Shaft Page #10

Synopsis: New York Police Detective John Shaft is the lead detective on a sensitive case, a young black man is severely beaten. The man's companions tell Shaft that their friend humiliated the one who was sprouting racial slurs at him. Shaft confronts him and he says he's Walter Wade Jr. , the son of a wealthy man. Shaft finds that he has the id of a woman who's a waitress at the bar where Wade and the guy who was attacked were. When Wade continues to hurl racist comments, Shaft smacks him. Shaft later learns because of his actions Wade was granted bail and fled. Two years later, Wade returns and Shaft arrests him. At his hearing when the judge grants him bail, that's when Shaft throws his badge at the judge. He then sets out to get Wade by finding the waitress. Wade in the meantime asks a drug dealer named Peoples Hernandez to find the waitress and make sure she doesn't talk.
Director(s): John Singleton
Production: Paramount Pictures
  1 win & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
R
Year:
2000
99 min
$70,334,258
Website
2,802 Views


849

01:
26:22,360 -- 01:26:25,318

Thls mornlng we've got a whole

new ilne-up. We've got a new judge.

850

01:
26:25,520 -- 01:26:29,559

The d.a. Is runnlng the prosecution.

And we have an eyewltness.

851

01:
26:29,760 -- 01:26:33,594

Today we're golng to get

our money's worth.

852

01:
26:34,240 -- 01:26:36,390

I know we wlll.

853

01:
26:36,600 -- 01:26:39,956

- Shaft! A word, please?

- How are you dolng?

854

01:
26:44,800 -- 01:26:48,190

- I'm scared to death.

- You're golng to be flne.

855

01:
26:48,400 -- 01:26:51,597

- If you feel yourself tlghtenlng up...

- just look for you.

856

01:
26:51,800 -- 01:26:53,074

I'll be there.

857

01:
26:56,680 -- 01:26:58,238

Oh, jesus!

858

01:
26:58,440 -- 01:27:02,399

You don't even

have to look at hlm. Okay?

859

01:
27:13,840 -- 01:27:15,796

No! Don't!

860

01:
27:31,880 -- 01:27:35,475

Let her go! Let her go!

861

01:
27:49,280 -- 01:27:52,113

You're still determlned

to be a prlvate eye?

862

01:
27:52,320 -- 01:27:55,596

- I thlnk you're maklng a mlstake.

- I don't. Why don't you joln us?

863

01:
27:55,800 -- 01:27:59,429

- I ilke what i do.

- Yeah, rlght.

864

01:
28:03,600 -- 01:28:05,989

- Are you detective shaft?

- Used to be.

865

01:
28:06,200 -- 01:28:09,590

I need to flle an assault charge

agalnst my boyfrlend.

866

01:
28:09,800 -- 01:28:12,075

People say, i should talk to you.

867

01:
28:12,280 -- 01:28:16,432

- Thls is detective vasquez. She's...

...unavallable at the moment.

868

01:
28:17,840 -- 01:28:21,310

See that guy on the phone?

When he's done, he'll help you.

869

01:
28:21,520 -- 01:28:25,195

- They sald i should talk to you.

- I don't work here any more.

870

01:
28:25,400 -- 01:28:27,994

When he's done, he'll help you.

871

01:
28:51,120 -- 01:28:54,317

Wrlte the a**hole's name

and where i can flnd hlm.

872

01:
28:54,520 -- 01:28:57,318

- You can't do that.

- One for the road.

873

01:
29:03,040 -- 01:29:07,511

Why don't you get that looked at?

I'll see what i can do.

874

01:
29:11,800 -- 01:29:14,951

- Now what?

- I've got to pull thls a**hole's coat.

875

01:
29:15,800 -- 01:29:18,837

- Can you back me up?

- Back you up?

876

01:
29:23,640 -- 01:29:25,119

Bye.

877

01:
29:25,720 -- 01:29:26,994

Bye.

878

01:
29:31,040 -- 01:29:34,828

Good luck to you.

You damn jerk.

879

01:
29:36,920 -- 01:29:40,629

- We've got to talk, dog.

- What's the deal, son?

880

01:
29:40,840 -- 01:29:43,912

The deal is my ilfe is f***ed, man.

881

01:
29:44,120 -- 01:29:47,271

I aln't got no car.

I aln't got no business.

882

01:
29:47,480 -- 01:29:49,038

I can't eat.

883

01:
29:49,240 -- 01:29:53,836

They shot up the whole bulldlng.

Landlady wants to put me in the street!

884

01:
29:54,040 -- 01:29:57,635

- Calm down, man. It aln't that bad.

- What?

885

01:
29:57,840 -- 01:30:01,116

F*** both of you!

It's my ilfe we're talklng about.

886

01:
30:01,320 -- 01:30:04,392

Rasaan, shut up. Here.

887

01:
30:05,280 -- 01:30:08,397

What are you glving me that for?

888

01:
30:11,800 -- 01:30:14,712

Thls is for me?

889

01:
30:17,880 -- 01:30:21,111

Thls is my shlt?

890

01:
30:21,320 -- 01:30:24,357

That's why i love you, baby.

891

01:
30:26,760 -- 01:30:30,355

Motherfucklng dog, you always

take care of me. I love you for that.

892

01:
30:30,560 -- 01:30:34,792

- Let's roll. We've got work to do.

- You call thls work?

893

01:
30:40,600 -- 01:30:42,750

Shaft, i've been thinking.

894

01:
30:42,960 -- 01:30:47,670

You should make me an associate

in this detective thing you got going.

895

01:
30:47,880 -- 01:30:49,916

No hard core detective work.

896

01:
30:50,120 -- 01:30:53,271

I want to take pictures of the broads

cheating on their husbands.

897

01:
30:53,480 -- 01:30:55,835

I just want to hold the camera.

898

01:
30:56,040 -- 01:30:59,828

All you'll be holding

is the steering wheel.

899

01:
31:00,040 -- 01:31:04,192

Yeah, brother.

We're off into the sunset, brother.

900

01:
35:06,560 -- 01:35:08,039

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Richard Price

Richard Price (23 February 1723 – 19 April 1791) was a British moral philosopher, nonconformist preacher and mathematician. He was also a political pamphleteer, active in radical, republican, and liberal causes such as the American Revolution. He was well-connected and fostered communication between a large number of people, including several of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Price spent most of his adult life as minister of Newington Green Unitarian Church, on the outskirts of London. He also wrote on issues of demography and finance, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society. more…

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