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John Shaft is a fictional private investigator created by author/screenwriter Ernest Tidyman for the 1970 novel of the same name. He was portrayed by Richard Roundtree in the original 1971 film and in its four sequels— Shaft's Big Score!, Shaft in Africa, Shaft (2000) and Shaft (2019)—as well as in the seven 1973–74 Shaft television films ...
- Shaft Sr. Worked with A Real Mobster
- Shaft Sr. Stopped A Slave Ring in Africa
- Shaft Sr. Went to TV
- Shaft II Was Supposed to Have A Franchise
- Isaac Hayes Wanted to Be Shaft
- The Django Unchained Bloodline
- Shaft II Was Shaft Sr.’s Nephew
- Shaft Sr. Died in 1975
- A White Man Created John Shaft
- The Legend of White Shaft
In the first two Shaft movies, Shaft finds himself begrudgingly working with the powerful Harlem mobster Bumpy Jonas to get the job done. Bumpy may seem like any other criminal in the series, but he’s actually based on a real-life gangster. The real Bumpy was Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, who ruled Harlem from the ‘30s to the ‘60s. Most people know hi...
The Shaft series is a collection of politically and racially-charged neo-noir films based in New York, and yet the third installment broke the mold so hard that it felt like another movie altogether. Mimicking the eccentric mold of the James Bond franchise (i.e. fancy gadgets, globe-trotting, and ladies), Shaft In Africa has the private eye stop a ...
Following his cinematic success, Shaft moved to episodic storytelling when the series was licensed into a TV show in 1973. Roundtree reprised his role, with Shaft now working alongside the police force instead of against them – a change that many consider being detrimental to Shaft’s entire being. RELATED: Samuel L Jackson's 10 Best Performances, R...
When the Shaft franchise was revived in the new Millennium, Paramount had big plans for the private eye and was planning to expand the reboot into a series. Director John Singleton wanted to send Shaft to Jamaica, where he would battle drug lords in a sequel not too different from Shaft In Africa. Due to the revival’s underwhelming box office retur...
Richard Roundtree, a former model, may have been an unconventional choice for a hardboiled private detective but to producers, he was more plausible than Isaac Hayes himself: the man and voice behind Shaft’s immortal theme song. Hayes revealed that he only agreed to compose the Shaft score after producer Joel Freeman promised him an audition for th...
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino’s homage to Blaxploitation cinema and Spaghetti Westerns, focuses on Django’s quest to rescue his beloved wife Broomhilda von Shaft. Her last name may sound like a cute tribute to the private eye but if Tarantino had it his way, she would be the matriarch of Shaft’s family. RELATED: Pulp Fiction: Jules' 10 Most A...
When Shaft was revived in 2000 not as a reboot but as a continuation, Jackson portrayed the detective’s nephew. But in the 2019 sequel, Jackson’s character outright says that he’s the son Richard Roundtree’s iconic role. This retcon is more of a correction than a sudden change because Jackson was meant to be Shaft’s son since 2000, but producers de...
Even if he had only three movies to his name, John Shaft quickly became an immortal cinematic hero in the eyes of audiences. This happened despite the fact that he actually died in the books that inspired his cinematic debut. After seven Shaft books, Ernest Tidyman killed the titular detective in The Last Shaft, where he fights the Mafia one last t...
John Shaft is a proudly African American legend in pop culture but ironically, he was born from a white journalist’s mind. The original Shaft was based on a novel written by Ernest Tidyman, who wrote for The New York Post and Times before working full-time as an author and screenwriter. RELATED:9 Pulp Fiction Quotes Everybody Gets Wrong Tidyman als...
One of the strangest urban legends surrounding the Shaft series is the belief that he was meant to be a white man. According to filmmaker Melvin Van Peebeles, MGM planned to cast a white actor as Shaft but changed its mind after seeing the success of his movie Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song – the very first Blaxploitation film. This myth was deb...
Oct 6, 2023 · Q: Is “Shaft” based on a book? A: Yes, “Shaft” is based on a novel of the same name written by Ernest Tidyman. Q: What is the premise of the movie “Shaft”? A: “Shaft” revolves around the character John Shaft, a private detective with a no-nonsense attitude, as he takes on a dangerous case in New York City.
Nov 23, 2021 · The genre has a checkered legacy — and inspired Oscar-winning music. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: 1971 introduced moviegoers to an iconic character, John Shaft. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THEME FROM SHAFT ...
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The blurb on the paperback on which the original film is based states Shaft is "Hotter than Bond, cooler than Bullitt." John Shaft is a fictional private investigator created by author/screenwriter Ernest Tidyman for the 1970 novel of the same name.
Jun 14, 2019 · Shaft. The NYC critics’ screening of 2019’s “Shaft” occurred in the most appropriate place imaginable, Times Square. It was here, 48 years ago, that John Shaft ( Richard Roundtree) took viewers on a walking tour underscored by Isaac Hayes ’ Oscar-winning title song. A strong, sexy, virile and smart Black man created by “ The French ...
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John Shaft III, also known as JJ, is a cyber security expert for the FBI who seeks out a different kind of expertise from his absentee father John Shaft II (and ultimately, grandfather John Shaft I) after his best friend's untimely death.
