Shaft (2000 film)

Shaft
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Singleton
Screenplay by
Story by
  • John Singleton
  • Shane Salerno
Based onShaft
1970 novel
by Ernest Tidyman
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDonald E. Thorin
Edited by
Music byDavid Arnold
Production
company
New Deal[1]
Distributed byParamount Pictures[1]
Release date
  • June 16, 2000 (2000-06-16)
Running time
100 minutes[1]
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Budget$46 million[2]
Box office$107.2 million[2]

Shaft is a 2000 American action crime thriller film co-written, co-produced, and directed by John Singleton and starring Samuel L. Jackson in the title role with Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette and Richard Roundtree. It is a sequel to the 1971 Shaft film, in which Jackson plays the nephew (retconned as his son in the 2019 film) of John Shaft. The film opened at the number-one position at the box office when it debuted June 16, 2000. It received mixed to positive reviews on Metacritic, with the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes praises Jackson's charisma.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Shaft (2000)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).