Shaft (DVD)

Shaft (DVD)

Production Year: 1971, 2000 - Action/Adventure - Director: Gordon Parks, John Singleton - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 18 years and over - Starring:Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Victor Arnold, Charles Cioffi, Antonio Fargas, Lawrence Pressman, Gwenn Mitchell, Christopher St. John, Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Christian Bale, Jeffrey Wright, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette, Josef Sommer, Dan Hedaya more

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eye who has a rocky relationship with cops, an
even rockier one with Harlem gangsters, and a
healthy sex life. The script finds Shaft tracking
down the kidnapped daughter of a black mobster,
but the pleasure of the film is the sum of its
attitude, Roundtree's uncompromising performance,
and the thrilling, Oscar-winning score by Isaac
Hayes. Director Gordon Parks (The Learning Tree)
seems fond of certain detective genre clichés
(e.g., the hero walking into his low-rent office
and finding a hood waiting to talk with him), but
he and Roundtree make those moments their
own.Shaftproduced a couple of sequels, a follow-up
television series, and a remake starring Samuel L.
Jackson, but none had the impact this movie did.
--Tom Keogh, Amazon.comShaft's Big Scoreis the
first sequel to the super-hip 1971 original. When
a pal of detective John Shaft is murdered in a
bombing, New York's coolest private eye finds
himself caught in the middle of a power struggle
between black and white gangsters over the numbers
racket in Queens. Directed by Gordon Parks (who
does a brief cameo as a croupier in an illegal
casino) and written by Ernest Tidyman (both of
whom made the originalShaft), this film lacks the
pacing of its progenitor. Roundtree is at his best
when he's questioning a woman he's just met about
a suspect while at the same time beguiling her
into the sack (ah, those lazy, crazy days of the
sexual revolution). The finale--a shootout in a
cemetery, followed by a car-boat-helicopter chase
through Queens and up the Harlem River--is
preposterously drawn-out: Shaft, impervious to
machine-gun fire, winds up tripping, spraining his
ankle, and limping while running from the chopper;
two shots later, he's sprinting like a halfback.
Look for late Muhammad Ali trainer Drew Bundini
Brown as a wise-cracking mobster. --Marshall Fine,
Amazon.comShaft in Africa, the second sequel to
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modern-day slave trade, claims that he's not James
Bond but strictly Sam Spade. Bond, however, is the
operative model here, with John Shaft masquerading
as an Ethiopian to infiltrate the slave business
and bring it down. Yet everyone he encounters
seems to know who he is and wants to kill him--but
the string of dead bodies he leaves in his wake
across two continents proves that no one is able
to stop everyone's favourite hip private eye.
Written by Stirling Silliphant, the film is long
on action set pieces that are filmed with more
energy than the previous movie,Shaft's Big Score.
Given contemporary practices involving smugglers
of illegal Chinese and Mexican immigrants, the
plot isn't all that far-fetched. Roundtree, as
usual, is the picture of unflappable cool--but
don't get him mad. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com
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Shaft, A Low Budget Masterpiece
A review by marvello on Shaft (DVD)
February 21st, 2006


Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it? Liked it 
Story Outstanding 
Characters / Performances Satisfactory 
Special Effects Weak 
Soundtrack Average 

Advantages: Brilliant Story
Disadvantages: Cheaply made and dated to nowadays

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

Full review

"Shaft" is a movie that portrays a black character as a superhero. Released in 1971, just after the civil rights movement, this film is included in the so-called "blaxplotation" category. In this genre, black characters play a empowered role in film for the first time. It would not have happened before the civil rights movement, because black people were oppressed. They had to play small parts that usually presented stereotypical characters. At the time of this film's release, the equality under the law for black Americans had been achieved, at least on paper. Yet the reality was still far from equality between blacks and whites. Therefore, blacks needed black heroes and a new genre was introduced, with black people featuring main roles. "Shaft" shares many of the characteristics of "blaxplotation" movies.

