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Shaft (DVD)

Shaft

Shaft is a 2000 American action crime film directed by John Singleton and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa L. Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette and Richard Roundtree.

Although the film shares the same title as the 1971 film, it is a contemporary sequel with Jackson s John Shaft character being related to the earlier films Shaft. The film received generally positive reviews and opened at the number-one position at the box office when it debuted June 16, 2000.

Plot

Called in to investigate the grievous assault of Trey Howard outside a restaurant, NYPD Detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr., the son of a wealthy real estate tycoon, after noticing blood on him. Wade claims self-defense. Shaft notices an injured waitress, Diane Palmieri, eyeing Wade, and unsuccessfully tries to coax a statement from her. Trey s friend tells Shaft that when she and Trey entered the restaurant, Wade racially harassed him. Trey humiliated Wade back and left the restaurant, pursued by Wade. Shaft looks for Diane but she has left. Trey goes into a seizure and dies; when Wade mocks Trey, Shaft punches Wade on the nose, and does it again after being threatened with reassignment to another precinct. At the trial, the judge grants Wade bail of $200k. He later calls Shaft to thank him for breaking his nose, and says he has fled to Switzerland.

Two years later, Wade returns to the U.S., and Shaft greets and arrests him. Shaft s friends throw him a celebratory party where the elder Uncle Shaft appears and warns him that Wade s wealth raises his chances of acquittal. While Wade is temporarily detained at police headquarters, Dominican drug lord Peoples Hernandez, whom Shaft previously arrested, befriends him. At the hearing, the judge has Wade surrender his passport and sets bail at $1 million. Shaft resigns from the police force, vowing to bring Wade to justice on his own terms.

Shaft searches for Diane but only locates her mother Ann, while Wade offers his deceased mother s jewelry to hire Peoples to go after her. Peoples wants Wade to join him in his drug business, but agrees to the job provided that Wade sells the jewelry. Peoples hires Shaft s former colleague officers Jack Roselli and Jimmy Groves to tail Shaft; the pair reveal a snitch among Peoples gang who had told Shaft what was happening. Disguised, Shaft and his former partner, Detective Luger, mug Wade of the money he gathered from selling the jewelry. He then plants the money on Roselli and Groves, and makes Peoples think they are double-crossing him. However, after getting word that Shaft has left the scene, they follow him.

Having traced a phone call, Shaft eventually locates Diane, but Peoples gang attacks them. In the shootout, Shaft kills Peoples little brother. Diane s brothers Mikey and Frankie arrive to retrieve her, but Mikey is stabbed by Peoples. Shaft, Diane, Rasaan, and Frankie regroup at Rasaan s apartment, secretly followed by Roselli and Groves. Diane tells Shaft her eyewitness account of Wade murdering Trey. Wade threatens her to keep silent, and then she agrees to accept a payoff provided that she disappear. Meanwhile, Peoples angrily attacks Wade over his brother s death.

Roselli and Groves stake out Rassan s apartment but when Carmen arrives and starts asking questions, they shoot her in the chest. Peoples gang attack, but Shaft shoots back, while Diane and the others flee. Roselli and Groves catch Shaft, who commands Carmen, who was wearing a vest, to kill them. Peoples and his gang pursue and take down Rassan s car. When Peoples holds Diane hostage, Shaft persuades him to fight without weapons, but after a momentary faceoff, they draw backup handguns, with Shaft killing Peoples first.

Shaft assures Trey s mother Carla about the new trial conditions, however, when Wade arrives, she shoots him several times and is subsequently arrested. Back at the police station, Shaft reiterates to Carmen his preference to be a private detective. A woman asks them for help filing assault charges against her abusive boyfriend. Initially hesitatant, he decides to help her via his methods upon seeing her injury. He and his uncle go together to confront the boyfriend, along with Rasaan, whom Shaft presents with a new ride.

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson as Detective John Shaft
Vanessa Williams as Detective Carmen Vasquez
Jeffrey Wright as Peoples Hernandez
Christian Bale as Walter Wade, Jr.
Mekhi Phifer as Trey Howard
Busta Rhymes as Rasaan
Dan Hedaya as Detective Jack Roselli
Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Detective Jimmy Groves
Josef Sommer as Curt Fleming
Lynne Thigpen as Carla Howard, Trey s mother
Toni Collette as Diane Palmieri
Philip Bosco as Walter Wade, Sr.
Pat Hingle as Hon. Dennis Bradford
Lee Tergesen as Detective Luger
Daniel von Bargen as Lt. Kearney
Francisco Coqui Taveras as Lucifer, Peoples brother
Sonja Sohn as Alice, a friend of Shaft
Peter McRobbie as Lt. Cromartie
Richard Roundtree as (Uncle) John Shaft. Roundtree originated the John Shaft character in the 1971 film.

