UHD Review Shaft (1971) – Criterion UHD Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[t1g3r5fan]

For his follow-up to his directorial debut The Learning Tree (1969), Gordon Parks went from his home state of Kansas to the mean streets of New York City. There he brought to life an Ernest Tidyman novel that would also give birth to a new genre that would become popular in the early 1970’s; the novel and movie based thereon would forever be known as Shaft. Originally released in theaters by MGM and on home video by Warner Bros. (the current rights holder), Criterion has licensed the film for inclusion in its collection and for its UHD Blu-ray debut.



Shaft (1971)



Released: 02 Jul 1971
Rated: R
Runtime: 100 min




Director: Gordon Parks
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller



Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi
Writer(s): Ernest Tidyman, John...

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[Lord Dalek]

*five times actually.

 

[Sega]

This is on my list to get. A must-have!

 

[Noel Aguirre]

When is the B&N sale so I can prepare to blow a hole?

 

[Robert Crawford]

When is the B&N sale so I can prepare to blow a hole?

It starts on July 1st through the end of July.

 

[t1g3r5fan]

*five times actually.

I meant to say four more times following this movie. This is what happens when you double check your work and an error still slips through. It should be fixed now.

 

[cadavra]

And you're still not 100% correct. He played Shaft seven more times on TV in the 1973-74 series that was part of CBS' attempt to mimic NBC's Mystery Movie wheel. WA released it on DVD some years back.

 

[t1g3r5fan]

And you're still not 100% correct. He played Shaft seven more times on TV in the 1973-74 series that was part of CBS' attempt to mimic NBC's Mystery Movie wheel. WA released it on DVD some years back.

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I've updated my review to include this; I didn't know about the Shaft TV movies prior to you telling me.

 

[Kent K H]

I've updated my review to include this; I didn't know about the Shaft TV movies prior to you telling me.

I'd never heard of these either, which gives me a guess as to how good they are.

 

[cadavra]

I'd never heard of these either, which gives me a guess as to how good they are.

Given the censorship limitations of broadcast TV in that era, they're rather tame but actually quite good, with plenty of quality guest stars, such as Tony Curtis, Robert Culp, Dean Jagger, Howard Duff, Richard Jaeckel, Clu Gulager, Arthur O'Connell, George Maharis, Michael Ansara, etc.

 

[Noel Aguirre]

They say this cat Shaft is a bad ……..

Picked up at B&N and will watch this week!

 

[Sega]

I picked it up from Amazon. Watched it last night.
In 4K it's great. I just wish all three movies were with it. In 4K. The other two discs with this set. Are B/R.