Can you dig it? Shaft was intentionally created to "appeal to a black urban audience, along with contiguous white youths. Coub is YouTube for video loops. Isaac Hayes' "Theme From Shaft" did just that, earning Hayes his only number one pop single in late 1971, winning an Oscar for Best Song, and helping him become the first African-American composer to win an Oscar for Best Score. The filming of Shaft partly in the neighborhood of Harlem also allowed the black viewer to have a deeper connection to this film. Shaft's economic independence was a crucial part of his persona. "[24] Gene Siskel awarded two stars out of four and wrote that the film "offers little more than a rousing opening fight and a chance to see Roundtree glower while he models some fancy leather outfits. Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Shaft (1971) Shaft (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Soulsville airing: Director Gordon Parks (with a cameo!) Stick to the regular 2-channel release(s). In Desperate Housewives, Richard Roundtree appears as a private detective. Some of the actions taken by Shaft highlighted the positive aspects of this movement, while others brought out some of its less progressive facets. One way that Shaft's blackness was showcased was through his attire. Main genre: Soul / Funk / Disco. Their sexist views were felt to be a reaction to the hierarchical power structure already prevalent in society. "[41] For example, from the 'Theme from Shaft,' "The instrumental section, played by the Bar Kays and Movement, deploys pulsating bass, stuttering wah-wah guitar, Hayes's own distinctive piano playing, a descending four-note horn motif, ascending flute runs and the now famous Pearl and Dean-style blasts of brass and strings. " Theme from Shaft ", written and recorded by Isaac Hayes in 1971, is the soul and funk -styled theme song to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Shaft. [4] The Shaft soundtrack album, recorded by Isaac Hayes, was also a success, winning a Grammy Award for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture and a second Grammy that he shared with Johnny Allen for Best Instrumental Arrangement. In the Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of Mitchell, Joel and the robots perform a variation of Isaac Hayes' "Shaft" theme during that film's opening credits. In the Glee episode Throwdown, Sue Sylvester refers to student Matt Rutherford as "Shaft" when she is listing off the minorities in the glee club. 1 day ago Book Excerpt: In Their Own Words: Fiction Directors by Alex Heeney. (1972) and Shaft in Africa (1973), with "neither capturing the soul of the original", according to author Howard Hughes. Feels Like a Product of the Publicity Machine. [22], It not only spawned several years of "blaxploitation" action films, it earned enough money to save then-struggling MGM from bankruptcy. Police Lt. 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