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• The final shooting draft of the script was written in under a week in Toronto, Canada by Leigh Whannell based on an idea by creator and Saw (2004) director James Wan.
  
  
• The producers asked the producers of Scary Movie 4 (2006) if they could use their bathroom set for this movie as it was an exact replica of the sets used in Saw (2004) and Saw II (2005).
  
  
• First Saw movie to include nudity.
  
  
• According to director Darren Lynn Bousman, the fans of the "House of Jigsaw" message board heavily influenced this film. It is also dedicated to the memory of late SAW producer Gregg Hoffman after his sudden passing in December, prior to the release of Saw II (2005).
  
  
• The film was so anticipated by the fans, that the teaser trailer that was placed in front of the film The Descent (2005) was bootlegged and published online on the day of release.
  
  
• According to producer 'Daniel J. Heffner (I)', the film was sent to the MPAA ratings board 7 times before obtaining the "R" rating, receiving the "NC-17" rating every previous time.
  
  
• 1000 special posters were made and were sold for $20 each in support of Saw III and the American Red Cross. Tobin Bell, donated 2 Vials of his own blood to be dumped into the red ink vat. All 1000 posters were then printed with the red ink vat and later sold. However, the first print was put up for auction. It was also signed by the entire cast and crew. All proceeds from both sales, went to the American Red Cross.
  
  
• Jeff's daughter "Corbett" was named after Leigh Whannell's actress girlfriend, Corbett Tuck.
  
  

• SPOILER: The name of Jeff's son is only said once throughout the entire film, even though the character's death is important in the movie. It's Dylan.
  
  
• SPOILER: The frozen body of Danica was 2 separate pieces, one for the front half and one for the back half.
  
  
• SPOILER: Before settling on the final version of the Classroom Trap, the creators and writers of Saw III (2006) went through a couple different versions of the game. One of them had Troy suspended above the floor of the classroom by large meat hooks. They decided against this, as they figured it would be basically impossible to escape, and that it would be more thrilling if he was standing and able to rip the chains out. A second version had the hooks going through his eyelids, his fingernails, and his teeth. This accounts for two of the promotional posters for the film, one showing a mouth missing numerous teeth, and another showing three teeth dangling from wires.
  
  
• SPOILER: According to producers Mark Burg and 'Oren Koules (I)', they had originally discussed having Kerry placed in a device that would pull her limbs in different directions, but instead thought of the ribcage trap.
  
  
• SPOILER: Before settling on the final version of the Freezer Room, the creators and writers of Saw III (2006) went through a few different versions of the game, with only minor changes. Originally, the victim was going to be a male police officer, but they decided against it, instead going with the idea of a female witness. Instead of being completely naked, Danica was going to be in a T-shirt and panties, but they figured having her being sprayed would make the shirt stick to her body and become too sexual, so they decided to put her in the freezer naked instead.
  
  
• SPOILER: Before settling on the final version of the Pig Vat, the creators and writers of Saw III (2006) went through a couple different versions of game. One of them had Judge Halden suspended above a meat grinder. As he was lowered down into it, Jeff would have to dive into a "soup" (probably referring to the ground up pigs that were instead poured onto the Judge) to retrieve the key. It was changed again until it resembled the final version, with the exception that Jeff wouldn't have to burn his son's possessions, but simply step down into the silo to free the judge. Leigh Whannell said on the commentary for Saw III (2006) that one of the reasons for the final change was that merely having Jeff dive into pig guts was more akin to something on "Fear Factor" (2001), and that by burning his son's possessions, it was more of an emotional conflict for Jeff than a physical one.
  
  
• SPOILER: Before settling on the final version of the Rack, the creators and writers of Saw III (2006) went through a couple different versions of game. One of them had Timothy strapped down to a table that would fold on its hinges, bending his body with it and breaking his back. A similar idea had been brought up once before when thinking about Detective Steven Sing's trap. It was remodeled into the shape of a cross, but would still bend along hinges that would break Timothy's body until they decided they wanted the individual limbs being twisted instead.
  
  
• SPOILER: Before settling on the final version of the Confrontation, the creators and writers of Saw III (2006) shot numerous different versions, all resulting in Jigsaw's death at the hands of Jeff. The only differences were the weapons of choice, among them the original circular saw blade that Jeff picked up before finding the high power saw. An alternate ending was also shot, using the concept of Lynn's "bomb" collar, which would detonate and shake the room following Jigsaw's death, knocking Jeff to the floor, unconscious. Upon awakening, Jeff would then find a tape, possibly the one Jigsaw played after his throat was slit in the given ending.
  
  

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