DVD Release?
Does anyone have any info on a possible DVD release of this series?
I'd really like to see them.
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Warner Bros. owns the rights to the series (with their acquisition of the MGM library from Turner) but I can't imagine much of a demand since not many remember the series itself. The only way such a release would be feasible from a marketing standpoint would be a box set (The Complete Shaft Collection) with the three feature films and the six 90-minute episodes in a fancy collectors box. Now there's an idea.
shareHell yeah! I already own all three of the films, but I'd buy them all over again if I could get the T.V. series, too! Why? Cause that cat Shaft is a bad mutha....
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Wow I have been hunting to see these for like 3 years now, the only time I have come close is when some dude was selling 2 episodes seperately on vhs for like $40 each. Now I just need to find 5-7. Thank raculfright
shareI'm surprised that Warner Brothers hasn't tried to release this through their DVD-on-Demand Warner Archives service. You'd think this would've been with their first round of releases.
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Since you mentioned it SpeedRacer2K, the whole series is now available on DVD-R from Warner Home Archives.
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Yeah, my brother told me about that the other day. He's thrilled to have a complete collection of Shaft movies.
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I realize the OP was several years ago now, but The TV Series has now had a DVD release for about a year. You can find it on eBay, just do a search for Shaft TV and there about half a dozen vendors to get it from (or there were when I got one last week).
I was a 10-year-old kid when the TV Series played. I had seen the first movie on TV, and I seem to recall they showed the second movie on TV about the time the series started. A few years ago I was reminiscing on some scenes I remember from Shaft movies, and was lamenting to find that none of the theatrical movies had the scenes. It took a long time (in the early days of Google) to find any info about the TV show. I am watching the DVDs of the TV show today, and it's wonderful to see again the scenes I remember!
In places it does feel like TV rather than movie, but it does appear that it was framed originally for 1.85:1 presentation, and if you just remember this was 70s TV they are actually very good Shaft movies.
I especially remember scenes from "The Executioners", "Hit-Run", and "The Kidnapping". They have stayed with me all my life, and are as good today as I remember when I was a kid.
Just my .02 . . . . .