Saw
Twisted Pictures presents a Burg/Koules/Hoffman production, a film by James Wan; produced by Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules, Mark Burg; written by Leigh Whannell; story by James Wan and Leigh Whannell; directed by James Wan
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Edition:
- Uncut ed.
- Creation:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : Artisan Home Entertainment, [2005]
- Distribution:
- Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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- Summary:
- Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer is abducting morally wayward people and forcing them to play horrifric games for their own survival. Faced with impossible choices, each victim must struggle to win back his or her life, or else die trying.
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- Language Notes:
- English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
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- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DTS 6.1 ES surround.
- Performers:
- Cast: Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, Tobin Bell, Ken Leung, Makenzie Vega, Shawnee Smith, Dina Meyer, Benito Martinez, Leigh Whannell.
- Production Credits:
- Director of photography, David A. Armstrong ; art director, Nanet Harty ; editor, Kevin Greutert ; music, Charlie Clouser ; costume designer, Jennifer Soulages ; production designer, Julie Berghoff ; visual effects supervisor, Marlo Pabon ; special effects supervisor, Tom Bellissimo.
- General Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
Special features: Unrated version: too bloody for theaters; the making of 'Saw' - 30 minute featurette; remastered never-before-seen original head cage film short; Jigsaw's workshop; 2 feature-length audio commentary, including: commentary with actor Cary Elwes, writer/actor Leigh Whannell and director James Wan; producers' commentary; investigating Jigsaw featurette; on-set preview of 'Saw 2'; hacking away at 'Saw' - behind-the-scenes; exclusive episode of "Full disclosure report"--Go inside the real Jigsaw investigation; alternate storyboard sequence. - Audience:
- MPAA rating: Unrated; for strong grisly violence and language.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- SAW 2004 DVD
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 031398182610
Publisher Number, Artisan Home Entertainment: 18261 - OCLC Numbers:
- 62414127
