Shaft Page #3

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
2,798 Views


or the german shepherd.

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Pretty good.

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Well, how good is good?

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You're klddlng me.

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Red, if thls is another one of your...

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solld info?

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100 percent solld?

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No shlt.

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Where?

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All rlght, i got it. Thanks.

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I got you.

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- What's up?

- Old business.

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- You need back up?

- No, i got it.

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Rasaan. I'm calllng in a favour, son.

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Favour my ass, motherf***er.

You aln't got none left wlth me, dog.

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- You ran all your shlts out, baby.

- Don't argue, nlgger. Just do it.

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All rlght, dog.

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What happened, rasaan?

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I got to do a favour

for my man real qulck.

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- How are you dolng?

- Let's get golng.

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How are you dolng, rlchle rlch?

Remember me?

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Refresh my memory.

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Put them on.

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- Where are we off to?

- Flfteenth preclnct.

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Okay, dog.

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That's my dog, shaft, back there.

That's my man. Word up.

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You all rlght? Cold, chllly?

You want a jacket or somethlng?

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I bet you thought

i was sneaklng back in.

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To my fellow cab peepers

and flappers in crown helghts.

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Bed-stuy!

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I'm innocent!

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You look depressed, shaft.

You depressed?

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Back away from the car!

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F*** wlth the bull...

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...and you get the horns!

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Go, baby! Yeah!

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You're the man, shaft!

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You know, bro.

I'll be out in an hour.

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I don't thlnk so, runnlng man.

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You see, the van to central

processing left flve mlnutes ago -

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- and there won't be another one

for hours and hours.

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By the tlme you get downtown

we're talklng overnlght in the tombs.

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And they won't arralgn

your ass before mornlng.

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It's a shame we dldn't

get here a ilttle sooner.

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You look depressed, walter.

You depressed?

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- Yo, peeps. You still here?

- The seat-belt on the van was busted.

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- Oh, damn.

- It's called habeas corpus.

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That means "due process"

for the illlterate.

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It's called "you wanted to

play games wlth me", peoples.

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I know a shltload of games.

You boys play nlce.

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Teflon don, nlgger! Teflon!

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B*tch.

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Hey, whlte boy.

What dld he get you for?

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Income tax evasion?

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F*** you.

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Damn!

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- What's happenlng?

- What's up, blg boy?

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Same old, same old.

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Congratulations. You were on tv.

Let me get your autograph.

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You're a star.

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- Mr p, how have you been?

- Flne, flne.

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- Who's wlnnlng?

- Who do you thlnk?

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- Hey!

- Congratulations, baby.

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Lucky man.

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Allce! Ease up on my nephew.

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- That boy'll poke a hole in somethlng.

- Uncle j.

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Mr blg-tlme prlvate eye.

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- I earned my pay today.

- Well, you dld brlng hlm in.

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But what?

But what? Come on. Splt it out.

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Nothlng. When are you

comlng on board wlth me?

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- Soon.

- Soon? You always say that.

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Give me your shoes.

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They wouldn't flt you.

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I only ask once.

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You want my shoes?

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For two years now,

i've been meanlng to ask you...

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when you dress ilke thls, where

exactly do you strap your plece?

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- You forgot already?

- You know, it was way back in the day.

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Oh, yeah.

Maybe you should ask lamont.

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Why ask lamont?

I'm standlng rlght here.

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Why you always up on my woman?

Thls shlt gets people kllled.

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I was asklng a legltimate question.

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Why do you always roll up on me

ilke thls. You feellng insecure?

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- He's just klddlng.

- I aln't studylng thls bullshlt!

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Back the f*** off the armanl!

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Surprlse!

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We got you, baby.

We got you. Surprlse.

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Do you want a smoke?

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Don't smoke. Thanks.

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My name is peoples.

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- You know why they call me that?

- You take care of your people?

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Yeah, actually. More or less.

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You play golf?

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- Not for a whlle.

- Golf is phat.

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Tlger woods. Tlger woods.

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I ilke hlm.

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- You got a boat?

- I had one.

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What klnd of boat you had?

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- A boston whaler.

- A boston whaler...

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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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