Shaft [videorecording]
2001
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Gordon Parks directs this 1970s action drama based on the novel by Ernest Tidyman. Private detective John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) is called in when the daughter of Harlem gangster Bumpy Jonas (Moses Gunn) is kidnapped. Forced to go undercover as a member of the mob, Shaft finds an ally in black militant Ben Buford (Christopher St. John), but soon finds himself becoming embroiled in gang warfare, clashes with the Mafia and encounters with a variety of beautiful women.
Main title:
Shaft [videorecording] / producer, Joel Freeman.
Author:
Parks, Gordon, directorHayes, Isaac, composer (expression)Johnson, J.J., composer (expression)Roundtree, Richard, 1942-2023, actorGunn, Moses, 1929-1993, actorCioffi, Charles, 1935-, actorTidyman, Ernest, book author
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : Warner Bros. Home Ent., 2001.
Collation:
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, colour
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English).Made in 1971.Based on the novel by Ernest Tidyman.DVDNW.Dolby Digital.
Credits:
Credits: director, Gordon Parks; writer, Ernest Tidyman; writer, John D. F. Black; music, Isaac Hayes; music, J.J. Johnson; cinematographer, Urs Furrer.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Drew Brown, Gwen Mitchell, Lawrence Pressman, Antonio Fargas, Sherri Brewer, Rex Robbins, Camille Yarbrough.
Audience:
BBFC code: 15.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.43715
Language:
English
BRN:
42270
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