Maps of Movies

Saw (2004)

Where Saw says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Almost the whole film was shot in one Los Angeles studio, and the only room built from scratch was the bathroom

Scenes and places

The chained bathroom (2004)

Adam, a photographer, wakes in a filthy bathtub with his ankle chained to a pipe. Across the room Dr. Lawrence Gordon is chained too, and each finds a tape that sets the rules of a deadly game.

Set in A dilapidated bathroom — Adam and Lawrence wake up chained to pipes with a corpse between them.

A windowless, run-down public bathroom of an unnamed city.

The hospital lecture (2004)

Five months earlier, Dr. Gordon discusses a patient with terminal brain cancer, John Kramer, with his interns. The scene sets up the orderly who bonds with patients and the detectives who arrive.

Set in Lawrence's hospital — Lawrence lectures interns about a terminal patient named John.

A hospital where Lawrence works as an oncologist; its location is never named.

The interrogation (2004)

Detectives Tapp and Sing question Lawrence about his penlight, found at the scene of one of Jigsaw's games. His alibi clears him, and he agrees to hear the only known survivor, Amanda.

Set in Police station — Detectives question Lawrence about a penlight found at a murder scene.

A police interrogation room, filmed in a place where a similar set had already been built.

Jigsaw's warehouse (2004)

Using the videotape from Amanda's game, Tapp and Sing find Jigsaw's warehouse and detain him. The raid changes both detectives' lives.

Set in Jigsaw's warehouse — Tapp and Sing track Jigsaw to his lair.

An industrial warehouse where Jigsaw builds his traps.

The apartment with the hidden camera (2004)

In the present, Alison and her daughter Diana are bound and gagged in their apartment while a captor watches the bathroom through a hidden camera. Outside, the obsessed Tapp watches the house.

Set in Gordon family apartment — Alison and Diana are tied up while a captor watches Adam and Lawrence.

The Gordon family home, seen only from inside and from the street.

The sewer chase (2004)

The struggle at the apartment draws Tapp's attention, and he chases the captor into the sewers.

Set in The sewers — Tapp chases the captor into the sewers.

The sewer tunnels under the neighborhood; the film places them only below the Gordon home.

Characters

• Adam — A photographer who wakes up chained in a bathtub.
• Dr. Lawrence Gordon — An oncologist chained across the room, ordered to kill by 6:00.
• Detective David Tapp — A detective obsessed with the Jigsaw case.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the Saw bathroom actually built?