I saw the Shaft movies as a teenager along with other blaxploitation movies from 1971-1977. I loved them because the Sidney Poitier black male image that white people could accept on film was wearing thin-even Poitier's later films showed a rebelliousness. It was joined by strong black women, Foxy Brown and the like. Some of this was inspired by the black liberation movements influence in the Americas, Europe and indigenous people in Asia, Australia, and Oceania. I had a afro and a leather coat then and now. I chucked misogyny, homophobia in the trash because like me, women LGBTQ+ just want to free and proud. I know its more complex and nuanced. Its that feeling expressed in a Gil Scott Heron song that explains why a bird needs to be free.
I agree with everything you said. Pam Grier was and remains fantastic. As a rebellious poor white boy who was often hassled by the cops in the working class area I lived in, I empathised with blaxploitation heroes who were given shit by the man. I also went on the feminist, LGBTQI+ learning curve and I couldn't be happier. Thanks for sharing your experiences, mate.
@@terrytalksmovies I knew we shared a lot experiences. I teach history in the States in a community college. Most of students are working class who were born after in the 1980's-2020. For them the rebooted Shaft movies are their context The films of Richard Roundtree and Gordon Parks would be a revelation to them. I feel that as an elder I have to expose hem to past--which film has memorialized.
@@terrytalksmovies After all these years and all my travels I'm still shocked when people 10,000 miles away have the same opinions about the same things as I do.
@@terrytalksmovies I've seen "The Learning Tree" about three times. The first times I saw it, the movie was a revelation to me how vicious and casual racism in the Midwest US was and remains. Langston Hughes' father left the US for Mexico (as many other US blacks) for a better life because of the de facto segregation outside the US South. As a teen, Langston Hughes joined his father in Mexico City where went to El Colegio (an elite high school)
Another great video Terry. Josiah Howard's book is a terrific reference - the illustrations alone are worth the price of purchase. Two of my favourites of the genre: Trouble Man (1972) - Robert Hooks is excellent as super suave Mr T, a private eye with a wardrobe to envy. Marvin Gaye provides the killer jazz soundtrack. Hit Man (1972) - A blaxploitation remake (sometimes scene for scene) of Get Carter (1971) starring Bernie Casey. 'You're a big cat, but don't be selling me no wolf ticket'
My friend's and I discovered this in our late teens thru the music as well. We went nuts for it. My buddy found a light brown leather mid length jacket at a 2nd hand store and we called it his Shaft Jacket and I was very jealous of its awesomeness. Sorry this was so long, but I was just talking about Shaft, I know you can dig it.
Shaft is an awesome movie, the sequel is adequate. Sadly I found the third one to be a let down... as you said it feels more like a Bond knockoff than a Shaft movie. Honestly the comedy "Undercover Brother" feels more like a Shaft movie than the third one. :)
9:44- And thank you, Terry, for that Roger Moore comment. Just yesterday I tried to watch "Moonraker". Got a little over 20 minutes into it before I bailed. I just can't take them.
Excellent video. Thank you for such a well presented rundown on three cool movies. I really love the first movie - as soon as Shaft emerges from the subway, you cannot take your eyes off of him. It's difficult to realise that this was Richard Roundtree's first movie - he owns the screen. It's a good, solid story, and a lot of fun. 'Shaft's Big Score' is as good, but the fantastic chase near the end still looks extraordinary. I think that it was the first time I'd ever seen a helicopter being flown INSIDE a building. Seeing it at the cinema, those scenes really jump out. It was one of my late father's favourite movies, too. 'Shaft In Africa' I have only seen once, and because it is so different from the other two, in tone, and the way it is shot, I didn't really care for it. Probably should give it another go, to be honest. In your intro, you show the poster for 'Slaughter' , starring Jim Brown, which is a hell of a lot of fun, with a great Billy Preston theme tune. Yes, I'd love to see some more 'Blaxploitation' movie reviews - and maybe you could include the brilliantly entertaining 'Blacula' movies, too ? Thanks again.
Slaughter and Boxcar Bertha were the first R rated movies I ever saw. We didn't have X ratings here and so there was R where you had to be 18 to get in. I put on a deep voice at 15 and the man gave me a ticket.
@@terrytalksmovies - That's a great memory. I had a friend called Greg, who was 6'2" when he was 14, but his voice hadn't broken, so if we went to see an 'A', 'AA', or 'X' ('PG', '15', '18', as they are now), I bought the tickets. 😄😄😄
Nice. The shaft trilogy was always a big hit at the retro cinema I worked at in Canada. I agree with you about the soundtracks, both are brilliant. I also like across 110th street. Gotta love Bobby Womack.
