'Saw' Opens Wide Oct. 29
LIONS GATE FILMS TO OPEN 'SAW'
A NEW FILM BY JAMES WAN AND LEIGH WHANNELL, STARRING CARY ELWES, DANNY GLOVER, MONICA POTTER AND SHAWNEE SMITH
WIDE ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29TH
'Saw' held the #1 per screen average and #2 total box-office overall reaching $2.2 million in its Oct. 1st UK opening weekend
LOS ANGELES, OCTOBER 13, 2004 – How far would you go to save your own life? Prepare yourself for a gut-wrenching trip into the heart of terror with Saw, Lions Gate Films' gripping psychological thriller starring Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Dina Meyer, Ken Leung and Leigh Whannell. Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer is abducting morally wayward people and forcing them to play horrific games for their own survival. Faced with impossible choices, each victim must struggle to win back his/her life, or else die trying…
A young man named Adam (LEIGH WHANNELL) wakes to find himself chained to a rusty pipe inside a decrepit subterranean chamber. Chained to the opposite side of the room is another bewildered captive, Dr. Lawrence Gordon (CARY ELWES). Between them is a dead man lying in a pool of blood, holding a .38 in his hand. Neither man knows why he has been abducted; but instructions left on a microcassette, order Dr. Gordon to kill Adam within eight hours. If he fails to do so, then both men will die, and Dr. Gordon's wife, Alison (MONICA POTTER), and his daughter will be killed. Recalling a recent murder investigation by a police detective named Tapp (DANNY GLOVER), Dr. Gordon realizes he and Adam are the next victims of a psychopathic genius known only as "Jigsaw." With only a few hours left to spare, they must unravel the elaborate puzzle of their fate in the midst of mounting terror. The killer has provided them with only a few clues and two handsaws – too weak to break their steel shackles, but strong enough to cut through flesh and bone…
Gritty and terrifying, Saw is a taut, squirm-inducing thriller packed with moments of indelible horror. Director James Wan expertly spins this intricate tale, creating a chilling landscape of dread where nothing is quite as it seems. An edge-of-your-seat ride bristling with emotional intensity, Saw will keep you guessing until the very end. Keep the lights on; you won't sleep easily tonight.
The film is written by Leigh Whannell, story by James Wan and Leigh Whannell, produced by Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules and Mark Burg and executive produced by Stacey Testro, Peter Block and Jason Constantine. A Lions Gate Films release, Saw opens wide October 29, 2004. Saw is rated R (for strong grisly violence and language) by the MPAA and runs 100 minutes.
A NEW FILM BY JAMES WAN AND LEIGH WHANNELL, STARRING CARY ELWES, DANNY GLOVER, MONICA POTTER AND SHAWNEE SMITH
WIDE ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29TH
'Saw' held the #1 per screen average and #2 total box-office overall reaching $2.2 million in its Oct. 1st UK opening weekend
LOS ANGELES, OCTOBER 13, 2004 – How far would you go to save your own life? Prepare yourself for a gut-wrenching trip into the heart of terror with Saw, Lions Gate Films' gripping psychological thriller starring Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Dina Meyer, Ken Leung and Leigh Whannell. Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer is abducting morally wayward people and forcing them to play horrific games for their own survival. Faced with impossible choices, each victim must struggle to win back his/her life, or else die trying…
A young man named Adam (LEIGH WHANNELL) wakes to find himself chained to a rusty pipe inside a decrepit subterranean chamber. Chained to the opposite side of the room is another bewildered captive, Dr. Lawrence Gordon (CARY ELWES). Between them is a dead man lying in a pool of blood, holding a .38 in his hand. Neither man knows why he has been abducted; but instructions left on a microcassette, order Dr. Gordon to kill Adam within eight hours. If he fails to do so, then both men will die, and Dr. Gordon's wife, Alison (MONICA POTTER), and his daughter will be killed. Recalling a recent murder investigation by a police detective named Tapp (DANNY GLOVER), Dr. Gordon realizes he and Adam are the next victims of a psychopathic genius known only as "Jigsaw." With only a few hours left to spare, they must unravel the elaborate puzzle of their fate in the midst of mounting terror. The killer has provided them with only a few clues and two handsaws – too weak to break their steel shackles, but strong enough to cut through flesh and bone…
Gritty and terrifying, Saw is a taut, squirm-inducing thriller packed with moments of indelible horror. Director James Wan expertly spins this intricate tale, creating a chilling landscape of dread where nothing is quite as it seems. An edge-of-your-seat ride bristling with emotional intensity, Saw will keep you guessing until the very end. Keep the lights on; you won't sleep easily tonight.
The film is written by Leigh Whannell, story by James Wan and Leigh Whannell, produced by Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules and Mark Burg and executive produced by Stacey Testro, Peter Block and Jason Constantine. A Lions Gate Films release, Saw opens wide October 29, 2004. Saw is rated R (for strong grisly violence and language) by the MPAA and runs 100 minutes.
