To understand what you find on the Internet Archive, you must first understand the film as it existed in 2004. Saw was not yet a franchise; it was a Sundance Film Festival sensation. The plot was elegantly simple: Two men—Adam (Leigh Whannell) and Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes)—wake up chained to pipes in a decrepit industrial bathroom. Between them lies a dead man holding a revolver and a microcassette recorder. They are pawns of the Jigsaw Killer (Tobin Bell), a terminally ill mastermind who despises those who waste their lives.
. Below is a summary of the available "post" or entry information for this cult classic: Film Entry Internet Archive saw 2004 internet archive
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The problem was, he lived two towns away from the nearest arthouse cinema, and his parents had clamped down on his internet usage after a three-hundred-dollar phone bill. His only lifeline was the Internet Archive. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes)—wake up chained to pipes
intended to release the movie straight-to-video. However, following a strong positive reaction at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival , they opted for a theatrical release that October. Production Trivia