Saw (film) - Quiz
Saw film
  • 1. Who acquired the worldwide distribution rights for Saw?
A) Universal Pictures
B) Lions Gate
C) Paramount Pictures
D) Warner Bros.
  • 2. At which film festival did Lions Gate acquire the rights to Saw?
A) Berlin International Film Festival
B) Sundance Film Festival
C) Venice Film Festival
D) Cannes Film Festival
  • 3. When did Saw premiere at the Sundance Film Festival?
A) October 29, 2004
B) September 18, 2004
C) December 2, 2004
D) January 19, 2004
  • 4. What festival featured Saw as the closing film on September 18, 2004?
A) Toronto International Film Festival
B) SXSW Film Festival
C) Sundance Film Festival
D) Tribeca Film Festival
  • 5. What was Lionsgate's initial plan for the film's release format?
A) Theatrical release
B) Streaming exclusive
C) Television broadcast
D) Direct-to-video
  • 6. When was Saw released in the United Kingdom?
A) January 19, 2004
B) October 1, 2004
C) October 29, 2004
D) December 2, 2004
  • 7. When was Saw released in the United States?
A) December 2, 2004
B) October 29, 2004
C) October 1, 2004
D) September 18, 2004
  • 8. When was Saw released in Australia?
A) October 29, 2004
B) October 1, 2004
C) December 2, 2004
D) January 19, 2004
  • 9. What was the film's initial rating by the Motion Picture Association of America?
A) PG-13
B) X
C) NC-17
D) R
  • 10. Why was the film initially given an NC-17 rating?
A) Strong graphic violence
B) Strong language
C) Drug use
D) Nudity
  • 11. What rating did Saw receive after being re-edited?
A) PG-13
B) NC-17
C) Unrated
D) R
  • 12. What was the name of the blood drive Lionsgate held for the Red Cross?
A) Give Til It Hurts
B) The Red Cross Saw Drive
C) Save Lives With Saw
D) Blood for Saw
  • 13. How many pints of blood were collected during the promotional blood drive?
A) 4,942
B) 4,294
C) 4,249
D) 2,449
  • 14. In what year was Saw re-released to celebrate its tenth anniversary?
A) 2010
B) 2004
C) 2014
D) 2024
  • 15. How much money did the 2014 re-release earn in its opening weekend?
A) $815,324
B) $650,051
C) $56,000,369
D) $650,510
  • 16. What is the total domestic gross of Saw after the tenth anniversary release?
A) $815,324
B) $650,051
C) $56,000,000
D) $56,000,369
  • 17. Who set the theatrical release for the unrated version of the film for its 20th anniversary?
A) Red Cross
B) Sundance Film Festival
C) Lionsgate
D) Fathom Events
  • 18. On which dates in 2024 was the unrated version of Saw released?
A) October 1 and 29
B) December 2 and 5
C) January 19 and 20
D) October 20 and 23
  • 19. Who suggested that Wan and Whannell travel to Los Angeles?
A) Gregg Hoffman
B) Ken Greenblatt
C) Stacey Testro
D) Mark Burg
  • 20. Which character did Leigh Whannell play in the short film?
A) Zep Hindle
B) Dr. Lawrence Gordon
C) Jigsaw
D) David
  • 21. What camera was used to shoot the short film?
A) 35mm camera
B) 8mm camera
C) Digital video camera
D) 16mm camera
  • 22. Who was the first producer to see the short film in Los Angeles?
A) Mark Burg
B) Oren Koules
C) Gregg Hoffman
D) Ken Greenblatt
  • 23. What company was formed by Hoffman, Burg, and Koules?
A) Twisted Pictures
B) Gold Circle Films
C) Evolution Entertainment
D) DreamWorks Pictures
  • 24. How did the producers finance the film?
A) They received government funding
B) They used personal savings
C) They took out a bank loan
D) They put up a second mortgage on their headquarters
  • 25. Who played Dr. Lawrence Gordon in Saw?
A) Danny Glover
B) Cary Elwes
C) Leigh Whannell
D) Tobin Bell
  • 26. What department did Cary Elwes visit to prepare for his role as an oncologist?
A) Department of Neurosurgery
B) Department of Surgery
C) Department of Cardiology
D) Department of Oncology
  • 27. Who was cast as Amanda Young after being convinced by the short film?