Production

Will Smith, Wesley Snipes, and Don Cheadle were considered for the role of John Shaft. Singleton considered Lauryn Hill for the role of Carmen Vasquez.

Release

Critical reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 67% based on 115 reviews, and an average rating of 6.1/10. The site s critical consensus reads, With a charismatic lead, this new Shaft knows how to push the right buttons. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews . Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of B+ on an A+ to F scale.

Box office

The film opened at the box office at #1 with $21.7 million; by the end of its run, Shaft had grossed $70.3 million in the domestic box office and $107.2 million worldwide, against a $46 million budget.

Merchandise

In 2000, McFarlane Toys released a Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson) action figure as part of their Movie Maniacs series three toy line. Accessories included are a handgun, sunglasses and a replica of the film s poster with a skulls and bones base.

Soundtrack

A soundtrack containing hip hop and R&B music was released on June 6, 2000 by LaFace Records. It peaked at #22 on the Billboard 200 and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

Sequel

Despite having an identical title, the 2019 film acts as a second remake-sequel to both this 2000 film and the originals starring Richard Roundtree. The 2019 release stars Jessie Usher as J.J. Shaft, an FBI agent and the son of Samuel L. Jackson s character. Both Jackson and Roundtree reprise their roles, but the film retroactively reveals that Roundtree s character is actually the biological father of Jackson s John Shaft, mentioning that Shaft Sr. spent years pretending to be his uncle. Unlike the 2000 film and the 1970s trilogy, the 2019 installment received mixed reviews and failed at the box office.

