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