Soul in Cinema - The Making of Shaft - 1971

[@ccth22]

So great to see James Alexander one of the surviving members of the Bar-Kays after the tragedy. Also greats like Wills Hall, Michael Toles and Skip Pitts. These guys are master musicians. Isaac had awesome band...

[@barrys4922]

I loved the original Shaft, but I'd pay a lot of money to watch a whole film of the making of Shaft. This is fascinating stuff, and the brother with the red, black and green leather liberation hat is EVERYTHING!

[@FiveoooSpot]

I could watch film about Isaac Hayes composing his music all day long, I'm talkin all day long

[@barrys4922]

@@FiveoooSpot I'm old enough to remember when Isaac was so hot that they made a movie of him in concert. It was terrific, and then he was in WattStax, another great movie.

[@leonguisburg413]

That's Charles "Skip" Pitts---the originator of the wah wah guitar riff on the tune "Shaft". It wasn't planned. Mr Pitts was tuning up and testing his wah wah pedal and Mr Gordon Parks asked him to continue doing that Something as simple as warming up becomes an epic guitar riff for an epic album

[@barrys4922]

@@leonguisburg413 Thanks. That's one cool dude.

[@retailqueen8444]

Issac Hayes music was sooo Awesome way ahead of his time...Still kicking...

[@montauk6]

This is what fascinates me about filmmaking in that it's a miracle they ever get done (esp. lower budget films), with all the detail involved. Like, if RR botched the bottle hit, that means you gotta clean up everyone and everything, set everything back up again and try again, and HOPE he gets it right the 2nd time. Gotta love old cinema!

[@angelavick5343]

I remember watching Shaft as a young 7 years old child in NC. I loved Isaac Hayes. Richard ROUNDTREE good actor and good looking to boot. One of my fav TV shows in the early 1970s. The best decade of ALL time.

[@PurpleReels]

Thank you soooooo much for posting! This is a gem. Wow! 😎 Gordon Parks Baby live in action!! 🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@beckblowbyblow]

That is the greatest soundtrack, ever produced... I had on 8-Track. Rip Isaac & Skip Pitts...

[@beatricewoods8377]

Won an Oscar sound track

[@tommygunn1734]

Major bad ass, beautiful brothers on the set!

[@dcplyr]

I love this!!! I needed to see this!

[@dasbarasat2637]

This is gold

[@FVever]

Genuis Musiciens ❤️🇫🇷

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

Thanks to Composer Issac Hayes. 😀

[@michaelknowles4005]

The making of shaft is powerful

[@edsonantunes50]

Icônic, Best movie

[@luisclaudiodossantos5542]

Me lembro como se fosse ontem quando eu era menino e vi este filme na sessão de gala da rede globo.

[@terminosa.6061]

Very acustic.

[@EdwardJacksonproject]

My Song✊🏿

[@elbuhodeminerva1]

❤

[@blacjazzz]

This is gold. Been looking for this footage for years. Where can I get all of it?

[@jfefan97]

It's on an early DVD of Shaft. I don't know if later reissues of Shaft on DVD have this bonus feature. I saw this on my uncle's Shaft DVD late 90's or early 2000's.

[@richardsmith6496]

Shaft was released in June 1971. Does any know when the actual filming took place? Fall 1970?

[@kevikevness]

Winter 1970

[@xUzi786]

Wasnt it January and February 1971

[@barrys4922]

@@xUzi786 The calendar in Shaft's office when Bumpy and Willie came by said January 1971.

[@johnlouis5529]

Please sir can I have some more 😂😂

[@omglivetv1]

Makes me want to smoke cigarettes too.

[@1e0s]

😂😂😂

[@barry4887]

@joe Jones, not because you think it means it’s the truth. Instead of saying “ the truth is “, how about saying , I think. For a movie made 1970/71, low budget, I think it was one Baaad Mutha….( I better Shut My Mouth ) !!!

[@johnniebanks4832]

Gordon was too cool with the direction.😎

[@beatricewoods8377]

Gordon was so cool kicking it with Gloria Vanderbilt

[@robertarnold9676]

That's sad, they had to use a white stuntman in black face for a Black themed movie

[@kendallrivers1119]

Yeah it is but times were different and we have to accept that because nothing we can do to change it. They had better film and television then though so I always prefer classics.

[@paulhunter6742]

A far I know there were few Black Stunt people in Industry.

[@josephdaly3327]

09.12 "In other words, let them be brothers for an afternoon".... Shouldn't that be Shafternoon? RIP Richard Roundtree: Ex machine to all the chicks.

[@beatricewoods8377]

White people had on black face birth of nation movie

[@lwmson]

The truth is that this movie wasn't all that much, and Shaft was such a superman that a lot of what he did in the movie was kind of corny as well as predictable. What really made this movie great was the musical genius of Issac Hayes.

[@Phillyguy316]

I agree. Without Isaac Hayes iconic score I don't think the film would have been as effective, even though Richard Roundtree was very good in the role as John Shaft, but that score took the movie to another level.