Shaft Intro Original

[@ScreenBlaster13]

R.I.P Richard Roundtree.

[@DazedConfused1969]

Am I the only one who gets chills whenever I hear that?

[@curtusdanton61]

NO!

[@auroragarcia683]

DazedConfused1969 of course NO!

[@davidcarter1013]

HEEEELLL no

[@nonamegame9857]

No you're not. It takes me back to my youth. I don't know why KZbin doesn't put this up on recommended lists for more people unless they're trying to exploit the algorithms.

[@jeffcummins1408]

Seriously. This is legendary stuff!

[@ethanmellina5562]

This is more 70s then the 70s

[@therosepagest4363]

Say that again, then two more times!!!

[@hawkeye0927]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@midshipsport]

Lol yeah! Correct

[@roddale8412]

This opening scence is one big celebration of the daily life of big cities. There is so much to see at street level. Shops, small businesses, signage, busy people, always something going on. It's a celebration of 1970s New York more than anything else.

[@paladinjones1833]

You're damn right

[@reginabond4722]

Right on✊🏾

[@rodneyleong3787]

Makes coming up from the subway and jaywalking look hella cool

[@ellenpearljackson5219]

You sure told the truth

[@Discoblastulae]

The genius of director Gordon Parks: first he establishes the towering, dense, channeled landscape; the protagonist then literally emerges from it, cutting across its flows, weaving a path festooned with street-level commerce, the chill winter air charging him with brisk urgency; the steady, purposeful music that steeps us again in the urban, the busy, the layered. Even the American B-movies in the 70s could be masterpieces in realism.

[@jessemathes5126]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@stonecarver6669]

Whoever you are, you explained that to the T..... I commend you...

[@memes_for_kings]

Discoblastulae well said

[@ellenpearljackson5219]

my pride in Gordon Parks goes without saying but I think about him Richard roundtree and Isaac Hayes I call them the three musketeers they started it and it ain't never stop our young Tyler Perry has it going on now the music Don't stop

[@travisbickle9756]

Fantastic explanation!.. Filmmaking at it's finest

[@Setebos]

Am I the only one who watches scenes like this and checks out stuff such as what's playing at the theaters, etc.?

[@tesslite1578]

I hope that they open up

[@gerardosalazar161]

Don’t think so. I watch it too.

[@davidcarter1013]

HELL no

[@squaretriangle9208]

Richard Roundtree died but Shaft will live forever

[@toyman81]

Issac Hayes, A Legend. Thank You sir for some GREAT Music!!

[@dwightlove3704]

Even the name Shaft is coolness personified.

[@caryldavies7719]

Great film. This original with Richard Roundtree is the best. I went to see this film when I was 17yrs.

[@dwightlove3704]

Caryl Davies I was 7

[@GG-qy2wy]

"Buy a timepiece, Brotha?" Shaft flash3s his badge......🎼🎵🎶 "Goodbye!" Classic!👏👏✨️✨️

[@angelayancey1686]

RIP Richard Roundtree 1942-2023😔🙏💔🌹⭐!!

[@stluciestrength]

Great intro to a great movie!

[@doc2skate]

Isaac Hayes actually composed and performed this song moments after watching just this intro. He hadn't even written any other music when Gordon Parks informed Ike that he had the job.

[@dwightlove3704]

Doc2Skate This was Issac Hayes one and only shot at a Oscar

[@dwightlove3704]

@@RobertIsraelKabakoff You get no argument from me

[@karenrogers2826]

We need a lot more men like Shaft. Right now.

[@Band-maid-fan101]

Damn right

[@jerryj920]

July 9th: Happy birthday Actor Richard Roundtree, "Shaft" films; "Being Mary Jane" "Chicago Fire" "City Heat." considered to be the 'first Black action here.' Thank you and God bless. Thanks for the upload, sunnyposts. Blessings

[@gregsander8439]

This is how you introduce a character.

[@wagnerotto3217]

You bet it is.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@wagnerotto3217 Dammn straight

[@tesslite1578]

🎸💕📞

[@elenaarman-tang7811]

I know you're right 😉

[@ericwilliams1575]

Right on✊✊

[@agninagaseshu3216]

I 'm the Die hard Fan of Shaft's Music, since 1971, when i saw this Film in Sangeet 70 mm cinema theatre in Secunderabad TS India, its Ever green music like James Bond Theme

[@MJ.71]

2021 - And there's still never been a theme tune as good as Shaft, prob never will be. Gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it.

