Shaft Page #7

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
2,801 Views


why is she runnlng so hard?

562

00:
54:33,120 -- 00:54:35,714

- Just leave her be.

- Wade threaten her agaln?

563

00:
54:35,920 -- 00:54:37,194

Don't move.

564

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54:37,400 -- 00:54:41,029

- 'Cause i can take care of that.

- Just leave her be.

565

00:
54:41,240 -- 00:54:43,470

Frankle?

566

00:
54:44,480 -- 00:54:47,438

- Mlkey?

- Ma, go back in the house.

567

00:
54:49,400 -- 00:54:53,029

- We just want to talk to her.

- Yeah, sure. With those guns.

568

00:
54:53,240 -- 00:54:54,514

Get lost!

569

00:
55:03,400 -- 00:55:06,198

- What do you thlnk?

- They shot a blank.

570

00:
55:06,400 -- 00:55:08,356

Nothlng, rlght?

571

00:
55:10,720 -- 00:55:14,633

Come on, shaft.

Lead us to that waltress.

572

00:
55:21,080 -- 00:55:23,036

I thlnk we're belng talled.

573

00:
55:34,360 -- 00:55:37,591

- Roselll and groves.

- They're followlng us?

574

00:
55:37,800 -- 00:55:40,030

They saw me wlth tattoo last nlght.

575

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55:40,240 -- 00:55:44,677

Peoples probably hlred them to flnd

dlane. So, yeah, they're followlng us.

576

00:
55:44,880 -- 00:55:49,317

Flrst walter, peoples

and now these two.

577

00:
55:49,520 -- 00:55:55,311

They ilke to f*** wlth people, huh?

I'll show them what that is all about.

578

00:
56:02,800 -- 00:56:05,189

47th and 5th.

579

00:
56:24,160 -- 00:56:26,754

- What you starlng at, bltch?

- Punk ass!

580

00:
56:26,960 -- 00:56:30,873

- You better keep stepplng.

- Fucklng whlte boy.

581

00:
57:09,440 -- 00:57:13,035

Freeze, mo-fo,

'fore i bust a cap in your dome!

582

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57:23,280 -- 00:57:25,032

F***!

583

00:
57:29,600 -- 00:57:32,478

- How dld i sound?

- How dld you sound?

584

00:
57:32,720 -- 00:57:35,553

Freeze, mo fo,

'fore i bust a cap in your dome.

585

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57:35,760 -- 00:57:40,436

- Pure notorlous p.i.g.

- That means a lot comlng from you.

586

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57:41,000 -- 00:57:44,629

- How much dld we get?

- Hang on. You're so controlllng.

587

00:
57:45,680 -- 00:57:49,958

$ 42,000. that's a lot of count

for a slmple murder around here.

588

00:
57:50,160 -- 00:57:53,675

I know cats that'd take out a whole

zlp code for that klnd of cheese.

589

00:
57:53,880 -- 00:57:56,235

Anyway, it's a one-tlme favour.

590

00:
57:56,440 -- 00:57:58,954

I owe you one.

591

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57:59,160 -- 00:58:03,358

- You're still my fucklng cracker.

- F*** you, too, cornbread.

592

00:
58:04,480 -- 00:58:06,436

I'm out.

593

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58:10,480 -- 00:58:13,517

Get the stuff for hlm.

594

00:
58:13,720 -- 00:58:20,114

The wheel's already set in motion.

You can't just turn off the dogs of war.

595

00:
58:20,320 -- 00:58:23,471

I got fucklng mugged!

I have no money!

596

00:
58:23,680 -- 00:58:25,796

I hear you, i hear you...

597

00:
58:26,000 -- 00:58:28,468

take it easy.

598

00:
58:30,640 -- 00:58:33,916

Well, i guess you've

just got to earn it back.

599

00:
58:34,120 -- 00:58:36,076

Huh?

600

00:
58:38,960 -- 00:58:43,317

An ounce is $ 1,000, elght ball's 200,

gram's 80. it's all pre-bagged.

601

00:
58:43,520 -- 00:58:49,516

And if you cut it any more, you can

say goodbye to repeat customers.

602

00:
58:49,720 -- 00:58:50,994

You've got to be shlttlng me.

603

00:
58:51,200 -- 00:58:54,192

You keep comlng back,

re-up wlth me 9 or 10 tlmes -

604

00:
58:54,400 -- 00:58:58,598

- we should be even-steven

in about... slx, elght months.

605

00:
59:00,840 -- 00:59:03,400

Is thls a fucklng joke?

606

00:
59:08,800 -- 00:59:11,519

To keep in touch.

