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A scene from Saw III was going to be shown when the action / thriller film Crank opened in theaters on September 1. However, the MPAA didn't allow it, due to the scene's large amount of gore. For similar reasons, an early teaser trailer for the movie was removed from the official Saw III site. The next trailer released featured flashbacks of Jigsaw attaching the "reverse bear trap" to Amanda and applying his makeup for posing as the corpse in the bathroom from Saw. The ads played up Saw's yearly release dates with the tagline, "If it's Halloween, it must be Saw"
   Around 1,000 special posters were made and sold for $20 each in support of Saw III. The posters were made with a small amount of Tobin Bell's blood (mixed with the printing ink). One such poster was also signed by the entire cast and crew of Saw III, and was auctioned off. All the proceeds from the auctioned poster were donated to the Red Cross.
   At Spike TV's Scream Awards on October 10, 2006, Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith appeared on stage with director Darren Lynn Bousman. Smith pinned Bousman to a chair, saying "Payback's a bitch," while Bell staged sawing off the top of Bousman's head. Smith then found a blood-saturated piece of film on his brain. This led to a "World Premiere" trailer featuring the plight of Troy in the .
   In a promotional video featured on MySpace (with similar versions made for YouTube and Break.com), Billy, Jigsaw's puppet, addresses the viewer in the same fashion as in the videos in the film. He states, "Hello. Are you watching me on MySpace? Good. I'd like to play a game with you. Up until now you've...just sat there as a voyeur, watching other people in their videos without care about who that person is. Well, what do voyeurs see when they look into the mirror? Let's find out. Right now you're being watched. If you forget for one second that you're being watched, you'll lose. Your only way out is to understand these numbers: 1, 0, 2, 7, 0, 6. Find the meaning and you'll live. Just remember; knowledge changes everything." The numbers represent the release date of the film, October 27, 2006.
   The original cut of the movie ran for over two hours, and several scenes have been confirmed to have been cut out, including a scene shown being filmed on... depicted an extended scene of Kerry and Rigg examining Troy's trap, where Kerry reveals to Rigg she's had nightmares about Eric, and she blames herself for what happened to him.
   There was also reference in an interview with Bousman of a scene that wasn't shown Jigsaw questioning if he was correct in his goal: He begins to question because he's near the very end, maybe this wasn't right. Maybe none of this really worked. Maybe he's a murderer. Maybe he's a killer... For the first time, we actually see him break down and cry. Imagine your entire life's work. You're on your deathbed. You know there's nothing else you can do and here's how you'll be remembered: as a killer, as a murderer. Not as someone who helped people. Not as someone who changed lives. Someone who took away lives. The one thing he didn't want to be and, as he's on his deathbed, he's realizing this. The audio commentary also notes that Leigh Whannell's character of Adam had more screen time, including a scene in which he passes by Amanda at the entrance of his apartment that was also included on the DVD.

Reception

At screenings in the United Kingdom three people were reported to have fainted at separate movie theaters, resulting in ambulances needing to be called.
Rotten Tomatoes.com gave the film a 27% rating, qualifying it as "Rotten."

Box office

Playing in 3,167 theaters Saw III grossed a total of $33,610,391 on its opening weekend. With a production budget of $9.98 million,

Soundtrack

DVD releases

The DVD was released on January 23, 2007 in two versions, both of which have the same bonus features:

R-rated (107 min.) Full Screen

Unrated (113 min.) Anamorphic Widescreen, Full Screen

Dolby Digital 5.1 & 2.0 tracks

Three Commentary Tracks:

1. Director Darren Lynn Bousman, Writer Leigh Whannell and Executive Producers Peter Block and Jason Constantine.
2. Producers Oren Koules and Mark Burg.
3. Director Darren Lynn Bousman, Editor Kevin Greutert and Director of Photography David A. Armstrong.

Deleted scenes, including the fight scene between Amanda and Lynn, and the extra scene with Adam and Amanda.

"The Traps of Saw III"

"The Details of Death: The Props of Saw III"

"Darren's Diary: Anatomy of a Director"

Trailers Also confirmed are two exclusive featurettes to the Blu-ray Disc release of Saw III, which includes a feature on the writing of Saw III, and an "Amanda: Evolution of a Killer" featurette. These featurettes were also included on an exclusive 2-disc edition, sold at Target stores in the U.S. and Future Shop stores in Canada. They contain the Unrated Widescreen Edition on Disc 1.

Unrated Edition

The Unrated DVD, released on January 23, 2007, features a 113-minute cut of the film that includes more gore. On the commentary track, Bousman notes that this isn't his original, two-hour-plus cut of the film, and that's why he released the Director's cut in October 2007.
The Unrated version of Saw III differs from the theatrical in many ways. The first noticeable difference is that the opening scene is more violent. The shots of Eric's heel being broken are much closer, and more detail is shown. When Kerry is discussing Eric with Rigg, the scene is slightly extended, showing her commenting on how she can't sleep because of his disappearance. When Kerry's trap triggers, a frontal shot is shown of her ribs being torn from her torso, leaving her organs exposed. Flashes showcase her innards dropping to the floor. The next noticeable difference is during Danica's . A few extra shots show Jeff slamming the door, trying to get out. During, Tim's limbs are shown much more, showcasing his skin tearing as the bone shatters out of his skin. The flashback fight scene between Amanda and Eric is also extended. Amanda is shown hearing Eric's cries for his son, and seems distressed. While maneuvering in the corridor, Eric sneaks up on her and the fight resumes from there. The last and most major difference is the film's ending. In the theatrical, once the montage of the victims passes by, Lynn's corpse is shown quickly, before cutting to Jeff screaming, then on Jigsaw's corpse, and finally cutting to black. In the unrated, during the montage the music slightly overlaps, skipping a couple of seconds forward, and then showing Lynn's mutilated head, zooming in on the gory details, and then slowly fading out to white.
The original theater version was also missing a soundtrack that was meant to play during the scene with Timothy Young in .

Director's Cut

A Director's Cut of Saw III was released on October 23, 2007 to coincide with the theatrical release of Saw IV on October 26. Extras on the 2-disc set include:

Three new audio commentaries:

1. Writer Leigh Whannell.
2. Director Darren Lynn Bousman and actor J. LaRose.
3. Actors Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith.

"Jigsaw's Plan" trivia game

"Filmmaker Favs"--favorite scenes/lines/details as chosen by the production crew

"Looking Tortured"--secrets behind selected make-up effects from the three movies

"Choose the Death"--commentary on 10 different traps

Music video: "Killer Inside- Messed Up World Remix" (Hydrovibe featuring Shawnee Smith)

A clip of the first trap in Saw IV This version of Saw III is the definitive one that Darren Lynn Bousman had originally intended (prior to being forced to edit the film seven times by the MPAA to achieve the R rating for the theatrical release), with a total running time of 121 minutes. A deleted scene reincorporated into this version of the film depicts a brutal catfight between Amanda (Shawnee Smith) and Lynn (Bahar Soomekh). In another added scene, Amanda appears to be having nightmares about kidnapping Adam before she finally decides to give him a mercy killing. This scene also reveals Jigsaw knew Amanda killed Adam. Also included is the original ending, which shows Jeff stumbling over to Lynn's corpse, playing Jigsaw's tape, then screaming before the credits begin. This tape is very much the same as the theatrical and unrated tape, except with some added lines, such as Jeff must "Pay the price for holding onto all that anger" and "driving [his] wife away from him." It is also said in a calmer, more menacing tone.

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