I have a friend who was a freelance writer for media magazines like Starlog. He interviewed Richard Roundtree years ago. When he mentioned the word "Blaxploitation" Roundtree was very angry with him. My friend didn't go into why that was but I can guess: he probably thought that it was disrespectful considering the first two films in the series were positively reviewed and the first film won a couple of Oscars. I only saw the first two films and the short-lived TV series. Great review...
Thanks. I'm aware that the term is a sore point for some people but so many good actors, actresses and musicians got a gig from it and I grew up with this cinema.
I grew up in NY and remember seeing Shaft in one of the large theaters in the city. I love the 70s films as they used much better setting of the scenes and really used the soundtracks to advance the movie. I love Shaft and I watched all the other movies as they were shown on the NYC TV stations (unfortunately slightly edited for TV). Excepting the race issues we had in the US, I believe the 60s and 70s were the golden age. The movies were great, the music was fantastic, and the mood optimistic. More Blaxplotation please.
When I was a boy riding in the New York City subways, I remember all the movie posters for the Blacksplotation films: Shaft, Superfly, Foxy Brown, The Mack, etc. To this day, I happen to think Isaac Hayes' Theme from Shaft is the best movie theme of all time.
I'd love to see your take on Melvin Van Peeble's films. "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" had it all, and then some. Criterion has a box set of his films coming out. (Not cheap either!)
Brillant three films. Funny I saw second film at my local threatre in NZ aged 12. Its worth getting blu ray set from uk, nice extras on making of plus an ep of tv series made after the film series. I enjoy the series too bad they didn't make more. The series in US were part of a wheel series.
Oh man! I'm so impressed! I recently got this collection on Blu-ray myself! They certainly do become harder to watch after the original. I love the Pam Grier films - Foxy Brown and Coffy. The Mack is also a fave. Those remakes with Sam Jackson are so naff.
Really like your analysis of the opening. Reminds me of how my film analysis teacher showed the class the opening 5 minutes of citizen Kane. After that my entire view of cinema changed along with the way I saw the world around me. I'd be really interested in seeing a video about how blaxploitation and kung Fu movies became intertwined. Even when I've seen comedy sketches of blaxploitation they include some Kung Fu... especially if it's laughably terrible.😊
@@terrytalksmovies I dig "Shaft" (the original with Richard Roundtree and the newer rebooted/remake with Samuel L. Jackson: could Denzel (Washington) or Wesley Snipes pull it off, maybe.) in 1968, there was a film starring Dean "Deano/The Rat Pack" Martin called "The Wrecking Crew" (with Nancy Kwan ("The World of Suzie Wong"), Tina Louise ("Gilligan's Island" tv show), Sharon Tate (former Playboy Playmate/married to a scandalous film director (Roman Polanski)/Charles Manson Family victim), Elke Sommer). For the "Wrecking Crew" film, Bruce Lee helped choreographed fights: Kwan vs. Tate; Dean Martin. This was to be a big screen debut for a future action ("Walker, Texas Ranger") superstar, Chuck Norris (a black belt in (Tang Soo Do: Korean-style) Karate and brown belt in Judo). in 1972, Norris and Bruce Lee squared off in the real Roman Coliseum (Italy), for "Return/Way of the Dragon." the film in 1973's "Cleopatra Jones" (with Tamara Dobson in the lead); she used some Karate/Kung Fu moves on her opponents: which was cool. "The Last Dragon" (1985) - with Taimak (Leroy Green), Julius Carry (Sho Nuff) and Vanity (Laura Charles), : you could tell that it was like 1/2 and 1/2: a Kung Fu flick and a Blaxploitation genre. In the beginning, they showed "Enter The Dragon" (a great collaboration film (Golden Harvest (Raymond Chow)/ Warner Brothers studios) that introduced the Western audiences, like a Leroy Green, to Bruce Lee). Of course, there was John Saxon, Bolo Yeung: a buff Chinese dude who played a villain (Jean Claude Van Damme's nemesis in "Bloodsport" (1988), a cameo by Jackie Chan ("The Big/Battle Creek Brawl" (1980) ), and the great Jim Kelly. Kelly also had a Warner Brothers film, it was called "Black Belt Jones" (1974) & the sequel "Eagles Claw" (1978) 2004's "Kung Fu Hustle" with Stephen Chow also comes to my mind. "Black Dynamite" the 2009 film (starring: Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, and Salli Richardson), was a great tribute to the 1970's Hong Kong "Chop Socky" Kung Fu/Blaxploitation genres (your "Shaft," "Superfly," "Foxy Brown," due to the vintage film equipment.