Condition	New
Publisher	Warnerbrothers
Rating MPA	R
Recording Length	111
Recording Studio	Warnerbrothers
Format	DVD
Brand	New Line Home Video
Published Date	2019-09-24
Age Group	Adult
Amazon ASIN	B07S3D966S
UPC / EAN	883929668748
Model	D740113D
Year	2000
ReleaseDate	2000-06-16
RuntimeMins	99
RuntimeStr	1h 39min
Awards	Awards, 1 win & 13 nominations
Directors	John Singleton
Writers	Ernest Tidyman, John Singleton, Shane Salerno
Stars	Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Christian Bale
Produced by	Paul Hall, Steve Nicolaides, Mark Roybal, Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder, John Singleton, Eric Steel
Music by	David Arnold
Cinematography by	Donald E. Thorin
Film Editing by	John Bloom, Al Rodgers, Antonia Van Drimmelen
Casting By	Ilene Starger
Production Design by	Patrizia von Brandenstein
Art Direction by	Dennis Bradford
Set Decoration by	George DeTitta Jr.
Costume Design by	Ruth E. Carter
Makeup Department	Allan A. Apone, Mary Cooke, Don Kozma, Christine Leiter, Bernadette Mazur, Robert L. Stevenson, Kenneth Walker, Taurance F. Williams
Production Management	Ramona Diaz Sanchez, Joseph E. Iberti, Andrew Zolot
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Julie A. Bloom, Vebe Borge, Naomi Cromwell, Bac DeLorme, Bruce Franklin, Nick Gillard, Rosadel Varela, Rosada Yarela, Eric Yellin
Art Department	Joseph Alfieri, Derrick Alford, Peter Allburn, James Bono, Garf Brown, Hallie Coletta, Justin Corbett, Karen Cusick, Liba Daniels, Peter DeCurtis, Gerald DeTitta, Phil Devonshire, Warren Drummond, Chip Eccles, Denise Gurkas, Teddy Janicki, Paul D. Kelly, Vinny Mazzarella, Mark Newell, John Victor Patterson, Chuck Potter, Jeremy D. Pratt, John Ralbovsky, Donald Robinson, Ola Ronke, Michael Scarola, Fredda Slavin, Diane Soffian, Audrey Soodoo-Raphael, Irapaul Turner, Timothy Main, Michael Marcel, Paul Robotti
Sound Department	Bobbi Banks, Michael Barry, Benjamin Cheah, Marko A. Costanzo, Scott Curtis, Lee Dichter, Tammy Fearing, Sean Garnhart, Lewis Goldstein, Robin Harlan, Larry Hopkins, Chris Jenkins, Bobby Johanson, Skip Lievsay, Jane McCulley, Danny Michael, Todd Milner, Sarah Monat, Jamie Morris, Frank Morrone, Bill Orrico, Eric Potter, Nicholas Renbeck, Fred Rosenberg, Jac Rubenstein, Randy Singer, Thomas W. Small, Paul Urmson, Roland Vajs, Joe White, Paul J. Zydel, Allan Zaleski
Special Effects by	Steven Kirshoff
Visual Effects by	Randall Balsmeyer, Don Canfield, Kathy Kelehan, Daniel Leung, Matt McDonald
Stunts	Bill Anagnos, Roy T. Anderson, Jay Boryea, Michael Broughton, Douglas Crosby, Brennan Dyson, Kiante Elam, Roy Farfel, David Filippi, Tim Gallin, Nick Gillard, Harry Harris III, Louie Leonardo, David S. Lomax, Jalil Jay Lynch, Angela Meryl, Charles Page, Stephen A. Pope, Jodi Michelle Pynn, Rose Sias, Keith Siglinger, Derrick Simmons, Manny Siverio, Al Thompson, Amy Yanagisawa, Chris Colombo, Greg Wattkis
Camera and Electrical Department	Micael Albrecht, David E. Baron, Keith Bunting, Sam Chase, Jack Coffen, Joe Collins, Jon Delgado, Chris Drechsler, David M. Dunlap, Gene Engels, Matthew W. Flannery, Michael N. Green, James Harker, William Hines, Kevin Lowry, Dwayne McClintock, Jim McConkey, Jim McCullagh, Thomas O Connor, George Patsos, Wayne Paull, Leigh Rathner, Eli Reed, Lance Rieck, Chris Scarfi, Chad Strohmayer, Joel Tishcoff, Trevor Tong, Joe Jody Williams, Jim Galvin, Kyle Stephens, Trevor Tong
Animation Department	Gray Miller
Casting Department	David H. Kramer, Kim Miscia, Theron Smith, Janice Wilde, Ali Merhi
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Sonya M. Andonov, Sandi Figueroa, Rosalyn L. Forch, Jill Graves Power, Askia Won-Ling Jacob, Carmen Rodríguez, Monica Russell, Laura Sewrey, Whitney Kyles
Editorial Department	Adam Geiger, Terel Gibson, Dan O Grady, Jim Passon
Location Management	Keith Adams, Damon Michael Gordon, Jule Ann Jappe, James D. Lee, David M. McGuire, Len Murach, Joaquin Diego Prange, Robert T. Striem
Music Department	Michael Bearden, Michael Blakey, Bob Bornstein, Jill Dell abate, Nicholas Dodd, Dina Eaton, Robert Fernandez, Stephen Hilton, Steve Hopkins, Joe Lisanti, Nic Ratner, Lester Snell, Bill Stephney, Denise Carver, Dan Goldwasser, Timmy Olmstead