[@davidcarter1013]

The cds good to Mike,ofcourse the theme shaft is on it,Issac hayes created a masterpiece here,got it on amazon for about 10 bucks or so.Oh,thats the name of the cd,shaft,lol.

[@Radents_TWO]

Across 110th Street theme? Ever heard of it?

[@coreyyoung6052]

gotta admit superfly went CRAZY

[@cassieblack1776]

@@coreyyoung6052I just told my husband I don’t think I’ve ever seen the effort put into a theme song like this one ever!

[@tyrese3745]

RIP to the legendary Richard Roundtree (aka the original John Shaft, the badass private investigator to roam the then-grim streets of New York City).

[@jdan222]

I remember everyone buying long leather coats after watching this....

[@victorsuarez6130]

I still wear one and I live in Los Angeles.

[@therosepagest4363]

Couldn't afford leather, mine's was false leather. But my jaywalking was real.

[@editsabal2689]

What brother didn't get the outfit and stroll on Friday night, like he had someplace to be real bad. 70's right there...Hahahaha!

[@SolarRadioFM]

Greatest Soundtrack ever made !!

[@siddiqahmad5193]

Film soundtracks? Super Fly hands down, all time greatest... FULL STOP!

[@dwightlove3704]

@@siddiqahmad5193 To me it's a tie!!!!!

[@joevingo4654]

The 70,s is the coolest decade.

[@westboundbadger]

Happy to report Mr Roundtree is still with us and looking as sharp as ever !

[@IfWeShadows]

Until now. RIP Richard.

[@pavementpounder7502]

One of the most 70s things ever

[@neurobook]

Can you dig it? Shaft… the man, the myth, RIP.

[@MrPaladin123]

"Fine timepiece, Brother?" makes me laugh every time.....

[@milesgentry850]

Its 2020 and this theme still kicks ass!

[@DonnieHardenJr]

Fun fact: The version in the film is NOT the same version on the LP. It was rerecorded for the LP in 1971. The Stax Musicians including the legendary Willie Hall and Skip Pitts (RIP) played on this version. Skip said he used a Boomerang Pedal for the riff and initially hated what Isaac had him do as a "riff" but grew to love it like so many of us do before he passed. Check out his part on the Wah-Wah Pedal documentary. He said he used the Vox Wah-Wah Crybaby on the rerecord with the local musicians. Legendary.

[@sandmansimms5704]

epic......................... I just thought about childhood and watching these shows with family and everyone who's now gone man ole man I kinda teared up....

[@SJ-ep7sw]

RIP Richard Roundtree!! The One And Only True Shaft!!

[@tyrese3745]

Samuel L. Jackson doesn’t even come close. No offense to him.

[@rebboy17]

The walking in traffic and giving zero fcks will always be legendary lol rest in power king

[@debra1569]

Rest in Paradise Mr Roundtree. 🙏🏽

[@tyrese3745]

He was a bad mother-

[@pietervanderzwaag6035]

imho....one of the coolest songs ever

[@sinclairmarcus]

Damn right

[@ellenpearljackson5219]

Amen

Maybe it's me. But somehow NYC was so much cooler back then.

[@dwightlove3704]

Stan Broniszewski That is because white ppl have returned to their original home lol

[@Miumiu0404]

9/11 changed NYC forever. Even in the 90s, NYC was so different.

[@graemefarquharson465]

You mean cold?

[@Locktwiste72]

Up until 9/11, NYC was all laid back. As a friend of mine who is a lifelong New Yorker born and bred said: "The only difference between 1970's NYC and 1990's NYC was the technology." My friend was born and raised in Jackson Heights, Queens in 1965, same neighborhood as Don Rickles. We call him the Tour Guide, because on any given day you'll find him helping out visitors and tourists, chowing them how to get to where they wanna go. Paul knows every train, every bus, almost every taxi driver in NYC. He's better than Google Maps and more reliable. He grew up with SHAFT.

