Shaft
2000 film directed by John Singleton
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Summary
Shaft is a film[1]. Shaft ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,610 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: John Singleton[3]
- Screenwriter: Shane Salerno[4], Richard Price[5], John Singleton[6]
- Composer: David Arnold[7]
- Genre: crime film[8], action film[9], thriller film[10], drama film[11]
- Based on: Shaft[12]
- Follows: Shaft in Africa[13]
- Followed by: Shaft[14]
- Cast member: Samuel L. Jackson[15], Vanessa Williams[16], Jeffrey Wright[17], Christian Bale[18], Richard Roundtree[19], Busta Rhymes[20], Dan Hedaya[21], Toni Collette[22], Lee Tergesen[23], Mekhi Phifer[24], Daniel von Bargen[25], Gordon Parks[26], John Singleton[27], Josef Sommer[28]
- Producer: John Singleton[29], Scott Rudin[30], Eric Steel[31], Adam Schroeder[32]
- Production company: Scott Rudin Productions[33]
- Director of photography: Donald E. Thorin[34]
- Original language of film or TV show: Spanish[35], English[36]
- Soundtrack release: Music From and Inspired By Shaft[37]
- Distribution format: video on demand[38]
- Review score: 67%[39], 6.1/10[40], 50/100[41]
- Color: color[42]
- Country of origin: United States[43], Germany[44]
- Publication date: January 1, 2000[45], October 26, 2000[46]
- Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[47], Netflix[48]
- Narrative location: New York City[49]
- Filming location: New York City[50], New Jersey[51]
- Film editor: John Bloom[52]
- Title: Shaft[53]
- Has characteristic: film based on a novel[54]
- FSK film rating: FSK 16[55]
Why It Matters
Shaft has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Shaft is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]