Script and Continuity Department	Mikayla Abromowitz
Additional Crew	Randall Balsmeyer, David F. Bianculli, Liza Bigger, Anthony Bodden, Josef Brandmaier, Cassandra Butcher, Jeff Caron, Al Cerullo, John A. Cohen, Patrick Corcoran, Eben Davidson, Rob Dickerson Jr., Tommy Disla, George Doherty, Jay Floyd, Kali R. Harrison, Calvin Hart, Andy Hernandez, Eddie Joe, Koula Sossiadis Kazista, Maggie Kusik, Steve Lee, Kendra Levenberg, Gray Miller, Kiersten Pilar Miller, Eric Myers, Njeri Njuhigu, Shieed Pittman, Shabazz Ray, Guillaume Renberg, Shawn M. Richardz, Patrick R. Siembieda, Rene Smallwood, Anita Sum, Leonard L. Thomas, Rae Umsted, Michael Vasquez, Reid Warman, Patty Willett, Tim Wilson, Arnold Yanovich, Tamsin Anstey, Skip Chaisson, Harrison Cheung, Rich Fellegara, Thomas Maxwell, Morgan O Hara, Tommaso Rossellini, Darryl A. Smith, Tanisha Weeks, Bryan C. Winn
Thanks	John Battist, Jane P. Brawley, Joyce Saffir, Katherine Welton
Genres	Action, Crime, Thriller
Companies	Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, New Deal Productions
Countries	Germany, USA
Languages	English, German, Spanish
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	6
ImDb Rating Votes	77383
Metacritic Rating	50
Short Description	Shaft is a 2000 American action crime film directed by John Singleton and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa L. Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette and Richard Roundtree. Although the film shares the same title as the 1971 film, it is a contemporary sequel with Jackson s John Shaft character being related to the earlier films Shaft. The film received generally positive reviews and opened at the number-one position at the box office when it debuted June 16, 2000.
Box Office Budget	$46,000,000 (estimated)
Box Office Opening Weekend USA	$21,714,757
Box Office Gross USA	$70,334,258
Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross	$107,626,125
Keywords	Fourth part,uncle nephew relationship,blaxploitation,based on novel,title spoken by character
Year	2000
ReleaseDate	2000-06-16
RuntimeMins	99
RuntimeStr	1h 39min
Awards	Awards, 1 win & 13 nominations
Directors	John Singleton
Writers	Ernest Tidyman, John Singleton, Shane Salerno
Stars	Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Christian Bale
Produced by	Paul Hall, Steve Nicolaides, Mark Roybal, Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder, John Singleton, Eric Steel
Music by	David Arnold
Cinematography by	Donald E. Thorin
Film Editing by	John Bloom, Al Rodgers, Antonia Van Drimmelen
Casting By	Ilene Starger
Production Design by	Patrizia von Brandenstein
Art Direction by	Dennis Bradford
Set Decoration by	George DeTitta Jr.
Costume Design by	Ruth E. Carter
Makeup Department	Allan A. Apone, Mary Cooke, Don Kozma, Christine Leiter, Bernadette Mazur, Robert L. Stevenson, Kenneth Walker, Taurance F. Williams
Production Management	Ramona Diaz Sanchez, Joseph E. Iberti, Andrew Zolot
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Julie A. Bloom, Vebe Borge, Naomi Cromwell, Bac DeLorme, Bruce Franklin, Nick Gillard, Rosadel Varela, Rosada Yarela, Eric Yellin
Art Department	Joseph Alfieri, Derrick Alford, Peter Allburn, James Bono, Garf Brown, Hallie Coletta, Justin Corbett, Karen Cusick, Liba Daniels, Peter DeCurtis, Gerald DeTitta, Phil Devonshire, Warren Drummond, Chip Eccles, Denise Gurkas, Teddy Janicki, Paul D. Kelly, Vinny Mazzarella, Mark Newell, John Victor Patterson, Chuck Potter, Jeremy D. Pratt, John Ralbovsky, Donald Robinson, Ola Ronke, Michael Scarola, Fredda Slavin, Diane Soffian, Audrey Soodoo-Raphael, Irapaul Turner, Timothy Main, Michael Marcel, Paul Robotti
Sound Department	Bobbi Banks, Michael Barry, Benjamin Cheah, Marko A. Costanzo, Scott Curtis, Lee Dichter, Tammy Fearing, Sean Garnhart, Lewis Goldstein, Robin Harlan, Larry Hopkins, Chris Jenkins, Bobby Johanson, Skip Lievsay, Jane McCulley, Danny Michael, Todd Milner, Sarah Monat, Jamie Morris, Frank Morrone, Bill Orrico, Eric Potter, Nicholas Renbeck, Fred Rosenberg, Jac Rubenstein, Randy Singer, Thomas W. Small, Paul Urmson, Roland Vajs, Joe White, Paul J. Zydel, Allan Zaleski
Special Effects by	Steven Kirshoff