As for the attitude of the superhero, Shaft is a private detective in total control of any situation. Cool, self-sufficient, hard, indomitable, and he is in the middle of two worlds. He collaborates with white policemen and also with black mafia, because white gangsters have kidnapped Bumpy's daughter. Bumpy, the leader of the majority of black crime in Harlem, looks for Shaft's help. Shaft feels comfortable and secure in the streets, dealing with his "brothers", and feels also confident working with white policemen. He seems very considerate to everyone. For example, when he takes a taxi he says to the driver: "Take your time, I am early." The same thing happens with a white man who owns a kiosk. Shaft is willing to help him by picking up his newspaper off the ground. He also illustrates a similar attitude with a small boy in the street, by giving him a dollar.


Shaft is portrayed from the first scene of the film as a powerful character. He confidently crosses the street in the middle of the traffic while the opening theme song is still playing. He crosses the street with assurance in front of three moving taxis. His style of dressing also portrays this: leather jacket collar slightly turned up and defined sideburns. All these signs provide him with an image of self-assurance. This is a very effective scene that shows how Shaft is undoubtedly portrayed as a hero from the beginning of the film.

Shaft's character lacks any sensitive dimension towards women. Men with some feminine side are considered desirable nowadays: but not in this category of blaxplotation film, in which violence and sex is present as a means of portraying Shaft as a hero. The first sex scene is superfluous and artificial; the conversations on the phone between Shaft and his companion show him as a conceited person, answering to the girl's assertion that she loves him: "I know". This usage of sex and violence to empower Shaft possibly was one of the reasons of the decay of blaxploitaion movies, as this genre received critiques from many sectors.

It is a low-budget movie that illustrates the blaxploitation genre, because it shows black actors in main roles but lacks any aesthetic care and the plot is incredibly predictable. Shaft is portrayed as a superhero in total control of the situation. Different camera angles serve the purpose of empowering Shaft, whose relationships with women lack any sensitivity. This film has definitely broadened my perspective of African American culture because it is a totally new genre to me. 


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Product details

Actor(s): Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Victor Arnold, Charles Cioffi, Antonio Fargas, Lawrence Pressman, Gwenn Mitchell, Christopher St. John

Director(s): Gordon Parks, John Singleton

Genre: Action & Adventure

Classification: 15 years and over, 18 years and over

Production Year: 1971, 2000

Running Time: 1 hour 36 minutes, 1 hour 35 minutes

Video Category: Feature Film

Plot: Shaft, the handsome detective, fights for his life amongst the ganglords who run the rackets in New York's Harlem.

DVD Description

One of the first black action heroes blasts onto the Hollywood scene in this tale of John Shaft, a private eye who sets out to find the missing daughter of a Harlem gang kingpin. By modern standards, the edge might seem a little dull, but Isaac Hayes' score is fresh as ever. Based on the novel by Ernest Tidyman. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Original Dramatic Score. Academy Awards: Best Song ("Theme from Shaft").

Release details

DVD Region: DVD

Studio(s): WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS, PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DIST. SERVICES

Release date: 05/03/2001, 09/04/2001

No of Discs: 1

Catalogue No: D 065051, PHE 8057

Barcode: 7321900650519, 5014437805737

Author: John D. F. Black, Richard Price

Producer: Joel Freeman, Scott Rudin, John Singleton

Featured: Isaac Hayes

Composer: Isaac Hayes

Editor: Hugh A. Robertson

Cinematographer: Urs Furrer

Art Director: Emanuel Gerard

Screenwriter: Richard Price, John Singleton

Languages

Main Language: English

Dubbed Language: French, Italian, German

Subtitle Language: Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian

Hearing Impaired Language: English, Italian, English

Technical information

Special Features: Interactive Menus, Scene Access, Trailer, Cast And Crew Interviews, Music Videos, Theatrical Trailer

Aspect Ratio: 1.33 Full Screen, 1.85 Wide Screen, 2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Sound: Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1

Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital Mono English French Italian, Dolby Digital 5.1 English German

Professional reviews

Review: "...The last 25 minutes are an object lesson in the art of ending a movie with a bang..." -- 4 out of 5 stars (Total Film, p.92, 01/08/2000)

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