Description |
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
Blu-ray video 4 3/4 in. rda |
Description |
digital optical surround rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file Blu-ray 1080p region A rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
System Details |
Blu-ray disc ; 1080p high-definition ; widescreen (16x9, 1.85:1) presentation ; DTS-HD master audio; Dolby digital 1.0. |
Language |
English, French, or Spanish audio; subtitles in French and Spansih; English subtitles for deaf and hearing impaired. |
Cast |
Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Gwenn Mitchell. |
Credits |
Music by Isaac Hayes; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents; Stirling Silliphant-Roger Lewis production. |
Note |
Based upon the novel by Ernest Tidyman. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. |
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Bonus features: Soul in cinema, filming Shaft on location ; Shaft, the killing (1973 TV episode) ; trailers. |
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Rating :R |
Summary |
John Shaft, a private investigator, is hired by a Harlem crime boss to find his kidnapped daughter. During his investigation, Shaft uncovers a Mafia plot to take over a chunk of the Black underworld's uptown territory. |
Audience |
Rating: R. |
Subject |
Shaft, John (Fictitious character) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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African American private investigators -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Kidnapping -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Shaft, John (Fictitious character) -- Videodiscs. |
Genre |
Blaxploitation films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Gangster films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blaxploitation films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Gangster films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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Added Author |
Parks, Gordon, 1934-1979, director.
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Freeman, Joel, producer.
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Roundtree, Richard, 1942- actor.
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Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, actor.
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Mitchell, Gwenn, 1948- actor.
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Black, John D. F., writer of screenplay.
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Hayes, Isaac, composer.
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Tidyman, Ernest.
Shaft.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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ISBN |
0780694996 |
Standard No. |
883929241828 |
Music No. |
2000071297 Warner Home Video |
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1000283714 Warner Home Video |
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3000042851 Warner Home Video |
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