Shaft

Shaft (1971, USA) is a Blaxploitation-Crime film directed by Gordon Parks Sr. It is followed by Shaft's Big Score and Shaft In Africa.

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• Included in: The Baadasssss Blaxploitation Top 20

Main Details

• Released in 1971
• Color
• Running Time: 100 Min.
• Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Shaft Productions Ltd.
• Distribution Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1971) (USA) (theatrical) | Inex Film (1971) (Yugoslavia) (theatrical) | MGM-EMI (1971) (UK) (theatrical) | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (197?) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Directed by Gordon Parks
• Written by Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. Black
• Starring: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John
• Music by Isaac Hayes
• Produced by Joel Freeman, David Golden
• Original Music by Isaac Hayes, J.J. Johnson
• Cinematography by Urs Furrer
• Film Editing by Hugh A. Robertson

Taglines

• The mob wanted Harlem back. They got shaft...up to here.
• SHAFT's his name. SHAFT's his game.
• Hotter than Bond, Cooler than Bullitt.
• Shaft's his name. Shaft's his game.
• Wanna see Shaft? Better ask yo' mamma. (Trailer)