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 | Torture | Car Accident | Brain Tumor

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
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

• Evolution Entertainment
• Lions Gate Films
• Saw 2 Productions
• Twisted Pictures

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)
• 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:

113 min | 121 min (Director's Cut) | Canada:107 min (original release)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

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 Vaud) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | 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)

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Evolution Entertainment

Trivia:

First Saw movie to include nudity.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lynn, the Doctor, is drilling the four holes in Jigsaw's head for the operation, tape is on the drill to mark the maximum depth. The placement of the tape changes positions throughout the scene, between 1/2 inch and 1 1/2 inches.

Quotes:

Amanda: So, do you have everything you need?
Dr. Lynn Denlon: I have the instruments to cut someone open. I don't have the tools to save a life.
Amanda: [Amanda looks down at the Jawsplitter] You'd be surprised what tools can save a life.
[Amanda picks up the Jawsplitter]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in I Am Legend (2007)

Soundtrack:

This Calling

A bit more gore than in its predecessors

We went to the cinema yesterday to see this flick. I can't really say I had any expectations, I mean, it's a third part in a series and such are rarely keeping the same quality as their predecessors. After seeing it, I have to admit that this flick is definitely keeping the same touch of quality work as the first two parts. I'd say it's better than the second piece, and if it's not better than the first piece, then they're at least even.

I found the third part to have a bit more gore in it, compared to the other pieces in the series. Some scenes are really disturbing and even I, who claim myself to be quite difficult to disturb through film as a medium, at times felt really... well, it was almost a bit too much. It's far from snuff, please, don't get me wrong here, since the utter disturbance is very beautiful in a way and very artistic, I'd say.

For the plot, I can't pull off any complaints. Anyone familiar with the first two pieces and the plot of theirs, will recognize the atmosphere and the touch of the flick here. The acting is neat, no complaints there either. All-in-all, this is a well-made flick and among the best deliveries from Hollywood I've been confronted with in quite a while. I recommend it. 7/10.