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Saw III

Year:
Duration:
108 min | 114 min (unrated version) | 121 min (director's cut)
Genres:
Horror | Mystery
IMDB rate:
6.2
Director:
Darren Lynn Bousman
Awards:
4 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2006-10-27
Filming Locations: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Earnings
Budget: $10,000,000
Opening Weekend: $33,610,391 (USA) (29 October 2006)
Gross: $80,150,343 (USA) (10 December 2006)
Cast
Actor
Character
Debra McCabe
Debra McCabe
Saw III
Tobin Bell
Jigsaw
Shawnee Smith
Amanda Young
Angus Macfadyen
Jeff
Bahar Soomekh
Lynn Denlon
Donnie Wahlberg
Eric Matthews
Dina Meyer
Kerry
Leigh Whannell
Adam
Mpho Koaho
Tim
Barry Flatman
Judge Halden
Lyriq Bent
Rigg
J. LaRose
Troy
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
Tim Burd
Obi
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)
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Trivia
Before settling on the final version of the Confrontation, the creators and writers of Saw III (2006) shot numerous different versions, all resulting in Jigsaw's death at the hands of Jeff. The only differences were the weapons of choice, among them the original circular saw blade that Jeff picked up before finding the high power saw. An alternate ending was also shot, using the concept of Lynn's "bomb" collar, which would detonate and shake the room following Jigsaw's death, knocking Jeff to the floor, unconscious. Upon awakening, Jeff would then find a tape, possibly the one Jigsaw played after his throat was slit in the given ending.
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According to producer Daniel J. Heffner, the film was sent to the MPAA ratings board 7 times before obtaining the "R" rating, receiving the "NC-17" rating every previous time.
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The budget for the film - $10 million - was well over twice what Saw II (2005) was made for ($4 million).
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Goofs
While Kerry is in the angel trap, and the key is first dropped in the acid it automatically begins to bubble immensely. But while the tape plays explaining the game and her objective the key does not bubble there is nothing happening in the jar but immediately after he says in a matter of seconds it bubbles profusely again once the camera focuses on the jar.
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When Lynn is wearing the "Shotgun Collar," close-up/insert shots show the primers on the shotgun shells already discharged. This means the shells had already been fired and would not work. While we could imagine that empty shells were used as containers for explosives, this is inconsistent with the collar's design (hammers are set to strike each cartridge) and effect (the collar, cartridges, and most of the victim above the chin are intact after firing).
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(at around 1h 40 mins) When Jigsaw pulls out the tape player at the end of the movie, his thumb is on top of the tape player, nowhere near the play button on the side of it. However, we distinctly hear a click (as if the play button had just been pressed), and the tape begins to play, even though the play button was never pressed.
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Quotes
Danica: Please help! Please? I'm so cold. I can't feel my arms.
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Jigsaw: I have tried to help you, Amanda.
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Jigsaw: Jeff, when the judge presiding over your case sentenced your boy's murderer so lightly, your soul never recovered. Now, you have the power to sentence his soul straight to hell. Or, you could forgive. The key that will free him is hidden inside your son's possessions, possessions you have clung to for far too long. Now if you flip the switch on the incinerator underneath you, a fire will cleanse you of this obsession and destroy them all, leaving only the key remaining. It is also the key that will bring you closer to the man accountable for taking your child. He doesn't have much time, Jeff. Let the game begin.
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Faq
Q
What was in the letter found by Amanda and who wrote it?
A
Who wrote the letter is revealed in Saw IV, and what it says is finally shown in Saw VI. Since Darren Lynn Bousman directed both Saw III and Saw IV, it was his intention to reveal who wrote the letter, but he has stated that he himself never had any intention to reveal its contents. So, the contents of the letter as seen in Saw VI may not have been what Bousman or Whannell intended, as Saw VI was written and directed by a different team.
Q
How soon after "Saw II" ends does "Saw III" begin?
A
Immediately. The opening scenes of Saw III show Detective Eric Matthews still trapped in the bathroom where Amanda left him shackled to the plumbing at the end of Saw II. With only a flashlight to see in the dark, Eric is able to see the leftovers from the previous incident in the bathroom (from Saw), that is, Dr Gordon's decayed foot and the bodies of Adam Faulkner and Zep Hindle. Realizing that he is going to die if he doesn't get out of the bathroom, Matthews reaches for the hacksaw, but it is out of reach. He instead uses a piece of the broken toilet tank lid to break his ankle and foot so that he can slip it out of the chain. The film then jumps to another incident several months later, in which Detective Alison Kerry is investigating Jigsaw's latest victim, Troy (J. LaRose), whose body was blown apart when he failed to break free of the chains that pierced his body and held him prisoner. She also notices that this game is not typical of Jigsaw, as the door to Troy's chamber was welded shut. Even if he had escaped the chains in time, there was no way for him to escape the bomb. That night, Kerry is kidnapped and forced to play another of Jigsaw's games. Her rib cage is attached to a device that can be opened by obtaining a key that has been placed in a beaker of acid. When she gets the key and unlocks the device, it does not open. She sees someone in the shadows and says "You" before her rib cage is torn apart, killing her. Finally, the movie jumps to present time and Jigsaw's newest game.
Q
What is the body count?
A
Troy, Allison Kerry, Danica Scott, Adam Stanheight (flashback) (Fate finally revealed), Judge Halden, Timothy Young, Amanda Young, John Kramer/Jigsaw, and Lynn Denlon. Jeff and Corbett Denlon's fate are left open as is the fate of Detective Eric Matthews.
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Photos from cast
Debra McCabe
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