Saw (2003 film)

Infobox Film
name =Saw 0.5


caption =The puppet delivers its message.
director =James Wan
producer =Darren McFarlane
writer =Leigh Whannell
starring =Leigh Whannell
Paul Moder
Katrina Mathers
Dean Francis
music =Charlie Clouser
cinematography =Martin Smith
editing =James Wan
Neil Monteith
distributor =Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
Lions Gate Films (2005) (worldwide) (DVD)
released =2003
runtime =9½ min.
language =English
budget =
followed_by =
amg_id =
imdb_id=0495241|

"Saw" is an Australian nine-and-a-half-minute Short subject Thriller film by directors James Wan and Leigh Whannell. It was created from a scene they chose from the script for "Saw" (2004). It was originally used to pitch their script to various studios and actors. On the internet it has often been referred to as "Saw 0.5". [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--HBzoZ0oo8 YouTube - Saw 0.5 ] ]

This short film later became a scene in the feature film "Saw", with Shawnee Smith wearing the Reverse Bear Trap device instead of David.

The short film can be viewed on the second disc of "Saw: Uncut Edition".

Plot

The film begins with a young man named David (Whannell) in an interrogation room talking to an unnamed, unsympathetic police officer. David is in handcuffs, and there is blood on his face and shirt. David is smoking a cigarette. He tells the officer that after he finished his work as an orderly at the hospital, he was knocked unconscious and taken to a large room. Inside the room, David was strapped to a chair with a large, rusty metal device locked onto his head.

To his left was a small television, which began playing a video showing a frightening puppet, named Billy, that tells him that the device on his head is a "reverse beartrap", which is hooked into his jaws and will pry his face open with great force if he does not unlock it in time. The dummy tells David that the only key to unlock the device is in the stomach of his dead cellmate.

David is able to break free of his bonds, but by doing so he sets off a timer on the back of the device. Across the room, he finds the body that the puppet mentioned, but also finds that the man is actually alive but under paralysis. David panics, and slices into the man's stomach anyway. After finding the key, David unlocks the device and throws it to the ground, just as it snaps open. David escapes death from the device.

David begins screaming and weeping in horror. At the entrance to the room, the puppet from the video appears on a tricycle. He congratulates David on surviving, and tells him that he has proven he is no longer ungrateful for being alive.

The movie ends with the police officer asking "Are you grateful, David?" causing the young man to again break down.

"Zepp Overture" is played when credits are shown.

References

Trivia

*The same sound that is heard in the introduction of the title can also be heard in the song "Screaming Slave" by Nine Inch Nails. The composer of the soundtrack for the movie and for the short, Charlie Clouser, is noted to have been a part of the band during live performances. He was however, not a part of the band during the period the song was recorded.

External links

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* [http://saw.ugo.com Official World of Saw] at [http://www.ugo.com UGO]
* [http://www.hitdivx.com/saw-testere-i-ii-iii-dvdrip-turkce-dublajli-t3929.html Saw film trailer] ------