I have The Dynamite Brothers, the original Dolemate , Superfly and the first two Shaft movies. I dont care for the third one at all. I enjoy this genre and would enjoy seeing more.
Hey Terry I would love to see you do a review of Black Caesar. While Shaft and Superfly are the movies that everyone talks about the most when they talk about blaxploitation; Black Caesar had it all, great music, great photography, great stars and a pretty deep storyline. It also had a sequel called Hell Up in Harlem, a good movie but not as good as Black Caesar.
Only seen the 1st... May go out & give the 2nd a watch now. Also, ever see 'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'??? Good story & the Making of the Film is an even BETTER story!
Bokeh ... 🤣 years ago the best way to start an argument on the photography USENET newsgroups was to start talking about good and bad bokeh 😆 Thanks for the video, nicely done!
Thanks for this. I sat through a lot of awful Blaxploitation films in the 90's due to my friends' liking for them. It's such a broad pool. From avant guard art films(Sweetback) to Z movie dreadful(plenty of em). The first Shaft was definitely one of the better ones. Some other great soundtracks, Coffee(Roy Ayers), Troubleman(Marvin Gaye), Across 110th St.(Bobby Womack), Foxy Brown(Willie Hutch).
Absolutely, the music was integral to good blaxploitation. Sometimes it was better than the movie. There are so many good flicks in this genre. Some are rough around the edges, but they have a vitality you can't deny.
The Wicker Man is my second favorite horror movie after The Serpent and the Rainbow. The Black Ceasar soundtrack is excellent. Paid the cost to be the boss. Look at me, you know what you see, you see a bad mother.
I love those 70's cop/PI movies. They were brutal, dirty, vulgar and mostly political uncorrect. Still, they had good stories and action. Why I like Shaft, my fav is "French Connection"
@@terrytalksmovies Maybe the reason why I love Bosch. Lot's of legwork, less of scientific wizadry, that dominat the crime shows in the last 20 years. I also belive that current time crime movies suffer too much from the high tech around us. Cams everywhere, cellphone tracking etc. The cases feel so constructed.
Now you should check out the worst Blaxploitation movie: "The Guy from Harlem". Rifftrax offers a DVD of the movie with & without commentary. I don't have the guts to watch it unriffed.
@@terrytalksmovies Have you seen both the Cleopatra movies? I find it a rich source of amusement that the villainesses of both movies are played by my two favorite casualties from The Poseidon Adventure. 😁
I saw the Shaft movies as a teenager along with other blaxploitation movies from 1971-1977. I loved them because the Sidney Poitier black male image that white people could accept on film was wearing thin-even Poitier's later films showed a rebelliousness. It was joined by strong black women, Foxy Brown and the like. Some of this was inspired by the black liberation movements influence in the Americas, Europe and indigenous people in Asia, Australia, and Oceania. I had a afro and a leather coat then and now. I chucked misogyny, homophobia in the trash because like me, women LGBTQ+ just want to free and proud. I know its more complex and nuanced. Its that feeling expressed in a Gil Scott Heron song that explains why a bird needs to be free.
I agree with everything you said. Pam Grier was and remains fantastic. As a rebellious poor white boy who was often hassled by the cops in the working class area I lived in, I empathised with blaxploitation heroes who were given shit by the man. I also went on the feminist, LGBTQI+ learning curve and I couldn't be happier. Thanks for sharing your experiences, mate.
@@terrytalksmovies I knew we shared a lot experiences. I teach history in the States in a community college. Most of students are working class who were born after in the 1980's-2020. For them the rebooted Shaft movies are their context The films of Richard Roundtree and Gordon Parks would be a revelation to them. I feel that as an elder I have to expose hem to past--which film has memorialized.
@@hugopritchard8455 If you can find The Learning Tree it might be a good starting point.
@@terrytalksmovies After all these years and all my travels I'm still shocked when people 10,000 miles away have the same opinions about the same things as I do.
