Shaft's Big Score
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Shaft's Big Score, released in 1972, is the second film in the trilogy in which actor Richard Roundtree starred as the private-eye, John Shaft. Gordon Parks again directed, and Ernest Tidyman once more supplied the screenplay. Isaac Hayes was unavailable, so Parks, the director, did the score himself. The budget for the film was $1,978,000 and the film grossed $10 million at the box-office[link], a bit less than the original film's $12 million gross.
Trivia
In this film, Shaft is seen driving a car (a 1972 Plymouth GTX) as opposed to the first film.The villains' musclecar seen in the film is a 1968 Ford Torino fastback coupe.
Product placement is obvious in the film (e.g. a few issues of Essence and Ebony Magazine, and Charmin toilet paper (during the chase scene where the mobster's Ford Torino coupe runs into several crates).
See also: Shaft and Shaft in Africa
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