Shafts Big Score
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Initial DVD release June 6, 2000 Duration Country United States | 6/10 IMDb Genre Action, Crime, Drama Film series Shaft Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date June 8, 1972 (1972-06-08) Based on characters created byErnest Tidyman Cast (John Shaft), (Bumpy Jonas), (Willy), (Gus Mascola), Kathy Imrie (Rita), (Johnny Kelly)Similar movies Salt , Blackhat , Let's Be Cops , Heat , Se7en , Source Code Tagline Last time he was nice. This time he's ice! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shaft's Big Score! is a 1972 American neo-noir action crime–drama film starring Richard Roundtree as the private detective John Shaft. Directed by Gordon Parks, this is the second film in the trilogy. Ernest Tidyman once more supplied the screenplay. The first film's composer Isaac Hayes was unavailable, so Parks, the returning director, did the score himself. The film was produced on a budget of $1,978,000. Shaft's Big Score! also stars Moses Gunn, Drew Bundini Brown, Joseph Mascolo, Julius Harris, and Joe Santos.
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Plot
While New York is never at a loss for criminal activity, things take a turn for the worse when the corrupt co-owner of a funeral parlor and insurance agency kills his partner, a personal friend of John Shaft, only to discover that the money he was planning to steal to pay his gambling debts is missing. He makes a deal with the mobster he owes (Joseph Mascolo) to split the business but also makes the same deal with crime lord Bumpy Jonas (Moses Gunn). The bullets start flying when the hoods find they've been played against each other, and Shaft is forced to clean up the mess.
Cast
Reception
Shaft's Big Score! earned estimated North American rentals of $4 million.
Critical response
Shaft's Big Score! received a lukewarm reception from critics, although Roger Ebert awarded the film 3 stars out of 4.
Release
Shaft's Big Score! was released in theatres on June 8, 1972. The film was released on DVD initially on June 6, 2000, then August 30, 2005, and finally January 31, 2006 by Warner Home Video.
References
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