list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Shaft on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Shaft/140443/default.aspx Title: Shaft
Year: 2000
Director: John Singleton
Plot: This action drama puts a new spin on Shaft, one of the key "blaxploitation" films of the 1970s. John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson), the namesake nephew of the legendary private eye (Richard Roundtree), is a street-smart police detective who with his partner Carmen Velez (Vanessa L. Williams) has been assigned to a racially motivated murder case, in which a black college student was killed in front of a restaurant by Walter Williams Jr. (Christian Bale), the sociopathic son of a New York construction tycoon, who then fled the country rather than face prosecution. Diane Palmieri (Toni Collette), a waitress on a smoke break, saw the murder, but she doesn't want to talk to the police. Two years later, Walter is forced to return to New York, but without Diane's testimony, the city doesn't have much of a case. Soon, Shaft, Walter Junior, and Walter Senior's goons are all looking for Diane, with Junior enlisting the help of Peoples Hernandez (Jeffrey Wright), a small-time drug dealer who will do anything to move into the big leagues. Shaft and Carmen find Diane, but discover that she had a good reason for being on the lam for the past two years. Amidst all this activity, John gets frequent advice from his uncle, with whom he ponders the idea of quitting the force and opening a detective agency. Shaft was directed by John Singleton, from a screenplay by Singleton, Richard Price, and Shane Salerno. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:23:25 GMTShaft2000John SingletonThis action drama puts a new spin on Shaft, one of the key "blaxploitation" films of the 1970s. John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson), the namesake nephew of the legendary private eye (<a href="/players/P____61807/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Richard Roundtree</a>), is a street-smart police detective who with his partner Carmen Velez (Vanessa L. Williams) has been assigned to a racially motivated murder case, in which a black college student was killed in front of a restaurant by Walter Williams Jr. (<a href="/players/P_____3538/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Christian Bale</a>), the sociopathic son of a New York construction tycoon, who then fled the country rather than face prosecution. Diane Palmieri (<a href="/players/P____14165/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Toni Collette</a>), a waitress on a smoke break, saw the murder, but she doesn't want to talk to the police. Two years later, Walter is forced to return to New York, but without Diane's testimony, the city doesn't have much of a case. Soon, Shaft, Walter Junior, and Walter Senior's goons are all looking for Diane, with Junior enlisting the help of Peoples Hernandez (<a href="/players/P____77607/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jeffrey Wright</a>), a small-time drug dealer who will do anything to move into the big leagues. Shaft and Carmen find Diane, but discover that she had a good reason for being on the lam for the past two years. Amidst all this activity, John gets frequent advice from his uncle, with whom he ponders the idea of quitting the force and opening a detective agency. Shaft was directed by <a href="/players/P___111663/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Singleton</a>, from a screenplay by Singleton, <a href="/players/P___107080/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Richard Price</a>, and Shane Salerno. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide6Taggedy Taggged (6-10)92http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t09208xs2wv.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Shaft/140443/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/murder/MemberTagFilms.aspxmurder
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