Shaft

Guide Note:

Shaft originally was a 1971 Academy Award winning film directed by Gordon Parks and starred Richard Roundtree. In 2000, a sequel was made featuring Samuel L. Jackson as the nephew of Richard Roundtree's character John Shaft. Fast Facts:

1. The original film had a budget of $1,125,000 and grossed $12 million
2. The 1971 original version won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Isaac Hayes for "Theme from Shaft"
3. The 1972 sequel Shaft's Big Score grossed $10 million at the box-office
4. The 1973 sequel Shaft in Africa cost $2,142, 000, but the gross fell to $1,458,000
5. The 2000 sequel had an estimated budget of $44,000,000 and grossed over $70 million
6. The director of the original Shaft, Gordon Parks, appears in a cameo in the 2000 sequel as "Mr. P"