[@logicalcritik2144]

@@dwightlove3704 i hope you mean the suburbs

[@2AMpodcasts]

Rip good brotha you were a Man’s man in your time and that says a lot 🙏🏽

[@pjkicks7510]

I found Shaft. Shafts Big Score, & Shaft in Africa for 1$ at the Goodwill......worth way more........!

[@TariusShinobi]

Great Film & Soundtrack.

[@ragnor56]

Great film great cast & Richard Roundtree is John Shatf

[@luizcarlosreinapereiradasi6866]

Very Good movie !

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

Who's here after hearing that shaft died

[@furnaccio]

RIP Shaft

[@diolette]

Rest In Peace, Richard Roundtree!

[@OmarLuna1981]

Amazing how the presentations decades ago were so long... but worth seeing. Now they last less than 40 seconds or so.

[@laurencegladwell529]

Classic film ,brilliant soundtrack

[@bmt3315]

I wish John Shaft lived on my street.

[@Setebos]

I wish Isaac Hayes could write my soundtrack.

[@Elli10]

Best comment ever😚

[@RichWeigel]

The real NYC the real Shaft. RIP Richard Roundtree..

[@Smael64]

shaft doesnt wait for the stoplight to cross

[@Setebos]

He's too cool for stoplights.

[@kulturfreund6631]

@@Setebos Maybe he´s just colourblind.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@kulturfreund6631 Hell no

[@dwightlove3704]

@@Setebos Damn straight and quiet as it's kept he was the THIRD CHOICE to play this inconic role. Ron O'Neal(SUPERFLY) originally wanted to play this role but he was told that he was too light skinned then Issac Hayes asked for a shot at showing it but he was told no as well.

[@brihev4355]

Frogger...

[@marquan1976]

Isaac Hayes playing Richard’s entrance through the Pearly Gates RIP

[@smill1985]

Mos definitely!

[@marksaunders6135]

Best movie theme song ever! RIP Richard Roundtree

[@thinblueline1903]

Pure Gold

[@patrickkmullins]

The first Black action hero. RIP

[@marypoppins7]

Just the films being shown show how we have really gone downhill since then

[@johnager9428]

Bonnie How's Clyde

[@smill1985]

@@johnager9428 Ha ha haaaaa! 😆

[@habibamekarba960]

Excellent souvenirs de l'année 1986 Isaac Hayes SHAFT les nuits chaudes D'ARLEM music the Best Of. France Sud Marseille.

[@EdHazardd]

RIP Richard Roundtree, the one and only OG Shaft.

[@ellenpearljackson5219]

the music the man it was all that Richard roundtree was bad as you can get and Isaac Hayes equal him with that beautiful music I was there I heard it I never forget it it was wonderful

[@theodorecarter6601]

Damn, just found out Richard Roundtree died. Rest in Peace pne of the pioneers of the Blaxploitation genre. He was a bad mother-

[@ghostrider-ek8gu]

Richard Roundtree was excellent as John Shaft and Issac Hayes did one of the greatest movie themes of all time.

[@cpf55]

I still remember going to see this movie👍

[@dominiquedescottes9568]

Meme apres des centaines d'ecoutes Shafte me fasvine toujours autant C'est une machine a remonter le temps

[@victorrain]

RIP, Mr. Roundtree!!! We will miss you!!!!!

[@nonamegame9857]

This is the real SHAFT. Not the crappy reboot.

[@darrenjames7901]

I mean absolutely no one can jaywalk like Shaft!

[@budski107]

thanks for posting ive beening looking for this everywhere, the music + Richard Roundtree = awesome

[@doc2skate]

Yep, that's the way Broadway used to be back in the day. Your top movies would be playing right next to the X-Rated films. Think the scam artists are still around, though. Goood-bye!!

[@Charlie-Cat.]

The flick that saved MGM Studios from going into bankruptcy and help start the flow of African-American actors and actresses into more mainstream and prominent roles in movies.

[@tinymoon1975]

RIP RICHARD ROUNDTREE

[@bendawson4273]

THE SHAFT ALBUM COVER IS THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE COVER IN THE 🌎 WORLD ASIDE FROM THAT RECOGNIZABLE ISAAC HAYES BEAT !!!!

