SHAFT

'Shaft' can refer to:
In 'fiction':

★ A 1971 novel by Ernest Tidyman about an African-American private detective

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★ ''Shaft (1971 film)'', a film based on the novel

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★ ''Shaft'' (album), the soundtrack for the film, recorded by Isaac Hayes

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★ the "Theme from Shaft", performed by Isaac Hayes

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★ ''Shaft's Big Score'', the second film in the trilogy

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★ ''Shaft in Africa'', the third film in the trilogy

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★ Shaft, a sequel of the 1971 film, released in 2000

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★ ''Shaft (television)'', a series of TV movies

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★ John Shaft, the title character of the above films

★ Drive Shaft, a fictional rock band led by Charlie Pace in the TV series ''Lost''

★ Shaft (comics), a Marvel Comics ninja character

★ Shaft (Castlevania), the dark priest from the Castlevania videogame series

★ a weapon in the ''Quake'' video game series

★ Shaft (youngblood) comic book character
'music':

★ Shaft (band), a dance music act which had a 1999 hit with a cover/remix of ''(Mucho Mambo) Sway''

★ Shaft (New Zealand band), a New Zealand indie band

★ Shaft (club), a blues and jazz club in Istanbul, Turkey
'Other':

★ the shaft of a pole weapon

★ Elevator shaft

★ Ventilation shaft

★ Shafting, illict travelling through shafts

★ Shaft mining

★ Pitch (vertical space), a significant underground vertical space in caving terminology

★ Axle, a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear

★ Driveshaft, a mechanical device for transferring power from the engine or motor to where it is wanted

★ an architectural column's long cylindrical section

★ the part of a golf club (equipment) between the head and the grip

★ the height of a boot

★ part of a loom

★ a slang word for a penis

★ Shaft (company), a Japanese animation company