A) Shawnee Smith
B) Cary Elwes
C) Leigh Whannell
D) Tobin Bell
  • 28. Why did Wan specifically suggest Shawnee Smith for the role of Amanda?
A) He wanted a horror fan for the role
B) His casting director insisted
C) He had a crush on her since he was a teenager
D) She was the best actress available
  • 29. Which actor played Detective David Tapp?
A) Tobin Bell
B) Danny Glover
C) Michael Emerson
D) Cary Elwes
  • 30. What was the primary reason Wan cast Tobin Bell as Jigsaw?
A) His availability
B) His acting history
C) His physical stature
D) His voice
  • 31. Who was originally offered the role of Jigsaw but declined it?
A) Mike Butters
B) Michael Emerson
C) Cary Elwes
D) Danny Glover
  • 32. What role did Mike Butters eventually play in the film?
A) Paul Leahy
B) Jigsaw
C) Zep Hindle
D) Dr. Lawrence Gordon
  • 33. What percentage of net profits were Wan and Whannell offered by the producers?
A) 25%
B) 10%
C) 1%
D) 5%
  • 34. Which film inspired James Wan and Leigh Whannell to write and fund their own film?
A) The Sixth Sense
B) The Blair Witch Project
C) Pi
D) Se7en
  • 35. Which film by Darren Aronofsky inspired the duo to finance their film themselves?
A) Requiem for a Dream
B) The Blair Witch Project
C) Pi
D) The Fountain
  • 36. What setting did the writers originally consider for the film to keep it cheap?
A) A basement
B) An elevator
C) An attic
D) A warehouse
  • 37. What filming perspective did the duo initially consider for the elevator concept?
A) First-person POV
B) Security cameras
C) Handheld camcorder
D) Hidden microphones
  • 38. Where are the two men chained in James Wan's initial pitch?
A) A kitchen
B) A garage
C) A bathroom
D) An office
  • 39. What is in the middle of the floor between the two men in the bathroom?
A) A dead body
B) A key
C) A tape recorder
D) A weapon
  • 40. In what object did Leigh Whannell write the title of the film?
A) A script
B) A notebook
C) A diary
D) A napkin
  • 41. What style of font was the word 'Saw' written in when first conceived?
A) Handwritten cursive
B) Stencil lettering
C) Bold, industrial font
D) Blood-red, dripping font
  • 42. What health issue did Leigh Whannell experience that helped create the character Jigsaw?
A) Memory loss
B) Chronic fatigue
C) Vision problems
D) Migraines
  • 43. Where was Leigh Whannell when he had the idea for Jigsaw?
A) A hospital cafeteria
B) His home office
C) A neurologist's waiting room
D) A film set
  • 44. How did James Wan describe the genre of the first film?
A) A torture porn
B) A psychological horror
C) A slasher film
D) A mystery thriller
  • 45. According to the text, when did the series shift to focus more on torture scenes?
A) During the final cut of the first film
B) After the test screenings
C) The writers always intended it
D) In the sequels
  • 46. What nationality are James Wan and Leigh Whannell?
A) British
B) American
C) Australian
D) Canadian
  • 47. Who directed the 2004 film Saw?
A) James Wan
B) Cary Elwes
C) Leigh Whannell
D) Danny Glover
  • 48. In what year was Saw originally written?
A) 2003
B) 2004
C) 2001
D) 1996
  • 49. How many days did it take to shoot the film Saw?
A) 30 days
B) 25 days
C) 18 days
D) 10 days
  • 50. What is the profession of Adam Stanheight?
A) Oncologist
B) Photographer
C) Detective
D) Orderly
  • 51. What is the profession of Dr. Lawrence Gordon?
A) Orderly
B) Photographer
C) Oncologist
D) Detective
  • 52. Who is the only known survivor of one of Jigsaw's traps before the events of the movie?
A) Amanda Young
B) Zep Hindle
C) Alison Gordon
D) Diana Gordon
  • 53. What was the name of the orderly at the hospital who was revealed to be a victim of Jigsaw?
A) John Kramer
B) Zep Hindle
C) David Tapp
D) Steven Sing
  • 54. How did Detective Steven Sing die?
