Shaft
“Still the man, any questions?”
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
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5 films
Cast
99 people
Samuel L. Jackson
John Shaft
Known for
Pulp Fiction
The Hateful Eight
Vanessa Williams
Carmen Vasquez
Known for
The Odyssey
Desperate Housewives
Jeffrey Wright
Peoples Hernandez
Known for
Westworld
What If...?
Christian Bale
Walter Wade, Jr.
Known for
The Dark Knight
American Psycho
Busta Rhymes
Rasaan
Known for
Halloween: Resurrection
Finding Forrester
Dan Hedaya
Jack Roselli
Known for
The Addams Family
Commando
Toni Collette
Diane Palmieri
Known for
Hereditary
The Sixth Sense
Richard Roundtree
"Uncle" John Shaft
Known for
Se7en
George of the Jungle
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Jimmy Groves
Known for
Castle
The Devil's Advocate
Josef Sommer
Curt Flemming
Known for
Witness
Patch Adams
Lynne Thigpen
Carla Howard
Known for
Anger Management
Bear in the Big Blue House
Philip Bosco
Walter Wade Senior
Known for
My Best Friend's Wedding
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John Singleton Director · Richard Price Screenplay Shane Salerno Screenplay
Director Screenplay Story
John Singleton
Screenplay
Richard Price
Screenplay Story
Shane Salerno
Author
Ernest Tidyman
Composer
David Arnold
Cinematographer
Donald E. Thorin
Editor
John Bloom
Editor
Antonia Van Drimmelen
Editor
Al Rodgers
Production designer
Patrizia von Brandenstein
Costume designer
Ruth E. Carter
Worldwide gross $108M · Budget $46M · United States release June 15, 2000
Box office
Budget
$46,000,000
Worldwide gross
$107,626,125
Gross vs. budget
2.3×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Scott Rudin Productions
Production
New Deal Productions
Production
Shaft Productions
Production
Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) GHS Productions
Production
United States · Germany
Produced in
Shaft Returns
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German · Spanish
Release dates
United States · June 15, 2000
Theatrical
Australia
October 26, 2000 · Theatrical
Brazil
November 10, 2000 · Theatrical
Czechia
November 16, 2000 · Theatrical
France
November 8, 2000 · Theatrical
Germany
October 26, 2000 · Theatrical
Greece
April 26, 2001 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 9, 2000 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 15, 2000 · Theatrical
Japan
November 11, 2000 · Digital
Netherlands
November 23, 2000 · Theatrical
October 17, 2003 · TV · SBS 6
August 27, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
October 6, 2000 · Theatrical
South Korea
September 9, 2000 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 1, 2000 · Digital
United Kingdom
September 15, 2000 · Theatrical
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