Shaft’s Big Score and Shaft in Africa - Warner Archive

[GuruAskew]

Just announced:



Shaft's Big Score! Blu-ray

SHAFT'S BIG SCORE (1972)
NEW 2019 1080p HD MASTER
Run Time 105:00
Subtitles English SDH
Sound Quality DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English
Aspect Ratio ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.40:1, 16 X 9 LETTERBOX
Product Color COLOR
Disc Configuration BD 50

You can’t say the mob wasn’t warned about John Shaft. “He’s a bad dude,” a numbers racketeer cautions them. Now, Shaft himself will deliver that message in a way New York City’s wiseguys understand.

Richard Roundtree reunites with the director (Gordon Parks) and screenwriter (Ernest Tidyman) of 1971’s trendsetting Shaft for Shaft’s Big Score!, the second of Roundtree’s three movie portrayals of the street-smart, leather-jacketed private investigator. This time, the blown-to-kingdom-come murder of a client plunges Shaft into a case that bounces him like a pinball between the 133rd Precinct and competing mobs. But the players are about to be played in this “rousing and entertaining thriller” (Newsweek).



Shaft in Africa Blu-ray

SHAFT IN AFRICA (1973)
NEW 2019 1080p HD MASTER
Run Time 112:00
Subtitles English SDH
Sound Quality DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English
Aspect Ratio 16 X 9 LETTERBOX, 2.40:1
Product Color COLOR
Disc Configuration BD 50

Go ahead. Slug, drug, kidnap and leave John Shaft buck naked in a sweltering hellhole. It’s still no deal. If you want to recruit this tough-minded Manhattan detective for an overseas assignment, you’d better use a language he understands. One that offers a fat up-front fee. And a drop-dead-gorgeous accomplice. Richard Roundtree returns as the indomitable Shaft, who poses as a slave, unmasks the leaders of an Africa-to-Europe slavery cartel and, for good measure, mixes his business with amorous pleasure involving a beautiful princess (Vonetta McGee). The cool-fire impact of Roundtree’s performances endures: The actor won the 1993 MTV Movie Award for Lifetime Achievement for his work in the three Shaft thrillers.




Shaft Triple Feature Blu-ray

[The Great Owl]

There's no way that I could possibly pass up on these.

[BluBonnet]

That's a lot of Shaft!

[Rich65]

Getting these for sure. Would be nice if the TV movies got restored and released as well.

[happydood]

Yep. Can finally get rid of the dvd's. This is good news.

[Blu Titan]

Great news on the Shaft movies. I’ll be getting both .

[xxnomad]

Very cool.

[ElectricPeterTork]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

That's a lot of Shaft!

You damn right.

And it's about damn time.

Just give me a release date and I'll be there!

[The Batman Professor]

Shut your mouth!

DAY ONE

[Wingman1977]

Is it possible they will be released close to the release of the Samuel L Jackson Shaft sequel?

UPDATE: I didn't even know that the Shaft that released in 2000 (with Samuel L Jackson) was available on blu-ray.

[ElectricPeterTork]

Originally Posted by Wingman1977

Is it possible they will be released close to the release of the Samuel L Jackson Shaft sequel?

UPDATE: I didn't even know that the Shaft that released in 2000 (with Samuel L Jackson) was available on blu-ray.

There's a SLJ Shaft sequel coming out?

The news keeps getting better!

[GuruAskew]

Yes, on June 14 so these are coming in May to tie in.

It definitely looks like more of a comedy. It was produced under the name Son of Shaft but they changed the title to Shaft.

[DR Herbert West]

Yes!

[natureboy]

I wish they would put out Black Belt Jones.

[BluConniseur]

Originally Posted by Rich65

Getting these for sure. Would be nice if the TV movies got restored and released as well.

Warner Archive put them out on DVD, a few years ago. They included the pilot movie on the first film's Blu. The episode was in SD, though, but who knows? Maybe they'll remaster them.

[ROSS.T.G.]

I said on the home page it’s a pass but I might have to get these.

[El_Fez]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

That's a lot of Shaft!

Shut yo' mouth!

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by BluConniseur

Warner Archive put them out on DVD, a few years ago. They included the pilot movie on the first film's Blu. The episode was in SD, though, but who knows? Maybe they'll remaster them.

That was thankfully the second TV movie - the pilot turns Shaft into a more conservative version of Disney era Dean Jones, only much more polite. He doesn't just wear a business suit, he gets information by buying a source a box of chocolates, and aside from a bit player and an extra with no dialogue who just fetches some papers, Roundtree was the only non-white face in it.

The quality on the TV set was pretty ropey, too.

[monwobbbo]

Originally Posted by The Batman Professor

Shut your mouth!

DAY ONE

but we're taking about Shaft!

these go on the growing want list. figures that i'm moving in a couple of weeks and that will eat up most of my funds for a couple of months.

[20th Century Boy]

Originally Posted by natureboy

I wish they would put out Black Belt Jones.

Three The Hard Way first, my man. Three The Hard Way first.