A) Drowning
B) Poisoning
C) Stabbing
D) Shotgun trap
  • 55. What was the name of the real Jigsaw Killer revealed at the end of the film?
A) Zep Hindle
B) Adam Stanheight
C) David Tapp
D) John Kramer
  • 56. Who was Adam working for to spy on Lawrence?
A) Alison Gordon
B) Tapp
C) John Kramer
D) Zep
  • 57. Which of these actors stars in the film Saw?
A) John Kramer
B) James Wan
C) Leigh Whannell
D) Monica Potter
  • 58. In what order were the bathroom scenes filmed?
A) Reverse chronological order
B) Randomly
C) Chronologically
D) By camera angle
  • 59. Approximately how many pages of dialogue did Elwes average per day?
A) 1 to 2 pages
B) 12 to 16 pages
C) 20 to 25 pages
D) 5 to 8 pages
  • 60. How much was spent on the reshoots performed by Wan and Whannell?
A) $400
B) $5,000
C) $1,000
D) $700,000
  • 61. Who served as a stand-in during the reshoots?
A) Kevin Greutert
B) James Wan
C) Cary Elwes
D) Leigh Whannell
  • 62. Where was the film shot?
A) An abandoned hospital in London
B) A studio in New York
C) Lacy Street Production Facility
D) A real bathroom in Los Angeles
  • 63. Who was the main composer for the Saw soundtrack?
A) Front Line Assembly
B) Charlie Clouser
C) Johnny Loftus
D) Fear Factory
  • 64. How long did it take Charlie Clouser to complete the soundtrack?
A) Six weeks
B) Ten weeks
C) One year
D) Three weeks
  • 65. Which band's song was originally set to be in the film but was not used?
A) Enemy
B) Fear Factory
C) Megadeth
D) Psychopomps
  • 66. Who gave the soundtrack three out of five stars?
A) Charlie Clouser
B) Front Line Assembly
C) Koch Records
D) Johnny Loftus
  • 67. What type of music does Johnny Loftus say Clouser draws from for the score?
A) Electronic dance music
B) Classical music
C) Industrial music
D) Heavy metal
  • 68. Which of these tracks did Johnny Loftus specifically praise?
A) Cigarette
B) The Uncut Edition
C) Die Dead Enough
D) Saw 0.5
  • 69. When was the theatrical version of Saw released on VHS and DVD in the US and Canada?
A) February 15, 2005
B) October 18, 2005
C) October 5, 2004
D) June 27, 2006
  • 70. What was the short film included on the Uncut Edition DVD informally called?
A) Saw 0.5
B) Saw 2.0
C) Saw 1.5
D) Saw 0.1
  • 71. In what year was Saw released on Blu-ray?
A) 2005
B) 2004
C) 2021
D) 2006
  • 72. How long is the making-of documentary included in the 2021 Ultra HD Blu-ray release?
A) 58 minutes
B) 120 minutes
C) 30 minutes
D) 15 minutes
  • 73. Which company released the Saw soundtrack?
A) Koch Records
B) Universal Music
C) Sony Pictures
D) Lionsgate
  • 74. What was the worldwide box office total for the film Saw?
A) $104 million
B) $100 million
C) $55.1 million
D) $47.9 million
  • 75. What grade did CinemaScore audiences give the film Saw?
A) B-
B) F
C) A+
D) C+
  • 76. According to Lionsgate, what percentage of the Saw audience was under 25 years old?
A) 60%
B) 50%
C) 25%
D) 39%
  • 77. Which critic called Saw a 'crude concoction sewn together from the severed parts of prior horror/serial killer pics'?
A) Owen Gleiberman
B) Kim Newman
C) Stephen Holden
D) Dennis Harvey
  • 78. Which horror film was Saw considered the most profitable after?
A) Scream (1996)
B) Seven
C) Fahrenheit 9/11
D) The Grudge
  • 79. How many critics' reviews on Rotten Tomatoes were positive?
A) 46%
B) 32%
C) 50%
D) 60%
  • 80. Which outlet ranked Saw as the 14th most defining film of the 2000s?
A) Variety
B) The Daily Telegraph
C) San Francisco Chronicle
D) Bloody Disgusting
  • 81. What was the percentage drop in earnings for Saw on its second weekend?
A) 39%
B) 60%
C) 10%
D) 46%
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