Shaft
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
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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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- Featured in: American Grindhouse | BaadAsssss Cinema | The Shaft Trilogy | Shaft Triple Feature (BluRay)
- Included in: The Baadasssss Blaxploitation Top 20 | Top 10 Baadassss Blaxploitation Soundtracks
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Main Details
- Released on June 23, 1971 (Detroit, Michigan)
- 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
- 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
Plot Summary
- A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
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)
The Tarantino Connection
In the Tarantinoverse of Django Unchained, Broomhilda Von Shaft and Django Freeman are ancestors of John Shaft.
In the Tarantinoverse of Django Unchained, Broomhilda Von Shaft and Django Freeman are ancestors of John Shaft.
