Shaft's Big Score
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 Original theatrical release poster by John Solie |
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| Directed by | Gordon Parks |
| Produced by | Roger Lewis Ernest Tidyman |
| Written by | Ernest Tidyman |
| Based on | characters created by Ernest Tidyman |
| Starring | Richard Roundtree Moses Gunn Drew Bundini Brown Joseph Mascolo Julius Harris Joe Santos |
| Music by | Gordon Parks |
| Cinematography | Urs Furrer |
| Editing by | Harry Howard |
| Distributed by | MGM (original) Warner Bros. (DVD)[1] |
| Release date(s) | June 8, 1972 |
| Running time | 104 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,978,000 |
| Box office | $10,000,000[2] |
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 film was produced on a budget of $1,978,000.
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[edit] 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 so 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.
[edit] Cast
- Richard Roundtree as John Shaft
- Moses Gunn as Bumpy Jonas
- Drew Bundini Brown as Willy
- Joseph Mascolo as Gus Mascola
- Kathy Imrie as Rita
- Wally Taylor as Johnny Kelly
- Julius Harris as Capt. Bollin (as Julius W. Harris)
- Rosalind Miles as Arna Asby
- Joe Santos as Pascal
[edit] Reception
The movie received a lukewarm reception from critics,[3] although Roger Ebert awarded the film 3 stars out of 4.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Shaft's Big Score". DVD Talk. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/795/shafts-big-score/. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ^ "Shaft's Big Score, Box Office Information". The Numbers. http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1972/0SHA2.php. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
- ^ Greenspun, Roger (1972-06-22). "Something Happened on Way to the Sequel:Roundtree Returns in 'Shaft's Big Score". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9803EED9173EE63ABC4A51DFB0668389669EDE&scp=1&sq=shaft%20big%20score&st=cse. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ^ "Shaft's Big Score". Chicago Sun Times. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19720626/REVIEWS/206260301/1023. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
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