@@terrytalksmovies I've seen "The Learning Tree" about three times. The first times I saw it, the movie was a revelation to me how vicious and casual racism in the Midwest US was and remains. Langston Hughes' father left the US for Mexico (as many other US blacks) for a better life because of the de facto segregation outside the US South. As a teen, Langston Hughes joined his father in Mexico City where went to El Colegio (an elite high school)
Another great video Terry. Josiah Howard's book is a terrific reference - the illustrations alone are worth the price of purchase. Two of my favourites of the genre: Trouble Man (1972) - Robert Hooks is excellent as super suave Mr T, a private eye with a wardrobe to envy. Marvin Gaye provides the killer jazz soundtrack. Hit Man (1972) - A blaxploitation remake (sometimes scene for scene) of Get Carter (1971) starring Bernie Casey. 'You're a big cat, but don't be selling me no wolf ticket'
There are so many good blaxploitation movies. The Mack and Coffy are both faves of mine.
My friend's and I discovered this in our late teens thru the music as well. We went nuts for it. My buddy found a light brown leather mid length jacket at a 2nd hand store and we called it his Shaft Jacket and I was very jealous of its awesomeness.
Sorry this was so long, but I was just talking about Shaft, I know you can dig it.
That brown leather coat was fantastic.
Shaft is an awesome movie, the sequel is adequate. Sadly I found the third one to be a let down... as you said it feels more like a Bond knockoff than a Shaft movie. Honestly the comedy "Undercover Brother" feels more like a Shaft movie than the third one. :)
9:44- And thank you, Terry, for that Roger Moore comment. Just yesterday I tried to watch "Moonraker". Got a little over 20 minutes into it before I bailed. I just can't take them.
IKR? He was okay as the Saint but as 007, nah.
When he popped out the train station in the beginning the movie kicked off 💯👍
Yep, the movie is so grounded in that sleazy Times Square 1970s vibe.
Excellent video. Thank you for such a well presented rundown on three cool movies. I really love the first movie - as soon as Shaft emerges from the subway, you cannot take your eyes off of him. It's difficult to realise that this was Richard Roundtree's first movie - he owns the screen. It's a good, solid story, and a lot of fun. 'Shaft's Big Score' is as good, but the fantastic chase near the end still looks extraordinary. I think that it was the first time I'd ever seen a helicopter being flown INSIDE a building. Seeing it at the cinema, those scenes really jump out. It was one of my late father's favourite movies, too. 'Shaft In Africa' I have only seen once, and because it is so different from the other two, in tone, and the way it is shot, I didn't really care for it. Probably should give it another go, to be honest. In your intro, you show the poster for 'Slaughter' , starring Jim Brown, which is a hell of a lot of fun, with a great Billy Preston theme tune. Yes, I'd love to see some more 'Blaxploitation' movie reviews - and maybe you could include the brilliantly entertaining 'Blacula' movies, too ?
Thanks again.
Slaughter and Boxcar Bertha were the first R rated movies I ever saw. We didn't have X ratings here and so there was R where you had to be 18 to get in. I put on a deep voice at 15 and the man gave me a ticket.
@@terrytalksmovies - That's a great memory. I had a friend called Greg, who was 6'2" when he was 14, but his voice hadn't broken, so if we went to see an 'A', 'AA', or 'X' ('PG', '15', '18', as they are now), I bought the tickets. 😄😄😄
For some reason this video triggered that classic scene in Pulp Fiction "Say what one more time mfker!"
Well done. I saw the 1st on the big screen.
Nice. The shaft trilogy was always a big hit at the retro cinema I worked at in Canada. I agree with you about the soundtracks, both are brilliant. I also like across 110th street. Gotta love Bobby Womack.
Across 110th Street is great. I also like Cotton Comes To Harlem
@@terrytalksmovies and of course Coffey. The amazing Pam Greer
I have a friend who was a freelance writer for media magazines like Starlog. He interviewed Richard Roundtree years ago. When he mentioned the word "Blaxploitation" Roundtree was very angry with him. My friend didn't go into why that was but I can guess: he probably thought that it was disrespectful considering the first two films in the series were positively reviewed and the first film won a couple of Oscars. I only saw the first two films and the short-lived TV series. Great review...
Thanks. I'm aware that the term is a sore point for some people but so many good actors, actresses and musicians got a gig from it and I grew up with this cinema.
I grew up in NY and remember seeing Shaft in one of the large theaters in the city. I love the 70s films as they used much better setting of the scenes and really used the soundtracks to advance the movie. I love Shaft and I watched all the other movies as they were shown on the NYC TV stations (unfortunately slightly edited for TV).
Excepting the race issues we had in the US, I believe the 60s and 70s were the golden age. The movies were great, the music was fantastic, and the mood optimistic.
