Musik und Film


• Film •


Der Kinofilm »Shaft« (1971) wurde zu einem Wegbereiter für die »Blaxploitation«-Welle der 70er Jahre (Foxy Brown mit Pam Grier). Der Film war eine Sensation. Noch nie zuvor hatte das Publikum einen afro-amerikanischen Typen gesehen, der so hart und sexy wie John Shaft war. Drei Kinofilme und eine TV-Serie machten Shaft weltbekannt.

Bis heute ist die handfeste und kompromisslose Machart der Shaft-Bücher und der Verfilmungen spürbar. Aktuelle Filme wie Pulp Fiction oder Jackie Brown wären ohne den Wegbereiter Shaft nicht denkbar. Shaft ist zurück! John »Boyz ’n’ the Hood« Singletons neues Großleinwand-Remake des Klassikers über den schwarzen Privatdetektiv, mit Samuel »Pulp Fiction« Jackson und Vanessa Williams in den Hauptrollen.

Sogar Richard Roundtree taucht als »echter« Shaft auf, um das Familiengeschäft an den Neffen Jackson zu übergeben!

SHAFT
(1971, MGM)
Screenplay by Ernest Tidyman and John D.F. Black
Based on the novel by Ernest Tidyman
Directed by Gordon Parks
Produced by Joel Freeman
Music by Isaac Hayes
Original Theme written and performed by Isaac Hayes
Starring Richard Roundtree as JOHN SHAFT
Also starring Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell, Lawrence Pressman, Victor Arnold, Sherri Brewer, Rex Robbins, Camille Yarbrough, Margaret Warncke, Joseph Leon, Arnold Johnson, Dominic Barto, George Strus

SHAFT’S BIG SCORE! • Liebesgrüße aus Pistolen!
(1972, MGM)
Screenplay by Ernest Tidyman
Based on the novel by Ernest Tidyman
Directed by Gordon Parks
Produced by David Golden, Roger Lewis and Ernest Tidyman
A Shaft Productions Ltd. production
Original music by Gordon Parks
Tagline: You liked it before, so he’s back with more, SHAFT'S BACK IN ACTION!
Starring Richard Roundtree as JOHN SHAFT
Also starring Moses Gunn, Drew Bundini Brown, Joseph Mascolo, Kathy Imrie, Wally Taylor, Julius Harris, Rosalind Miles, Joe Santos, Angelo Nazzo, Don Blakely, Melvin Green Jr., Thomas Anderson, Evelyn Davis, Richard Pittman, Robert Kya-Hill, Thomas Brann, Bob Jefferson

SHAFT IN AFRICA • SHAFT IN AFRIKA
(1973, MGM)
Screenplay by Stirling Silliphant
Based on characters created by Ernest Tidyman
Directed by John Guillermin
Produced by René Dupont
Associate producer: Roger Lewis
Original music by Johnny Pate
Theme Song: »Are You Man Enough?« by The Four Tops
Tagline: The Brother Man in the Motherland
Starring Richard Roundtree as JOHN SHAFT
Also starring Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee, Neda Arneric, Debebe Eshetu, Spiros Focás, Jacques Herlin, Jho Jhenkins, Willie Jonah, Adolfo Lastretti, Marne Maitland, Frank McRae, Zenebech Tadesse, A.V. Falana, James E. Myers, Nadim Sawalha, Thomas Baptiste, Jon Chevron, Glynn Edwards, Cy Grant, Jacques Marin, Nick Zaran, Aldo Sambrell

SHAFT – Any Questions • Shaft – Noch Fragen?
(2000)
Screenplay by Richard Price
Based on characters created by Ernest Tidyman
Directed by John Singleton
Tagline: Still the man, any questions?
Theme composed and performed by Isaac Hayes
Starring Samuel L. Jackson as SHAFT
Also starring Richard Roundtree, Vanessa L. Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette, Philip Bosco, Will Chase, Jennifer Esposito, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Josef Sommer


• TV •


SHAFT
(1973-74, CBS) 7 90-minute television movies
Premiere: October 9, 1973
Last Original Broadcast: February 19, 1974
Based on characters created by Ernest Tidyman
Developed for television by William Read Woodfield and Allan Balter
Producer: William Reed Woodfield
Executive Producer: Allan Balter
An CBS/MGM Television Production
Part of The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies, rotating with Hawkins, which starred James Stewart.Theme Music: Isaac Hayes
Music: Johnny Pate
Starring Richard Roundtree as JOHN SHAFT
with Ed Barth as Lieutenant Rossi
Part of The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies, rotating with Hawkins, which starred James Stewart.

  • »The Enforcers« (October 9, 1973)
  • »The Killing«
  • »Hit-Run«
  • »The Kidnapping«
  • »Cop Killer«
  • »The Capricorn Murders«
  • »The Murder Machine« (February 19, 1974)


• DVD •


  • 1971 Shaft
  • 1972 Shaft – Shaft’s Big Score • Liebesgrüsse aus Pistolen
  • 1973 Shaft in Africa • SHAFT IN AFRIKA
  • 2000 SHAFT – Any Questions • Shaft – Noch Fragen?


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