Shaft
Genre: Action Adventure
Reviewed in Issue 32 of Widescreen Review
Stars: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell, Drew Bundini Brown
| Studio/Distributor | MGM Home Entertainment |
| Catalog Number | ML106774 |
| MPAA Rating | R |
| Retail Price | $39.98 |
| Running Time | 100 |
| Color Type | Color |
| Chaptered/Scene Access | Yes |
| Closed Captioned | Yes |
| Theatrical Release | 1971 |
| LD Release Date | 2/99 |
| THX Digitally Mastered | No |
| Director | Gordon Parks |
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| Stars | Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell, Drew Bundini Brown |
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| Soundtrack | Mono Sound |
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Subscribe FreeBased on the novel by Ernest Tidyman, Shaft stars Richard Roundtree as the suave, tough-as-nails New York private eye. He’s hired by Harlem mobster Bumpy Jonas (Gunn) to rescue his kidnapped teenage daughter. Shaft discovers that there is a plot by Italian Mafia kingpins to take over some of the Black Underworld’s uptown territory which might explain the kidnapping. Shaft’s police detective friend Victor Androzzi (Cioffi), alerts him that there is more going on with Bumpy than meets the eye. One of the highlights of the movie is Isaac Hayes’ Oscar®-winning song The Theme From Shaft. Can you dig it?
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