Shaft (1971)
Low level violence, low level coarse language
| Director: | Gordon Parks |
| Actors: | Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn |
Hotter than Bond. Cooler than Bullitt, movie posters proclaimed. John Shaft was indeed a shut-your-mouth detective to reckon with, a fact emphasized from the film's start by Isaac Hayes' Academy Award-winning Best Original Song and Oscar-nominated score.Richard Roundtree plays the smart, tough, confident lead, a private investigator whose hunt for a kidnapped woman puts him in the middle of feuding syndicates. Gordon Parks directs from a screenplay that Ernest Tidyman (that same year's Oscar winner for The French Connection) co-scripted from his own novel. John Shaft is an icon of change from an era of change. Today, Shaft still tells it like it is.
| Status: | Normal |
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| Run time: | 97mins |
| Origin: | GERMANY |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.85:1 16:9 Enhanced |
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Member Reviews (5)
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Josh
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Although you can't expect too much from it, you can appreciate it for the way it really embraces the blaxploitation genre. Generally it's just a really good 1970s crime film.
Clouseau
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Very enjoyable movie. Shaft's character is a very likable astute private detective. It is probably a little dated now, but still I prefer to watch this than some of the trash on TV that passes as entertainment. Recommended!
Sharon C.
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eewww
bobby Caribbean
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Classic
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