Shaft (1971 film)

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blaxploitation film film

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bumpy Jonas in Shaft	1
Shaft	1
Theme from Shaft	0

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	blaxploitation film ⓘ film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Ernest Tidyman NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Original Song NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ Italian Mafia NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation	New York City ⓘ
followedBy	Shaft's Big Score! NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	blaxploitation ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ John D. F. Black NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn	Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ
starring	Charles Cioffi NERFINISHED ⓘ Christopher St. John NERFINISHED ⓘ Gwenn Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Moses Gunn NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Roundtree NERFINISHED ⓘ
themeSong	Theme from Shaft NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	early 1970s ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shaft (2000 film) → basedOn → Shaft (1971 film) ⓘ

Shaft (soundtrack) → basedOn → Shaft (1971 film) ⓘ

Do Your Thing → featuredIn → Shaft (1971 film) ⓘ

Theme from Shaft → forWork → Shaft (1971 film) ⓘ

Moses Gunn → notableRole → Shaft (1971 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bumpy Jonas in Shaft

Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks → notableWork → Shaft (1971 film) ⓘ

subject surface form: Gordon Parks

Moses Gunn → notableWork → Shaft (1971 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shaft

Richard Roundtree → notableWork → Shaft (1971 film) ⓘ

Theme from Shaft → partOf → Shaft (1971 film) ⓘ