Transcript Everything You Need To Know …As It Relates To You And Your World The Actors, Director, Info, Reviews, and Photos.

Everything You Need To Know
…As It Relates To You And Your World
The Actors, Director, Info,
Reviews, and Photos
In the fifth installment of the
"Saw" franchise, Hoffman is
seemingly the last person alive to
carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But
when his secret is threatened,
Hoffman must go on the hunt to
eliminate all loose ends.
Photos © 2008 Lionsgate. Review © David Bruce
TOBIN BELL (Jigsaw)
 He was cast as a hitman in
Sydney Pollack's The Firm
 Played the Unabomber in the
TV movie Unabomber: The True
Story
 He is a renowned lover of
animals and has brought his
five cats and two dogs on the
sets of his movies
Photos © 2008 Lionsgate. Review © David Bruce
COSTAS MANDYLOR (Hoffman)
 Famous for playing
Hondshew in Beowolf
 He is also an avid soccer fan
and plays occasionally with
Hollywood United F.C., a team
composed of mostly celebrities
and former professionals.
Photos © 2008 Lionsgate. Review © David Bruce
BETSY RUSSELL (Jill)
 Best remembered for her
roles in several 1980s B movies
 Her breakout role came as
Phoebe Cates' rival in the sex
comedy, Private School
 After a brief retirement from
acting, Russell reappeared in
the Saw film series
Photos © 2008 Lionsgate. Review © David Bruce
Directed by
DAVID HACKL
 He was the production
designer and second unit
director for Saw II, Saw III
and Saw IV.
 Saw VI will be directed by
Kevin Greutert, the editor on
all the Saw films to date
Photos © 2008 Lionsgate. Review © David Bruce
 Screenplay by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan
 Original Music by Charlie Clouser
 Cinematography by David A. Armstrong
 Film Editing by Kevin Greutert
 Set Decoration by Liesl Deslauriers
 Costume Design by Alex Kavanagh
Photos © 2008 Lionsgate. Review © David Bruce
 SAW II opened in 2005. The film’s
opening day gross of $12.1 million was
Lionsgate’s biggest Friday gross
 SAW III opened nationwide in 2006. It
was the weekend’s #1 film with a box
office tally of $33.6 million, the biggest
opening in Lionsgate history
 SAW IV opened in 2007. It was the
weekend’s #1 film and the film’s
international box office receipts have
totaled over $73.5 million.
Photos © 2008 Lionsgate. Review © David Bruce
TORTURE PORN BECAME
POPULAR DURING THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION.
With the emergence of the
torture porn genre in the 2000s,
the Saw film series, along with
similar films such as Hostel and
The Devil's Rejects, is frequently
singled out as an example of the
prevalence of exploitive graphic
violence and gore in horror films
during the “waterboarding” era.
Photos © 2008 Lionsgate. Review © David Bruce
The film starts with Seth in the
pendulum trap. The trap is later
revealed to be unwinnable, but Seth
is made to believe that the aim of the
trap is for him to push buttons inside
of two devices which would crush
both of his hands before a bladed
pendulum (intended to slice him in
half) descends upon him.
Photos © 2008 Lionsgate. Review © David Bruce
Meanwhile, Agent Strahm shoots Jeff
and enters the room where Jigsaw died.
After investigating and finding Jigsaw's
corpse, the door is locked on Strahm.
Strahm manages to exit through a
secret door, and finds a recorder. The
recording warns him he can find
salvation or die in the room, and urges
him to make the right choice.
Photos © 2008 Lionsgate. Review © David Bruce
He disregards it, then is
attacked by a figure in a
pig mask. He wakes to
find himself in one of
Jigsaw's traps. His head
is in a sealed box, which
quickly starts to fill with
water. Before he runs out
of air, he performs a
tracheotomy with the
tube of a ballpoint pen in
order to breathe.
Photos © 2008 Lionsgate. Review © David Bruce
Meanwhile, five people wake
up in a sewer, in a neck tie
trap. This trap involves
pulling against a cable to
get a key at the end of the
room to release themselves.
The consequence for not
completing the trap is to be
beheaded. Can there be any
salvation from death?
Photos © 2008 Lionsgate. Review © David Bruce
Consensus Voice:
“Thank goodness Lionsgate
made another Saw film!
Otherwise, how would we as a
country get to feel good about
ourselves while watching
humans suffer through
prolonged torture, degradation
and death?”
-- Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Photos © 2008 Lionsgate. Review © David Bruce
1. People choose life over
death
2. Despite circumstances we
must exercise what choices
and opportunities we have
Side Note: Sadly, torture seems to
hold a fascination with the
American public
Photos © 2008 Lionsgate. Review © David Bruce
Disturbing as the Saw series is, it does point to a truth:
People want to live! We do not want to die. In the
Hebrew Torah we read, “Today I have given you the
choice between life and death, between blessings and
curses... Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and
your descendants might live!” (Deuteronomy 30:19)
Good words, indeed!
Review © David Bruce
Serial killer Jigsaw prefers to target rapists and
murderers, so the human slaughter is made somewhat
more acceptable, because we presume these folks are
getting what they deserve –not!
Death is more universal than life;
everyone dies but not everyone lives.
--A. Sachs
Do not fear death so much,
but rather the inadequate life.
--Bertolt Brecht
Review © David Bruce
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful.
It's the transition that's troublesome.
--Isaac Asimov
Review © David Bruce
“Is there life
before death?”
―Graffito