Shaft

2000 film directed by John Singleton
Movie film Q917312
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Shaft

Summary

Shaft is a film[1]. Shaft ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,108 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shaft's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Shaft's director is recorded as John Singleton[4].
  • Shaft's screenwriter is recorded as Shane Salerno[5].
  • Shaft's screenwriter is recorded as Richard Price[6].
  • Shaft's screenwriter is recorded as John Singleton[7].
  • Shaft's composer is recorded as Q346285[8].
  • Shaft's genre is recorded as crime film[9].
  • Shaft's genre is recorded as action film[10].
  • Shaft's genre is recorded as thriller film[11].
  • Shaft's genre is recorded as drama film[12].
  • Shaft's genre is recorded as film based on a novel[13].
  • Shaft's based on is recorded as Shaft[14].
  • Shaft's follows is recorded as Shaft in Africa[15].
  • Shaft's followed by is recorded as Shaft[16].
  • Shaft's cast member is recorded as Samuel L. Jackson[17].
  • Shaft's cast member is recorded as Vanessa Williams[18].
  • Shaft's cast member is recorded as Jeffrey Wright[19].
  • Shaft's cast member is recorded as Christian Bale[20].
  • Shaft's cast member is recorded as Richard Roundtree[21].
  • Shaft's cast member is recorded as Busta Rhymes[22].
  • Shaft's cast member is recorded as Dan Hedaya[23].
  • Shaft's cast member is recorded as Toni Collette[24].
  • Shaft's cast member is recorded as Lee Tergesen[25].
  • Shaft's cast member is recorded as Mekhi Phifer[26].
  • Shaft's cast member is recorded as Daniel von Bargen[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include John Singleton[28], Scott Rudin[29], Eric Steel[30], and Adam Schroeder[31]. Shaft's director is recorded as John Singleton[4]. Screenwriters include Shane Salerno[5], Richard Price[6], and John Singleton[7]. Cast members include Samuel L. Jackson[17], Vanessa Williams[18], Jeffrey Wright[19], Christian Bale[20], Richard Roundtree[21], and Busta Rhymes[22].

Publication

Publication dates include +2000-01-01T00:00:00Z[32] and +2000-10-26T00:00:00Z[33]. Original languages include Spanish[34] and English[35]. Genres include crime film[9], action film[10], thriller film[11], drama film[12], and film based on a novel[13].

Reception

Reviews include 67%[36], 6.1/10[37], and 50/100[38].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Shaft's follows is recorded as Shaft in Africa[15]. Shaft's followed by is recorded as Shaft[16].

Why It Matters

Shaft ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,108 views/month).[2] Shaft has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.
  31. [35] . wikidata.org.
  32. [36] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [37] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [38] . wikidata.org.
  35. [32] . wikidata.org.
  36. [33] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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