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   The Shaft soundtrack album, recorded by Isaac Hayes, was also a success, winning a Grammy Award for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture [7] and a second Grammy (shared with Johnny Allen) for Best Instrumental Arrangement.

   • Budget: $500,000

   • Produced by: Joel Freeman

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3. www.hollywoodreporter.com › movies › movie-newsIsaac Hayes and 'Shaft' Electrified the Oscars in 1972

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   Dec 8, 2021 · By Gregg Kilday. December 8, 2021 1:30pm. Isaac Hayes (left), the first Black winner of the best original song Oscar, and presenter Joel Grey on April 10, 1972. Six years later (inset), Black ...

4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0067741Shaft (1971) - Awards - IMDb

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   Awards Shaft Jump to Academy Awards, USA (2) BAFTA Awards (1) Golden Globes, USA (3) Grammy Awards (1) Image Awards (NAACP) (2) MTV Movie + TV Awards (1) National Film Preservation Board, USA (1) Online Film & Television Association (1)

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   Is shaft a good movie?

   • In 2000, Shaft was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2003, Shaft was chosen as one of The 1000 Best Movies Ever Made by The New York Times.

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   Did shaft have a sequel?

   • Shaft initially had two sequels called Shaft's Big Score! (1972) and Shaft in Africa (1973), though neither enjoyed the critical success of the original. In January 1971, [Note 1] private detective John Shaft is informed that some gangsters are looking for him. He spots one of the men waiting for him in his office building and ambushes him.

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   Is shaft a blaxploitation movie?

   • Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation crime action thriller film directed by Gordon Parks and written by Ernest Tidyman and John D. F. Black. It is an adaptation of Tidyman's novel of the same name and is the first entry in the Shaft film series.

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   Did Hayes get a nomination for 'shaft'?

   • Hayes’ accomplishment flew in the face of Hollywood tradition and, not surprisingly, invited controversy over whether the “Shaft” song qualified under Academy rules. Ultimately he was ruled eligible and received nominations for both song and score. “Hollywood tried to shut me out,” Hayes told us in 2005.

   How Isaac Hayes’ ‘Shaft’ Reinvented the Game for Film Music - Variety

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6. www.npr.org › 2021/07/02 › 1012438840Looking Back On The Legacy Of 'Shaft,' 50 Years Later : NPR

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   Jul 2, 2021 · Fifty years ago, cultural critic Nelson George was 13 years old, sitting in a darkened theater in Times Square — then came the electric opening credits of "Shaft." "The minute he comes off the ...

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7. www.imdb.com › title › tt0067741Shaft (1971) - IMDb

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   Jul 2, 1971 · Shaft: Directed by Gordon Parks. With Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John. A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

   • Director: Gordon Parks

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8. variety.com › 2021 › filmHow Isaac Hayes' 'Shaft' Reinvented the Game for Film Music

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   Jun 25, 2021 · Fifty years ago this month, Isaac Hayes changed the course of movie music with his score for “Shaft.”Not only did Hayes, 29 at the time, become the first Black man to win a music Oscar for his ...

9. www.afi.com › news › afi-catalog-spotlight-shaftAFI Catalog Spotlight: SHAFT | American Film Institute

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   Jul 1, 2021 · Filmed entirely in gritty New York City by trailblazing director Gordon Parks, SHAFT became one of the top-grossing films of 1971, earning over $18 million in the U.S. and Canada. Its success pulled the ailing M-G-M Studios out of the red, and it was estimated that 80% of the audience was Black. Isaac Hayes’ distinctive soundtrack album and ...