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Shaft trailer (1971)

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Shaft (1971) - Opening Credit

Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An action film with elements of film ...

'Shaft' TV movies come to DVD

Following the trilogy, CBS signed Roundtree to star in a "Shaft" television program, feature-length episodes to rotate with other shows as part of a series of made-for-TV movies. However, only seven were made, toning down the violence and sex and having Shaft work with — instead of at odds with — the police.

The result is seven serviceable thrillers that will please fans of '70s cop shows. Rotating supporting players include a number of familiar faces: Tony Curtis, Darren McGavin, Arthur O'Connell, Howard Duff, Robert Culp, Dean Jagger.

Extras: full frame, seven films (this set is available online at www.WarnerArchive.com )

"Midsomer Murders: Barnaby's Top 10" (Acorn, 1997-2003, 10 discs, $99.99). This best-of collection features introductions by star John Nettles, who plays homicide detective Barnaby in a rural English countryside where murder statistics are rivaled only by wherever Jessica Fletcher ("Murder She Wrote") happens to be.

Shaft 1971 - Bookshelf


Shaft, the theme from the film Shaft, the theme from the film


Framing Blackness, the African American image in film
255 pages
Framing Blackness, the African American image in film

Shaft (1971), which was directed by Gordon Parks, starred Richard Roundtrec for a paltry $13000, and won an Oscar for Isaac Hayes's soundtrack, ...

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Shaft guitarist Charles 'Skip' Pitts dies at 65
Shaft guitarist Charles 'Skip' Pitts dies at 65 The musician was best known for his distinctive "wah-wah" guitar pedal sound, memorably featured on Issac Hayes' theme for the 1971 film Shaft. He joined Hayes' band in 1970 and remained a member until Hayes' death in 2008. The Stax Museum of American

'Theme From Shaft' Guitarist Skip Pitts Dies at 65
'Theme From Shaft' Guitarist Skip Pitts Dies at 65 He was 65. Following time with the Isleys' backing band The Midnight Movers, Pitts in 1971 began a 37-year collaboration with Hayes. His distinct wah-wah pedal guitar on “Theme From Shaft” captured perfectly the blaxploitation vibe of the 1970s.

Gordon Parks: 100 Years on display at ICP
Perhaps his most famous film was “Shaft” (1971), which helped usher in the Blaxploitation film era and netted an Oscar for Isaac Hayes, who composed the film's score. In addition to being an extraordinary photographer and filmmaker,

Free movies in May on Mount Pony
Richard Roundtree stars as the ultimate suave black detective in the throwback “Shaft” (MGM, 1971) playing May 18 at 7:30. Rated R, and so is “The French Connection” (20 th Century Fox, 1971) screening May 19. The silent version of “The Lost World”

Slideshow: Samuel L. Jackson's top 10 movie roles
4) Shaft (2000): Taking on the iconic role originated by Richard Roundtree in the 1971 blaxploitation classic, Jackson was able to show off his smooth and sexy side as a renegade private eye. This terrific remake also features standout performances by