Shaft's Big Score
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| Shaft's Big Score | |
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 Original theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Gordon Parks |
| Produced by | Ernest Tidyman |
| Written by | Ernest Tidyman |
| Starring | Richard Roundtree Moses Gunn Drew Bundini Brown Joseph Mascolo Julius Harris Joe Santos |
| Music by | Gordon Parks |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | June 18, 1972 (USA) |
| Running time | 104 min. |
| Language | English |
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Shaft's Big Score, released in 1972, is the second film in the trilogy in which actor Richard Roundtree starred as the private-eye, John Shaft. Gordon Parks again directed, and Ernest Tidyman once more supplied the screenplay. Isaac Hayes was unavailable, so Parks, the director, did the score himself. The budget for the film was $1,978,000 and the film grossed $10 million at the box-office[1], a bit less than the original film's $12 million gross.
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In this film, Shaft is seen driving a car, a 1972 AMX Javelin as opposed to the first film.
The villains' muscle car seen in the film is a 1968 Ford Torino fastback coupe.
Product placement is obvious in the film (e.g. a few issues of Essence (magazine) and Ebony (magazine) Magazine, and Charmin toilet paper (during the chase scene where the mobster's Ford Torino coupe runs into several crates).
See also: Shaft and Shaft in Africa
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