607

00:
59:27,400 -- 00:59:29,595

- Hello?

- Mom, you called me?

608

00:
59:29,800 -- 00:59:34,316

- Those detectives came around.

- I'm not testifying!

609

00:
59:34,520 -- 00:59:36,158

I know.

610

00:
59:36,360 -- 00:59:40,672

- I'm not a bad person.

- I know, you're not.

611

00:
59:40,880 -- 00:59:46,238

I will not testify! Please, mom,

just keep them away from me.

612

00:
59:47,040 -- 00:59:48,712

Diane?

613

00:
59:48,920 -- 00:59:52,799

7-1-8-5-5-5-2-4- 7-3.

614

00:
59:53,000 -- 00:59:59,075

I need a number check.

7-1-8-5-5-5-2-4-7-3.

615

00:
59:59,280 -- 01:00:02,989

Comes up tony decarlo,

114 cromwell street, marine park.

616

01:
00:03,200 -- 01:00:06,272

And hey, tell shaft, get that bastard.

617

01:
00:46,160 -- 01:00:50,119

He's probably gettlng

one of those slmonlze jobs.

618

01:
00:52,640 -- 01:00:55,313

Let's play games.

619

01:
01:07,960 -- 01:01:11,669

- How are you dolng, partner?

- You ready, leon?

620

01:
01:14,520 -- 01:01:16,476

Let's roll.

621

01:
01:21,200 -- 01:01:25,239

Come on, shaft.

Lead us to the prlze, baby.

622

01:
01:39,240 -- 01:01:41,674

I've got to pee.

623

01:
01:45,120 -- 01:01:48,795

He's slttlng rlght over there.

He'll lead you rlght to the glrl.

624

01:
01:49,000 -- 01:01:51,673

- You got our money?

- Oh, yeah.

625

01:
01:51,880 -- 01:01:55,793

- That boy, the celebrlty, got mugged.

- He what?

626

01:
01:56,000 -- 01:01:59,436

He showed up at my house

and sald, "i got no money."

627

01:
01:59,640 -- 01:02:02,871

- Do i look ilke a fucklng fool to you?

- I don't know.

628

01:
02:03,080 -- 01:02:06,231

- Where's our money?

- I just told you, he got mugged.

629

01:
02:06,440 -- 01:02:11,150

- That's ilke an act of god.

- Where is our fucklng money?!

630

01:
02:11,360 -- 01:02:12,952

He got mugged. Ask hlm.

631

01:
02:13,160 -- 01:02:15,720

Dangerous tlmes.

You've got to watch your back.

632

01:
02:15,920 -- 01:02:19,310

- You watch yours, too.

- New world order. Be careful.

633

01:
02:22,080 -- 01:02:24,594

Yo. Give me peoples.

634

01:
02:31,160 -- 01:02:34,709

Hello? Who the f*** is thls?

635

01:
02:36,000 -- 01:02:38,992

Say exactly what i told you,

word for word.

636

01:
02:39,200 -- 01:02:42,237

- I'll blow hls bralns out.

- Take it easy. Just be ready.

637

01:
02:43,280 -- 01:02:46,158

The twojigs you're f***ing with,

they robbed the white boy-

638

01:
02:46,360 -- 01:02:51,559

- and they've got the money under

the seat. They're playing you, dude.

639

01:
03:03,600 -- 01:03:06,353

- Step out of the car, please.

- Excuse me?

640

01:
03:09,280 -- 01:03:11,635

Yo! What's up?

641

01:
03:12,280 -- 01:03:13,554

What?

642

01:
03:17,440 -- 01:03:19,351

Damn.

643

01:
03:24,520 -- 01:03:26,192

Let's roll, soul.

644

01:
03:31,720 -- 01:03:33,915

Oh, shlt!

645

01:
03:34,120 -- 01:03:36,190

I know what it sounds ilke,

but we had no idea.

646

01:
03:36,400 -- 01:03:39,073

- You know, what that sounds ilke?

- Easy, easy.

647

01:
03:39,280 -- 01:03:43,512

If we'd thought of it, whlch we dldn't,

we would've taken hlm out ourselves.

648

01:
03:44,320 -- 01:03:49,269

None of us are nlce people here.

But we dellvered, you got your dough.

649

01:
03:49,480 -- 01:03:52,119

- Give us our cut.

- Your cut?

650

01:
03:52,320 -- 01:03:55,551

- I'll glve you your cut, motherfuckers!

- Give us our money!

651

01:
03:55,760 -- 01:03:57,796

Let's all dle!

652

01:
03:58,000 -- 01:04:00,833

Hold it! Peoples,

i saw shaft. He drove off.

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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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