Shaft (2000 film)
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 DVD cover of Shaft. |
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| Directed by | John Singleton |
| Produced by | Mark Roybal Scott Rudin Eric Steel |
| Written by | Ernest Tidyman (novel) John Singleton Shane Salerno Richard Price |
| Starring | Samuel L. Jackson |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 16, 2000 (USA) |
| Running time | 99 min. |
| Language | English Spanish |
| Budget | $44,000,000 US (est.) |
| IMDb profile | |
Shaft is a 2000 movie that was directed by John Singleton. It is the sequel/spinoff of the 1971 original. The movie stars Samuel L. Jackson (as John Shaft), Toni Collette, Busta Rhymes, Vanessa L. Williams, Jeffrey Wright, and Christian Bale. The actor from the original movie, Richard Roundtree, also briefly reprises his role as John Shaft, the uncle to Jackson's character.
[edit] Plot
John Shaft is called in to investigate a racially motivated murder by Walter Wade Jr. (Christian Bale), the son of a wealthy tycoon. However the eye witness, Diane Palmieri (Toni Collette), disappears, and no trace is left of her. Due to Wade being let off on bail, he flees to Switzerland. Two years later, he returns confident that his connections and wealth will acquit him, so long as the waitress witness doesn't testify against him. Wade then enlists the help of a Dominican drug lord, Peoples Hernandez (Jeffrey Wright), to do his dirty business for him. Shaft must, with the help of his fellow detective Carmen Vasquez (Vanessa L. Williams), find Diane, whilst having to fight off Wade, Peoples and a host of corrupt officers and bring Wade to justice.
[edit] Trivia
- The director of the original Shaft, Gordon Parks, appears in a cameo at the Lenox Lounge party as "Mr. P"; as an homage by director John Singleton to the original film.
- Richard Roundtree is only six years older than Samuel L. Jackson.
- Although the legendary theme has the lyric "...a sex-machine with all the chicks..." the only sex scene was cut and edited into the opening credit montage.
- Samuel L. Jackson uses the line, "That's some repugnant shit," which is also his line from Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown.
[edit] External links
- Shaft at the Internet Movie Database
- Shaft at Rotten Tomatoes
- Shaft at Box Office Mojo
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