More Blaxplotation please.
There will be in future but I try to mix up genres.
The thing about Shaft is that he's a complicated man, and no one understands him but his woman.
Shut your mouth. 😉
@@terrytalksmovies But I'm talkin' about Shaft!
Now I'm interested.
More blaxploitation, please!
When I was a boy riding in the New York City subways, I remember all the movie posters for the Blacksplotation films: Shaft, Superfly, Foxy Brown, The Mack, etc. To this day, I happen to think Isaac Hayes' Theme from Shaft is the best movie theme of all time.
It's a valid opinion but I don't want to limit myself by saying it is. 😄
Yes please! I LOVE PAM GRIER!
I'd love to see your take on Melvin Van Peeble's films. "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" had it all, and then some. Criterion has a box set of his films coming out. (Not cheap either!)
I plan to do more blaxploitation. Feel free to share the video because the more views, the higher it goes on the list. 🙂
I love the sceneries in shaft movies
The music, the locations, the great character actors, the action scenes. It's peak 1970s exploitation cinema.
Brillant three films. Funny I saw second film at my local threatre in NZ aged 12. Its worth getting blu ray set from uk, nice extras on making of plus an ep of tv series made after the film series. I enjoy the series too bad they didn't make more. The series in US were part of a wheel series.
Oh man! I'm so impressed! I recently got this collection on Blu-ray myself! They certainly do become harder to watch after the original. I love the Pam Grier films - Foxy Brown and Coffy. The Mack is also a fave. Those remakes with Sam Jackson are so naff.
I agree. Shaft is a 1970s character and it disrespects the character to reboot him.
@@terrytalksmovies well said Terry. It's evocative of a time and place that is well beyond the horizon.
Really like your analysis of the opening. Reminds me of how my film analysis teacher showed the class the opening 5 minutes of citizen Kane. After that my entire view of cinema changed along with the way I saw the world around me.
I'd be really interested in seeing a video about how blaxploitation and kung Fu movies became intertwined. Even when I've seen comedy sketches of blaxploitation they include some Kung Fu... especially if it's laughably terrible.😊
The answer to the last question is Jim Kelly.
@@terrytalksmovies I dig "Shaft" (the original with Richard Roundtree and the newer rebooted/remake with Samuel L. Jackson: could Denzel (Washington) or Wesley Snipes pull it off, maybe.) in 1968, there was a film starring Dean "Deano/The Rat Pack" Martin called "The Wrecking Crew" (with Nancy Kwan ("The World of Suzie Wong"), Tina Louise ("Gilligan's Island" tv show), Sharon Tate (former Playboy Playmate/married to a scandalous film director (Roman Polanski)/Charles Manson Family victim), Elke Sommer). For the "Wrecking Crew" film, Bruce Lee helped choreographed fights: Kwan vs. Tate; Dean Martin. This was to be a big screen debut for a future action ("Walker, Texas Ranger") superstar, Chuck Norris (a black belt in (Tang Soo Do: Korean-style) Karate and brown belt in Judo). in 1972, Norris and Bruce Lee squared off in the real Roman Coliseum (Italy), for "Return/Way of the Dragon." the film in 1973's "Cleopatra Jones" (with Tamara Dobson in the lead); she used some Karate/Kung Fu moves on her opponents: which was cool. "The Last Dragon" (1985) - with Taimak (Leroy Green), Julius Carry (Sho Nuff) and Vanity (Laura Charles), : you could tell that it was like 1/2 and 1/2: a Kung Fu flick and a Blaxploitation genre. In the beginning, they showed "Enter The Dragon" (a great collaboration film (Golden Harvest (Raymond Chow)/ Warner Brothers studios) that introduced the Western audiences, like a Leroy Green, to Bruce Lee). Of course, there was John Saxon, Bolo Yeung: a buff Chinese dude who played a villain (Jean Claude Van Damme's nemesis in "Bloodsport" (1988), a cameo by Jackie Chan ("The Big/Battle Creek Brawl" (1980) ), and the great Jim Kelly. Kelly also had a Warner Brothers film, it was called "Black Belt Jones" (1974) & the sequel "Eagles Claw" (1978) 2004's "Kung Fu Hustle" with Stephen Chow also comes to my mind. "Black Dynamite" the 2009 film (starring: Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, and Salli Richardson), was a great tribute to the 1970's Hong Kong "Chop Socky" Kung Fu/Blaxploitation genres (your "Shaft," "Superfly," "Foxy Brown," due to the vintage film equipment.
