Shaft (1971)

Nutzer-Bewertung:

6.5/10   

Regisseur:

Gordon Parks

Drehbuchautoren:

Ernest Tidyman (novel)
Ernest Tidyman (writer) ...

Premierendatum:

2. Juli 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Krimi | Drama | Thriller

Werbezeile:

The mob wanted Harlem back. They got shaft...up to here.

Plot:

Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Plot Keywords:

Famous Theme | Trick | One Word Title | Staircase | Window Smashing

Auszeichnungen:

Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Right On!

Besetzung

Richard Roundtree	...	John Shaft
Moses Gunn	...	Bumpy Jonas
Charles Cioffi	...	Vic Androzzi
Christopher St. John	...	Ben Buford
Gwenn Mitchell	...	Ellie Moore
Lawrence Pressman	...	Sergeant Tom Hannon
Victor Arnold	...	Charlie
Sherri Brewer	...	Marcy
Rex Robbins	...	Rollie
Camille Yarbrough	...	Dina Greene
Margaret Warncke	...	Linda
Joseph Leon	...	Byron Leibowitz
Arnold Johnson	...	Cul
Dominic Barto	...	Patsy
George Strus	...	Carmen

Länge:

100 Min

Land:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Metrocolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.33 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

UK:X (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | South Korea:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:16 (video rating) | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Drehorte:

Cafe Reggio, MacDougal Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Firma:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Dies und das:

'Ron O'Neal' (Super Fly (1972)) auditioned for the role of John Shaft, but was turned down because the producers felt his skin complexion was too light.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: The month calendar in Shaft's office is January 1971 (February 1971 is also posted on the wall in a "next month" style arrangement). But in Lt. Androzzi's office, the date calendar reads Tuesday January 27 and later Thursday January 29. 27 January 1971 was a Wednesday and 29 January 1971 was a Friday.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
John Shaft: [holding up his middle finger to a cab driver who is honking his horn at him] Up yours! Get out the way!

Querbezüge:

Bezug enthalten in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mitchell (#6.12)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

Ellie's Love Theme

Right On!

Blaxploitation at it's best. A simple story with a simple twist done right. That is Shaft. The concept of a black man as a cool ultra slick, lady lovin' private detective was fresh. For once in the world of cinema the black man was tops and unlike other genre entries this one clicked with people of both colors. They had created a solid character in John Shaft that both the white and black segment of the population took a shinning to. For once it wasn't something exploitive being sold to a one-sided market audience exclusively.

But look I'm getting sidetracked. Shaft isn't this huge epic struggle of the black man through the generations. It's a solid, satisfying action picture that gets by on pure character. The character of Shaft. Being spot on for it's time the black private detective has endlessly been imitated, but never duplicated. With much of the character's success having to be attributable to Richard Roundtree, a perfect fit for the material. He wasn't so much playing a character named John Shaft, but rather he was John Shaft. Perhaps to the detriment of his career, I still can't watch a movie with Richard Roundtree in it without thinking of Shaft. The plot is on auto pilot - you've seen it before - maybe even done better - but this movie has Shaft and that's all there is to say. Dig it.