[@rogerbraasch5224]

Those Black Exploitation Flicks did a great job of creating all kinds of movie making jobs for unemployed black actors and actresses that were heavily discriminated against.

[@JM-bb8xi]

Shaft is just great.

[@brianvail1507]

also gave a lot of white guys great villian roles

[@victorchaos3558]

I love how Isaac Hayes can make music like this and voice chef on South Park

[@TheSlimshadyrocks]

I played this in seventh grade orchestra

[@Jay-AmatoDJ]

due capolavori questo film e Milano calibro 9..stesso periodo per non parlare delle colonne sonore..fantastiche

[@christinaarcher3341]

I can dig it.

[@theelegend01]

Greatest intro I have ever seen. And it’s not close

[@davidcarter1013]

Curtis Mayfields super fly is a close 2nd ,but shaft is the best.

[@CuteCatFaith]

I grew up with Tidyman's kids. Silliphant later did "The Poseidon Adventure," and his son was assassinated. I was so glad to see Roundtree in "Seven." We can probably get this on DVD at our médiathèque near Paris, France -- I was too young to see this when it came out, and I think my French spouse will love it. Thank you for posting. RIP Isaac Hayes, another personal connection, tragically paralyzed in Prospect Park while I was living there. I miss the USA sometimes. Uprated and shared.

[@fatoumaibrahim3621]

Great movie, great music and great actor !!

[@nomoniker7917]

This is such a touchstone. The real New York, once upon a time. RIP Mr. Roundtree.

[@benjaminperez7328]

The real 💩hole New York………

[@luizcarlosreinapereiradasi6866]

Thunder soundtrack !

[@arober9758]

I like Shaft; he'd make Derek Flint quake til he turns yellow as butter!!

[@nadja5x]

"You know my name?"..."Shaft!" "Damn right!"

[@freddyfrydrych7798]

very good music and film

[@JEV1A]

"MGM cut the "Up Yours" and finger to the cab in the second release of the Film among other cuts as not to cause a race war in the theaters! The Studio actually wanted John Shaft to be white in the original script until Gordon Parks came along to helm the picture and casted a newly found actor named Richard Roundtree and the rest is history.

[@dwightlove3704]

John Vizzusi Originally The late actor Ron O'Neal from the film SUPERFLY wanted to play in SHAFT but he was turned down then Issac Hayes put his hat in the ring but was turned down as well then Richard Roundtree came along.

[@chriscolton6329]

This is phenomenal...

[@drusears6785]

Cant get any better!! Love Shaft

[@eyescandeceive]

Now if someone would only post the original Isaac Hayes version! This is the right arrangement, but it is too fast, and doesn't have Isaac's vocals and backup singers.

[@dwightlove3704]

Eyes Can Deceive Fun Fact Issac Hayes tried out for the role but was turned down Richard Rountree was the third actor to try out for this iconic role.

[@teddybearakamastere.1776]

"We can dig it"

[@MK-xn5mz]

souvenirs souvenirs..moi j adore..!

[@angelodelacuesta3882]

A blast from the past ,where I should be .

[@jacailou8604]

A blast from the ‘shaft’

[@vitorrezende9546]

Great Theme and Great Film

[@ranlieu250]

Post covid, they should restore 42nd St/Times Square to the way it looked in the 70s.

[@slush8668]

“Hes a complicated man, but no one understands him but his woman” chills everytime

[@pupolozano]

For a moment i was just specting for Spider-Man to apears :'( good times.

[@4Kasino]

This was the first rated R movie I ever saw. :)

[@ernestgamez9794]

Great Movie, great theme song.

[@daniekipolk]

I watched and really liked this tv show.

[@vccstudents]

Who is the man who cooks Salisbury steak for Stan................CHEF! Can you dig it?

[@markcantemail8018]

vccstudents , Damn strait !

[@Parrambusties]

I have not seen the whole film, but this intro.... about 1000 times! I love it.... LOL (Here, in Spain, this film was titled Las noches rojas de Harlem = Red nights of Harlem)

[@zatoichione1775]

ya Damn right! Can ya dig it

[@ColorFilmArchives]

Holy shit, I got the same coat, picked it up at an Emmaus center when doing work there, never knew why I got it, but it all makes sense now

[@williamhouston6715]

R.I.P. SOUL BROTHER