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Shaft

1971 · 100 min · Director: Gordon Parks ★ IMDb 6.6 · 23,383 ratings

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Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

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Emotional fingerprint

Shaft (1971) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Humor 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor25%
  2. Anger15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Humor, Tension. Genres: Thriller, Crime, Action. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Humor and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Fear

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Tension
Curiosity
Fear
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 43 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityFear
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity38 %26 %32 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension49 %44 %41 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension54 %53 %44 %18 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Tension53 %49 %43 %14 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Curiosity56 %46 %46 %17 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Sympathy52 %37 %40 %14 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Curiosity51 %38 %38 %18 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Tension65 %59 %47 %36 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Tension68 %63 %55 %38 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Curiosity61 %52 %58 %27 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Curiosity57 %48 %52 %22 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Humor51 %41 %40 %16 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Humor50 %41 %38 %16 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Curiosity52 %48 %45 %19 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension55 %54 %45 %22 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Tension68 %67 %41 %38 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension76 %74 %40 %47 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Tension69 %67 %42 %37 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Tension63 %62 %43 %29 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Oedipus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Richard Roundtree

John Shaft

CS
Christopher St. John

GM
Gwenn Mitchell

LP
Lawrence Pressman

Lawrence Pressman

Sergeant Tom Hannon

VA
Victor Arnold

VA
Victor Arnold

Charlie

SB
Sherri Brewer

RR
Rex Robbins

RR
Rex Robbins

Rollie

CY
Camille Yarbrough

MW
Margaret Warncke

Linda

JL
Joseph Leon

Byron Leibowitz

AJ
Arnold Johnson

Cul

DB
Dominic Barto

Patsy

GS
George Strus

Carmen

EH
Edmund Hashim

Lee

DB
Drew Bundini Brown

Willy

TL
Tommy Lane

Leroy

AK
Al Kirk

Sims

SR
Shimen Ruskin

Dr. Sam

Details

Directed by
Gordon Parks
Written by
Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. Black
Type
Movies
Released
1971
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 23,383 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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