SHAFT opens in NY. Directed by Gordon Parks. Written by Ernest Tidyman and John D. F. Black. Based on Tidyman's novel. A charismatic Richard Roundtree in career-defining role as black private eye John Shaft, the 70s' quintessential blaxploitation action hero; a cool, tough mother immortalised in Isaac Hayes' beyond iconic title theme. Can you dig it? With Moses Gunn and Charles Cioffi.