Shaft (1971 film)
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Shaft (1971 film) is a landmark 1971 American blaxploitation crime thriller that introduced private detective John Shaft and became influential for its style, music, and cultural impact.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shaft (1971 film) canonical | 7 |
| Bumpy Jonas in Shaft | 1 |
| Shaft | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7499610 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaft (1971 film) Context triple: [Shaft (2000 film), basedOn, Shaft (1971 film)]
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Shaft (2000 film)
Shaft (2000 film) is a 2000 action-crime thriller that reimagines the classic blaxploitation character John Shaft, starring Samuel L. Jackson as a tough NYPD detective taking on corruption and violent crime.
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von Shaft
von Shaft is the surname of Broomhilda von Shaft, a fictional character from Quentin Tarantino’s film "Django Unchained."
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C.
Get Carter
Get Carter is a 1971 British crime thriller film, widely regarded as a classic of the genre, in which Michael Caine plays a ruthless London gangster investigating his brother’s death in Newcastle.
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D.
White Heat
White Heat is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Raoul Walsh, renowned for James Cagney’s iconic performance as psychotic gangster Cody Jarrett and its explosive finale.
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Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry is a music producer best known for his work on Alicia Keys' album "The Element of Freedom."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaft (1971 film) Target entity description: Shaft (1971 film) is a landmark 1971 American blaxploitation crime thriller that introduced private detective John Shaft and became influential for its style, music, and cultural impact.
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A.
Shaft (2000 film)
Shaft (2000 film) is a 2000 action-crime thriller that reimagines the classic blaxploitation character John Shaft, starring Samuel L. Jackson as a tough NYPD detective taking on corruption and violent crime.
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B.
von Shaft
von Shaft is the surname of Broomhilda von Shaft, a fictional character from Quentin Tarantino’s film "Django Unchained."
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C.
Get Carter
Get Carter is a 1971 British crime thriller film, widely regarded as a classic of the genre, in which Michael Caine plays a ruthless London gangster investigating his brother’s death in Newcastle.
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D.
White Heat
White Heat is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Raoul Walsh, renowned for James Cagney’s iconic performance as psychotic gangster Cody Jarrett and its explosive finale.
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E.
Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry is a 1971 American neo-noir crime thriller film starring Clint Eastwood as a tough San Francisco police inspector who relentlessly pursues a psychopathic killer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blaxploitation film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Ernest Tidyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Original Song
NERFINISHED
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Academy Award for Best Original Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Shaft (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOfficeSuccess | true ⓘ |
| characterIn | John Shaft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Urs Furrer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerOfAwardWinningSong | Isaac Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Gordon Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| editedBy | Hugh A. Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization |
Harlem gangsters
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Italian Mafia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| followedBy | Shaft's Big Score! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blaxploitation
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crime ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasColorProcess | color ⓘ |
| influenced | blaxploitation genre ⓘ |
| mainCharacterName | John Shaft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | private detective ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Isaac Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | kidnapping investigation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential film score
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portrayal of a strong Black action hero ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Shaft film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Joel Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1971-06-25 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 100 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Ernest Tidyman
NERFINISHED
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John D. F. Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Harlem
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Charles Cioffi
NERFINISHED
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Christopher St. John NERFINISHED ⓘ Gwenn Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Moses Gunn NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Roundtree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeSong | Theme from Shaft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shaft (1971 film) Description of subject: Shaft (1971 film) is a landmark 1971 American blaxploitation crime thriller that introduced private detective John Shaft and became influential for its style, music, and cultural impact.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gordon Parks
this entity surface form:
Shaft
this entity surface form:
Bumpy Jonas in Shaft