Shaft

Synopsis

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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Cast

Samuel L. Jackson

John Shaft

Vanessa Williams

Carmen Vasquez

Jeffrey Wright

Peoples Hernandez

Christian Bale

Walter Wade, Jr.

Busta Rhymes

Rasaan

Dan Hedaya

Jack Roselli

Toni Collette

Diane Palmieri

Richard Roundtree

"Uncle" John Shaft

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Jimmy Groves

Josef Sommer

Curt Flemming

Lynne Thigpen

Carla Howard

Philip Bosco

Walter Wade Senior

Pat Hingle

Judge Dennis Bradford

Lee Tergesen

Luger

Daniel von Bargen

Lt Kearney

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Francisco 'Coqui' Taveras

Lucifer

Sonja Sohn

Alice

Peter McRobbie

Lt. Cromertie

Zach Grenier

Harrison Loeb

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Richard Cocchiaro

Frank Palmieri

Crew

Art

• Patrizia von Brandenstein Production Design
• Dennis Bradford Art Direction
• George DeTitta Jr. Set Decoration
• Randall Balsmeyer Title Designer

Camera

• Donald E. Thorin Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Ruth E. Carter Costume Design
• Allan A. Apone Makeup Artist
• Don Kozma Makeup Artist
• Christine Leiter Makeup Artist

Crew

• Amy Yanagisawa Stunts
• Jodi Michelle Pynn Stunts
• Rose Sias Stunts
• Angela Meryl Stunt Double
• Nick Gillard Stunt Coordinator
• Andrew Zolot Post Production Supervisor
• Steve Kirshoff Special Effects Coordinator
• Jalil Jay Lynch Stunts

Directing

• John Singleton Director
• Julie A. Bloom Second Assistant Director
• Vebe Borge First Assistant Director
• Naomi Cromwell Second Second Assistant Director
• Bac DeLorme Second Second Assistant Director
• Nick Gillard Second Unit Director
• Eric Yellin Second Second Assistant Director
• Mikayla Abromowitz Script Supervisor
• Bruce Franklin First Assistant Director

Editing

• John Bloom Editor
• Antonia Van Drimmelen Editor
• Al Rodgers Editor
• Terel Gibson Assistant Editor

Production

• Mark Roybal Producer
• Scott Rudin Producer
• John Singleton Producer
• Ilene Starger Casting
• Paul Hall Executive Producer
• Steve Nicolaides Executive Producer
• Adam Schroeder Executive Producer
• Eric Steel Co-Producer
• Joseph E. Iberti Unit Production Manager
• Ramona Diaz Sanchez Production Supervisor
• Rosadel Varela Trainee Production Coordinator
• Rosada Yarela Trainee Production Coordinator

Sound

• David Arnold Original Music Composer
• Isaac Hayes Main Title Theme Composer

Visual Effects

• Gray Miller Animation
• Randall Balsmeyer Visual Effects Supervisor

Writing

• John Singleton Story
• Shane Salerno Story
• Shane Salerno Screenplay
• John Singleton Screenplay
• Richard Price Screenplay
• Ernest Tidyman Novel

Photos