@@terrytalksmovies en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kelly_(martial_artist)
Didn’t even Know there was a trilogy of Shaft but Hey , Cool
I have The Dynamite Brothers, the original Dolemate , Superfly and the first two Shaft movies. I dont care for the third one at all. I enjoy this genre and would enjoy seeing more.
The Blaxploitation reference book would be a great start to explore the genre.
Hey Terry I would love to see you do a review of Black Caesar. While Shaft and Superfly are the movies that everyone talks about the most when they talk about blaxploitation; Black Caesar had it all, great music, great photography, great stars and a pretty deep storyline. It also had a sequel called Hell Up in Harlem, a good movie but not as good as Black Caesar.
Black Caesar and Hell Up In Harlem got mentioned in my Larry Cohen video, but it's possible they'll show up again.
Only seen the 1st... May go out & give the 2nd a watch now. Also, ever see 'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'??? Good story & the Making of the Film is an even BETTER story!
Sweetback is great.
Bokeh ... 🤣 years ago the best way to start an argument on the photography USENET newsgroups was to start talking about good and bad bokeh 😆
Thanks for the video, nicely done!
I love good bokeh. Thanks for watching. 😀
Thanks for this. I sat through a lot of awful Blaxploitation films in the 90's due to my friends' liking for them. It's such a broad pool. From avant guard art films(Sweetback) to Z movie dreadful(plenty of em). The first Shaft was definitely one of the better ones. Some other great soundtracks, Coffee(Roy Ayers), Troubleman(Marvin Gaye), Across 110th St.(Bobby Womack), Foxy Brown(Willie Hutch).
Absolutely, the music was integral to good blaxploitation. Sometimes it was better than the movie. There are so many good flicks in this genre. Some are rough around the edges, but they have a vitality you can't deny.
SuperFly is great as well
The Wicker Man is my second favorite horror movie after The Serpent and the Rainbow. The Black Ceasar soundtrack is excellent. Paid the cost to be the boss. Look at me, you know what you see, you see a bad mother.
Try to find the Superfly soundtrack. It's next level.
@@terrytalksmovies I have it. Can't go wrong with Curtis Mayfield. I love that he's playing in the club in the movie. Cheers from Middle Georgia USA.
@@bradbla enjoy summer.
"It's always the suits." -TTM
Terrry, some well-groomed guy has taken over your channel icon. We want the original Terry.
It's all for the clicks. I'm still shabby IRL.
I love those 70's cop/PI movies. They were brutal, dirty, vulgar and mostly political uncorrect. Still, they had good stories and action. Why I like Shaft, my fav is "French Connection"
French Connection has that street level grittiness alright.
@@terrytalksmovies Maybe the reason why I love Bosch. Lot's of legwork, less of scientific wizadry, that dominat the crime shows in the last 20 years. I also belive that current time crime movies suffer too much from the high tech around us. Cams everywhere, cellphone tracking etc. The cases feel so constructed.
Now you should check out the worst Blaxploitation movie: "The Guy from Harlem". Rifftrax offers a DVD of the movie with & without commentary. I don't have the guts to watch it unriffed.
Watch it unriffed. Take a chance!
This movie sold a lot leather coats
We all wanted one, with the beige turtleneck to set it off.
Who's going to be the first person to say, "Shut cho' mouth"? Oh,...I guess it was me.
They say that cat Shaft is a badmother#$&@+!
Shut yo mouth!
@@lashlarue59 But I'm talkin' bout Shaft
@@dsmith11373 He's a complicated man but no one understands him but his woman.
I should indeed be interested to know if you'll be keeping up with the Joneses...to wit, Black Belt and Cleopatra. 😉
Seen both though neither Jim Kelly nor Tamara Dobson could act. 😀
@@terrytalksmovies Have you seen both the Cleopatra movies? I find it a rich source of amusement that the villainesses of both movies are played by my two favorite casualties from The Poseidon Adventure. 😁
@@goldenager59 Yep, which only underlines how bad an actress Tamara Dobson was. Shelley and Stella did the hard yards learning their craft.
IMO the current version of Bond is the worst they took out all the style, charm, wit, and gadgets. Turning it into just another action franchise.
Which part of Roger Moore was unclear? He was as bland as dry white toast. I like the Daniel Craig Bond. It works for the 21st Century. 🙂😉
Shaft only one shaft movie I didn't like and that was shaft in Africa 🤫😡
I have over the years grown fonder of Shaft In Africa. Vale, Richard Roundtree.