| Shaft's Big Score! | |
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 Theatrical release poster by John Solie | |
| Directed by | Gordon Parks |
| Written by | Ernest Tidyman |
| Based on | Shaft 1970 novel by Ernest Tidyman |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Urs Furrer |
| Edited by | Harry Howard |
| Music by | Gordon Parks |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | |
Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.9 million |
| Box office | $10 million[3] |
Shaft's Big Score! is a 1972 American blaxploitation action-crime film starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft.[4] It is the second entry in the Shaft film series, with both director Gordon Parks and screenwriter Ernest Tidyman reprising their roles from the first film. Moses Gunn and Drew Bundini Brown also return from the previous film, alongside new appearances from acting veterans Joseph Mascolo, Julius Harris and Joe Santos.[4] Composer Isaac Hayes turned down an offer to score the film (though he did contribute the song "Type Thang"), so Parks, also a musician, composed and performed the score himself.
The film was produced on a budget of $1,978,000, over three times that of its predecessor. It received mixed reviews, with critics praising the improved production values and direction, but criticizing it as lacking the charm and appeal of the original. It was followed by Shaft in Africa one year later.
- ^ "'Shaft's Big Score' has tri-city premieres". The Chicago Defender. June 21, 1972. p. 12. "New York, Philadelphia and Chicago are set for special tri-city world premieres this week of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film 'Shaft's Big Score!'..."
- ^ "Shaft's Big Score! - Details". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Shaft's Big Score, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
- ^ a b "Shaft's Big Score!". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved December 10, 2016.