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Overview

User Rating:
4.4/10   1,872 votes
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Director:

Dick Maas

Writer:

Dick Maas (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

6 September 2001 (Netherlands) more

Tagline:

YOUR NEXT STOP... IS HELL.

Plot:

When the express elevators in the Millennium Building, one of New York's most famous landmarks, start to malfunction and behave in erratic ways... more | add synopsis

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User Comments:

The Best 'Elevator Kills People' Movie Ever more (61 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Marshall ... Mark Newman

Naomi Watts ... Jennifer Evans

Eric Thal ... Jeffrey

Michael Ironside ... Gunter Steinberg

Edward Herrmann ... Milligan

Dan Hedaya ... Lt. McBain

Ron Perlman ... Mitchell

Kathryn Meisle ... Mildred
Martin McDougall ... Security Guard Andy

John Cariani ... Security Guard Gary
David Gwillim ... Blind Man (Mr Faith)
Peter Banks ... Maintenance Chief
William Vanderpuye ... Murphy (as Will Vanderpuye)
Wilke Durand ... Kowalski's Wife

Todd Boyce ... ESU Captain
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Shaft (USA) (video title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA | Netherlands

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

When Jennifer and Mark find information about Gunter Steinberg on Harvard's website, his birth date reads April 15, 1951. It's also Dick Maas' birth date. more

Quotes:

Security Guard #6: It's going DOWN! more

Movie Connections:

References Casablanca (1942) more

Soundtrack:

Hot Shot more


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27 out of 37 people found the following comment useful.
The Best 'Elevator Kills People' Movie Ever, 20 June 2004
2/10
Author: georgebobolink from Denver, CO

After being completely disappointed with The Ool, my friends and I stuck in The Shaft only to be completely delighted (ouch, bad one). The Shaft (or Down,as it was apparently called at one point) follows the exploited elevator industry as the poor machines have to fight off babies and blind men and roller bladers.

The Shaft is a perfect fit for anyone who wants some fun. I mean, look at that cast! It's B-movie heaven. Watching Ron Perlman's impassioned defense of the elevator industry is golden, and Naomi Watt's 'acting' is once again fun to watch.

The pacing is the real villain in this flick, as it drags on with useless characters and stupid tangents when elevators killing people really should have been the sole focus of the movie.

The climactic battle between the evil elevator which includes, yes, a rocket launcher that shoots invisible rockets, is golden. I will admit with little uncertainty, that this is simply the best Hedaya/Herrmann/Perlman/Ironside/Watts v. possessed elevator movie out there, and, for my money, was worth the fifty cent rental.

Rating: 2/10

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