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Saw is a 2004 Americanindependent horror film directed by James Wan. The screenplay, written by Leigh Whannell, is based on a story by Wan and Whannell. The film stars Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, Ken Leung, Whannell and Tobin Bell. It is the debut of Wan and Whannell and the first installment of the seven–part Saw film series.
The film's story revolves around Adam (Whannell) and Lawrence (Elwes), two men who are chained in a dilapidated subterranean bathroom and are each given instructions via a microcassette recorder on how to escape. Adam is told he must escape the bathroom, while Lawrence is told to kill him before a certain time, or Lawrence's family will die. Meanwhile, police detectives investigate and attempt to apprehend the mastermind behind the "game".
The screenplay was written in 2001, but after failed attempts to get the script produced in Wan and Whannell's home country, Australia, they were urged to travel to Los Angeles. In order to help attract producers they shot a low-budget short film from a scene out of the script. This proved successful in 2003 as producers from Evolution Entertainment were immediately attached and also formed a horror genre production label Twisted Pictures. The film was given a small budget and shot on a short schedule of 18 days.
Actors: Joe Hisaishi (composer), Glen Chin (actor), Rachel Corlet-Soulier (miscellaneous crew), Gordana Fleutot (miscellaneous crew), Sau-Ming Tsang (actor), Frédéric Lepage (writer), Frédéric Lepage (director), Jean-Pierre Bailly (producer), Rachel Desmarest (miscellaneous crew), Dom Hetrakul (actor), Nophand Boonyai (actor), Simon Woods (actor), Chidchanok Plodripu (miscellaneous crew), Krissada Sukosol (actor), Siriyakorn Pukkavesh (actress),
Genres: Adventure, Family,Actors: Chi Wah Wong (actor), Michael Wong (actor), Blackie Ko Shou Liang (actor), Collin Chou (actor), Fui-On Shing (actor), Ken Lo (actor), Yûzô Kayama (actor), Jackie Chan (actor), Stephen Fung (actor), Kar Lok Chin (actor), Yuen Chor (actor), Mars (actor), Yuen Chor (actor), Anita Yuen (actress), Corey Yuen (actor),
Plot: Jackie plays Foh, an expert mechanic who has returned from Japan after a master course at Mitsubishi Motors. He runs a small business in Hong Kong along with his father and two sisters. In his spare time, he also helps the police out by checking cars that have been illegally upgraded. One night, psychotic street racing driver Warner Krugerman, aka Cougar, speeds past Foh and the cops. Foh gets into a car and stops Cougar heroically. Cougar lands in jail, but breaks out eventually. He gets revenge on Foh by trashing his business and kidnapping his sisters. The only way Foh can get his sisters back is by racing cougar in Japan. He now must retrain himself in race car driving so he can be at his best to race Cougar.
Keywords: action-hero, armed-guard, automation, automobile-factory, automobile-racing, blood, blood-spatter, bound-and-gagged, brawl, brother-sister-relationshipActors: Dale Benson (actor), Mike Crowley (actor), John Ruiz (actor), James R. Buick (director), James R. Buick (editor), James R. Buick (writer), James R. Buick (producer), Sheila O'Keefe (producer), Peggy Lynch (actress), Sheila O'Keefe (actress), Larry Bruce (actor), Peggy Lynch (actress), Barbara Crist (actress), Barbara Crist (actress), Eric Moser (actor),
Genres: Fantasy, Horror,They'll use a saw to cut through your breastbone
They'll take a jack and break your ribs apart
Ah but there never was a weakness
In the muscles working ceaseless
Strength was not the problem with your heart
You made a trade to conquer your wilderness
They took your time, you took what they paid
Ah but you never saw reactions
Or really heard the satisfaction
From the people who could use the things you made
Chorus:
So it's like you carry all the water
On a long desert trip
And then you die of dehydration
When you never take a sip
You had a place, a house in a neighborhood
It was okay, but still you dreamed of more
More than the lives that grew around you
More than the friends that finally found you
There was a grander life that you were working for
Chorus
They said your heart always was strong enough
To do the work it was meant to do
And the attack you underwent
Was from a lack of nourishment
Your heart was starving for the blood it gave to you
Your heart is dying for the life you're pushing through
Chorus
So they'll use a saw to cut through your breastbone
They'll take a jack and break your ribs apart
Ah but there never was a weakness
In the muscles working ceaseless
Strength was not the problem with your heart