Shaft
1971 American blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks
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Summary
Shaft is a film[1]. Shaft ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,644 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Gordon Parks[3]
- Screenwriter: Ernest Tidyman[4], John D. F. Black[5]
- Composer: Isaac Hayes[6]
- Genre: crime film[7], action film[8], neo-noir[9], blaxploitation film[10], mystery film[11], drama film[12]
- Based on: Shaft[13]
- Followed by: Shaft's Big Score[14]
- Cast member: Richard Roundtree[15], Moses Gunn[16], Charles Cioffi[17], Dominic Barto[18], Antonio Fargas[19], Lawrence Pressman[20], Ed Bernard[21], Gordon Parks[22], Joseph Léon[23]
- Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[24]
- Director of photography: Urs Furrer[25]
- Part of: National Film Registry[26]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[27]
- Commons category: Shaft[28]
- Soundtrack release: Shaft[29], Theme From Shaft[30]
- Distribution format: video on demand[31]
- Review score: 88%[32], 7.5/10[33], 66/100[34]
- Color: color[35]
- Country of origin: United States[36]
- Publication date: January 1, 1971[37], August 9, 1972[38]
- Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[39], Netflix[40]
- Narrative location: New York City[41]
- Film editor: Hugh A. Robertson[42]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score[43]
- Title: Shaft[44]
- Has characteristic: film based on a novel[45]
- After a work by: Ernest Tidyman[46]
Why It Matters
Shaft has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Shaft is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]