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Shaft / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a Stirling Silliphant-Roger Lewis production ; screenplay by Ernest Tidyman and John D.F. Black ; produced by Joel Freeman ; directed by Gordon Parks. Shaft's big score! / Metro-Goldwyin-Mayer presents a Stirling Silliphant-Roger Lewis production ; written by Ernest Tidyman ; produced by Roger Lewis and Ernest Tidyman ; directed by Gordon Parks. Shaft in Africa / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a Stirling Silliphant-Roger Lewis production ; written by Stirling Silliphant ; produced by Roger Lewis ; directed by John Guillermin.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Motion picture adaptation of work: Tidyman, Ernest. Shaft, author, screenwriter, film producer., producer.
Contributor:
Black, John D. F., screenwriter., screenwriter.
Freeman, Joel, film producer, producer.
Lewis, Roger, 1918-1984, film producer, producer.
Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, director, composer.
Guillermin, John, 1925-2015, film director, director.
Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996, screenwriter, film producer, producer, screenwriter.
Roundtree, Richard, 1942-2023, actor, actor.
Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, actor, actor.
Cioffi, Charles, 1935- actor, actor.
St. John, Christopher, 1942- actor, actor.
Mitchell, Gwenn, 1948- actor, actor.
Brown, Drew Bundini, 1928-1987, actor, actor.
Mascolo, Joseph, 1929-2016, actor, actor.
Imrie, Kathy, actor, actor.
Taylor, Wally, 1931-2012, actor, actor.
Harris, Julius, 1923-2004, actor., actor.
Finlay, Frank, 1926-2016, actor, actor.
McGee, Vonetta, actor, actor.
Arnerić, Neda, 1953-2020, actor, actor.
Furrer, Urs, cinematographer, director of photography.
Robertson, Hugh A., editor of moving image work., editor of moving image work.
Benedict, Max, editor of moving image work, editor of moving image work.
Howard, Moe (Film editor), editor of moving image work, editor of moving image work.
Hayes, Isaac, composer (expression), composer.
Pate, Johnny, composer (expression), composer.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, film production company.
Warner Home Video (Firm), publisher.
Standardized Title:
Shaft (Motion picture : 1971)
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Tidyman, Ernest--Film adaptations.
Tidyman, Ernest.
Shaft, John (Fictitious character)--Drama.
Shaft, John.
Shaft, John (Fictitious character).
African American private investigators--Drama.
African American private investigators.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.).
New York (State)--New York--Harlem.
Genre:
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Detective and mystery films.
Blaxploitation films.
Mystery films.
Drama.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (317 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006]
Language Note:
English or French dialogue with optional subtitles in English or French; closed-captioned.
System Details:
DVD, region 1, full screen version; Dolby Digital mono.
digital
optical
mono
Dolby
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
Shaft: John Shaft, a private investigator, is hired by a Harlem crime boss to find his kidnapped daughter. During his investigation, Shaft uncovers a Mafia plot to take over a chunk of the Black underworld's uptown territory.
Shaft's big score!: Private eye John Shaft runs afoul of the underworld as he investigates a friends murder. This is the second film in the Shaft series.
Shaft in Africa: Detective John Shaft is persuaded by diplomats at the United Nations to track down a slave-trading operation. This is the third film in the Shaft series.
Includes Shaft (1971; A crime boss hires private investigator Shaft to help find his daughter); Shaft's Big Score (1972; When a friend is murdered, Shaft hits the streets in search of the killer); and Shaft in Africa (1973; When young Africans are lured to Paris only to find themselves in the middle of a slave trade ring, Shaft goes undercover to end it once and for all).
Contents:
[disc 1]. Shaft (100 min.)
[disc 1, reverse side]. Shaft's big score! (105 min.)
Shaft in Africa (112 min.).
Participant:
Shaft: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell, Drew Bundini Brown.
Shaft's big score!: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Joseph Mascolo, Kathy Imrie, Wally Taylor, Julius W. Harris, Drew Bundini Brown.
Shaft in Africa: Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee, Neda Arneric.
Credits:
Shaft: Director of photography, Urs Furrer ; film editor, Hugh A. Robertson ; music, Isaac Hayes.
Shaft's big score!: Director of photography, Urs Furrer ; film editor, Harry Howard ; music, Gordon Parks.
Shaft in Africa: Director of photography, Marcel Grignon ; film editor, Max Benedict ; music, Johnny Pate.
Notes:
Shaft: Based on the novel by Ernest Tidyman; Shaft's big score! and Shaft in Africa based on characters created by Ernest Tidyman.
"Triple feature"--Container.
Originally produced as motion pictures in 1971, 1972, and 1973, respectively.
Special features: cast & crew; "Soul in cinema : filming 'Shaft' on location"; awards; theatrical trailers.
Contains:
Shaft's big score! (Motion picture)
Shaft in Africa (Motion picture)
Shaft's big score!
Shaft in Africa.
ISBN:
1419823418
9781419823411
OCLC:
144529488
Publisher Number:
012569678408
67840 Warner Home Video

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