with a knife/ax/chainsaw crap movie that has been pumped out too many times. It's a shame that Saw producer Gregg Hoffman passed away before this movie was produced.