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Feature film — 2000

Shaft (2000)

6.01h 39mAction — Adventure — Crime — Thriller

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

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A high-signal pick with 1,530 votes.

Paramount Pictures / Scott Rudin Productions / New Deal Productions / Shaft Productions / Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) GHS Productions

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Director: John Singleton

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Cast & crew

Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft

Samuel L. Jackson

John Shaft

Vanessa Williams as Carmen Vasquez

Vanessa Williams

Carmen Vasquez

Jeffrey Wright as Peoples Hernandez

Jeffrey Wright

Peoples Hernandez

Christian Bale as Walter Wade, Jr.

Christian Bale

Walter Wade, Jr.

Busta Rhymes as Rasaan

Busta Rhymes

Rasaan

Dan Hedaya as Jack Roselli

Dan Hedaya

Jack Roselli

Toni Collette as Diane Palmieri

Toni Collette

Diane Palmieri

Richard Roundtree as "Uncle" John Shaft

Richard Roundtree

"Uncle" John Shaft

Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Jimmy Groves

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Jimmy Groves

Josef Sommer as Curt Flemming

Josef Sommer

Curt Flemming

Lynne Thigpen as Carla Howard

Lynne Thigpen

Carla Howard

Philip Bosco as Walter Wade Senior

Philip Bosco

Walter Wade Senior

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