Visual Effects by	Randall Balsmeyer, Don Canfield, Kathy Kelehan, Daniel Leung, Matt McDonald
Stunts	Bill Anagnos, Roy T. Anderson, Jay Boryea, Michael Broughton, Douglas Crosby, Brennan Dyson, Kiante Elam, Roy Farfel, David Filippi, Tim Gallin, Nick Gillard, Harry Harris III, Louie Leonardo, David S. Lomax, Jalil Jay Lynch, Angela Meryl, Charles Page, Stephen A. Pope, Jodi Michelle Pynn, Rose Sias, Keith Siglinger, Derrick Simmons, Manny Siverio, Al Thompson, Amy Yanagisawa, Chris Colombo, Greg Wattkis
Camera and Electrical Department	Micael Albrecht, David E. Baron, Keith Bunting, Sam Chase, Jack Coffen, Joe Collins, Jon Delgado, Chris Drechsler, David M. Dunlap, Gene Engels, Matthew W. Flannery, Michael N. Green, James Harker, William Hines, Kevin Lowry, Dwayne McClintock, Jim McConkey, Jim McCullagh, Thomas O Connor, George Patsos, Wayne Paull, Leigh Rathner, Eli Reed, Lance Rieck, Chris Scarfi, Chad Strohmayer, Joel Tishcoff, Trevor Tong, Joe Jody Williams, Jim Galvin, Kyle Stephens, Trevor Tong
Animation Department	Gray Miller
Casting Department	David H. Kramer, Kim Miscia, Theron Smith, Janice Wilde, Ali Merhi
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Sonya M. Andonov, Sandi Figueroa, Rosalyn L. Forch, Jill Graves Power, Askia Won-Ling Jacob, Carmen Rodríguez, Monica Russell, Laura Sewrey, Whitney Kyles
Editorial Department	Adam Geiger, Terel Gibson, Dan O Grady, Jim Passon
Location Management	Keith Adams, Damon Michael Gordon, Jule Ann Jappe, James D. Lee, David M. McGuire, Len Murach, Joaquin Diego Prange, Robert T. Striem
Music Department	Michael Bearden, Michael Blakey, Bob Bornstein, Jill Dell abate, Nicholas Dodd, Dina Eaton, Robert Fernandez, Stephen Hilton, Steve Hopkins, Joe Lisanti, Nic Ratner, Lester Snell, Bill Stephney, Denise Carver, Dan Goldwasser, Timmy Olmstead
Script and Continuity Department	Mikayla Abromowitz
Additional Crew	Randall Balsmeyer, David F. Bianculli, Liza Bigger, Anthony Bodden, Josef Brandmaier, Cassandra Butcher, Jeff Caron, Al Cerullo, John A. Cohen, Patrick Corcoran, Eben Davidson, Rob Dickerson Jr., Tommy Disla, George Doherty, Jay Floyd, Kali R. Harrison, Calvin Hart, Andy Hernandez, Eddie Joe, Koula Sossiadis Kazista, Maggie Kusik, Steve Lee, Kendra Levenberg, Gray Miller, Kiersten Pilar Miller, Eric Myers, Njeri Njuhigu, Shieed Pittman, Shabazz Ray, Guillaume Renberg, Shawn M. Richardz, Patrick R. Siembieda, Rene Smallwood, Anita Sum, Leonard L. Thomas, Rae Umsted, Michael Vasquez, Reid Warman, Patty Willett, Tim Wilson, Arnold Yanovich, Tamsin Anstey, Skip Chaisson, Harrison Cheung, Rich Fellegara, Thomas Maxwell, Morgan O Hara, Tommaso Rossellini, Darryl A. Smith, Tanisha Weeks, Bryan C. Winn
Thanks	John Battist, Jane P. Brawley, Joyce Saffir, Katherine Welton
Genres	Action, Crime, Thriller
Companies	Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, New Deal Productions
Countries	Germany, USA
Languages	English, German, Spanish
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	6
ImDb Rating Votes	77383
Metacritic Rating	50
Short Description	Shaft is a 2000 American action crime film directed by John Singleton and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa L. Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette and Richard Roundtree. Although the film shares the same title as the 1971 film, it is a contemporary sequel with Jackson s John Shaft character being related to the earlier films Shaft. The film received generally positive reviews and opened at the number-one position at the box office when it debuted June 16, 2000.
Box Office Budget	$46,000,000 (estimated)
Box Office Opening Weekend USA	$21,714,757
Box Office Gross USA	$70,334,258
Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross	$107,626,125
Keywords	Fourth part,uncle nephew relationship,blaxploitation,based on novel,title spoken by character

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Shaft (DVD)

Plot

Cast

Production

Release

Critical reception

Box office

Merchandise

Soundtrack

Sequel

Further reading

Shaft (DVD)

Plot

Cast

Production

Release

Critical reception

Box office

Merchandise

Soundtrack

Sequel

Further reading

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