Description |
2 videodiscs (317 min.) : sound., color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdacpc |
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Dolby Digital rdaspc |
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DVD |
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video file rdaft |
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region 1 rdare |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen version; Dolby Digital mono. |
Language |
English or French dialogue with optional subtitles in English or French; closed-captioned. |
Cast |
Shaft: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell, Drew Bundini Brown. |
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Shaft's big score!: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Joseph Mascolo, Kathy Imrie, Wally Taylor, Julius W. Harris, Drew Bundini Brown. |
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Shaft in Africa: Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee, Neda Arneric. |
Credits |
Shaft: Director of photography, Urs Furrer ; film editor, Hugh A. Robertson ; music, Isaac Hayes. |
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Shaft's big score!: Director of photography, Urs Furrer ; film editor, Harry Howard ; music, Gordon Parks. |
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Shaft in Africa: Director of photography, Marcel Grignon ; film editor, Max Benedict ; music, Johnny Pate. |
Note |
Shaft: Based on the novel by Ernest Tidyman; Shaft's big score! and Shaft in Africa based on characters created by Ernest Tidyman. |
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"Triple feature"--Container. |
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Originally produced as motion pictures in 1971, 1972, and 1973, respectively. |
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MPAA Rating: R |
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Special features: cast & crew; "Soul in cinema : filming 'Shaft' on location"; awards; theatrical trailers. |
Audience |
MPAA rating; R. |
Summary |
Shaft: 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. |
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Shaft's big score!: Private eye John Shaft runs afoul of the underworld as he investigates a friends murder. This is the second film in the Shaft series. |
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Shaft in Africa: Detective John Shaft is persuaded by diplomats at the United Nations to track down a slave-trading operation. This is the third film in the Shaft series. |
Contents |
[disc 1]. Shaft (100 min.) -- [disc 1, reverse side]. Shaft's big score! (105 min.) -- Shaft in Africa (112 min.). |
Subject |
Shaft, John (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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African American private investigators -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Harlem (New York, NY) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Genre |
Feature films.
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Mystery films.
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Feature films.
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Blaxploitation films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Fiction films.
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DVD-video discs.
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Added Author |
Tidyman, Ernest, screenwriter, producer.
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Black, John D. F., screenwriter.
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Freeman, Joel, producer.
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Lewis, Roger, 1918-1984, film producer.
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Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, film director, composer.
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Guillermin, John, 1925-2015, film director.
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Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996, film director, screenwriter.
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Roundtree, Richard, 1942- actor.
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Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, actor.
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Cioffi, Charles, 1935- actor.
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St. John, Christopher, 1942- actor.
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Mitchell, Gwenn, 1948- actor.
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Brown, Drew Bundini, -1987, actor.
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Mascolo, Joseph, 1929-2016, actor.
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Imrie, Kathy, actor.
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Taylor, Wally, 1931-2012, actor.
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Harris, Julius W., actor.
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Finlay, Frank, 1926-2016, actor.
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McGee, Vonetta, actor.
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Arnerić, Neda, 1953- actor.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Shaft's big score! / Metro-Goldwyin-Mayer presents a Stirling Silliphant-Roger Lewis production ; written by Ernest Tidyman ; produced by Roger Lewis and Ernest Tidyman ; directed by Gordon Parks. |
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Shaft in Africa / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a Stirling Silliphant-Roger Lewis production ; written by Stirling Silliphant ; produced by Roger Lewis ; directed by John Guillermin. |
Standard No. |
012569678408 |
Music No. |
67840 Warner Home Video |
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