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Director:
Writer:
Paul Schrader (written by)
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Release Date:
8 February 1976 (USA) See more »
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Tagline:
On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody. See more »
Plot:
A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 9 nominations See more »
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(386 articles)
The best of times, the worst of times
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 30 July 2010, 12:22 AM, PDT)

The 10 most unsettling movie villains
 (From Den of Geek. 29 July 2010, 9:54 AM, PDT)

Emraan Hashmi Has A Robert De Niro Connection
 (From RealBollywood. 29 July 2010, 12:34 AM, PDT)

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Live it and lose it See more (641 total) »

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robert De Niro ... Travis Bickle (as Robert DeNiro)

Jodie Foster ... Iris

Cybill Shepherd ... Betsy

Harvey Keitel ... Matthew 'Sport' Higgins
Leonard Harris ... Charles Palantine

Peter Boyle ... Wizard

Albert Brooks ... Tom
Diahnne Abbott ... Concession Girl
Frank Adu ... Angry Black Man
Gino Ardito ... Policeman at Rally
Victor Argo ... Melio (as Vic Argo)
Garth Avery ... Iris' Friend
Harry Cohn ... Cabbie in Bellmore
Copper Cunningham ... Hooker in Cab
Brenda Dickson ... Soap Opera Woman
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Runtime:
113 min | Spain:110 min (cut version)
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Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 See more »
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Dolby SR (re-release) | Stereo
Certification:
New Zealand:R18 | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Italy:VM14 | Germany:16 (re-rating) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Brazil:14 | South Africa:16LV | Philippines:R-18 | Canada:18A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Spain:13 (re-rating) | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 (re-rating) | France:-16 (original rating) | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Israel:18 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/18 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) (1986) (cut) | UK:18 (video re-rating) (1993) (uncut) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | USA:R (Approved No. 24441)

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Trivia:
Various studios considered producing this film; one suggested Neil Diamond for the lead role.See more »
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The black market gun dealer misidentifies the .380 Astra Constable in his case as a Walther PPK - however, this could easily be a mistake on his part or a deliberate misrepresentation with his sales pitch, given that the guns are extremely similar, and the Walther PPK name was and is much better-known. He tells Travis the Walther PPK .380 replaced the P-38 as the standard German military sidearm in WW2. That is incorrect; the P-38 (a full size pistol) replaced the P-08 (Luger) as the standard military sidearm. The PPK was a compact pistol for use by police (hence the PP in the name, Polizeipistole) and undercover/personal protection use, not as a combat sidearm.See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
[phone rings loudly]
Personnel Officer:Harry, answer that.
Personnel Officer:So whaddya want to hack for, Bickle?
Travis Bickle:I can't sleep nights.
Personnel Officer:There's porno theaters for that.
Travis Bickle:Yeah, I know, I tried that.
Personnel Officer:So now what do you do?
Travis Bickle:I ride around most nights - subways, buses - but you know, if I'm gonna do that I might as well get paid for it.
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LATE FOR THE SKYSee more »

FAQ

Why does the colouring look weird at the end of the film? The blood looks like tobasco sauce. Was the film damaged?
A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS
Why is a different man shown in the newspaper & rearview mirror as Travis?
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85 out of 129 people found the following review useful.
Live it and lose it, 15 January 2003
Author: cinevox from Hollywood

Scorsese's best. Not too many hyper-critical reviews of this film have anything near as intelligent to say about what the director and the screenwriter had in mind when they created this American gem.

To those people that have seen it and thought it was "slow" or the pacing was sub par, they don't know what they're talking about; "Taxi Driver" is about the gradual and eventual take-over of insanity, and not about violence, action-shoot-'em-up 'slash' car chase... or whatever they expected from it. The modern audience today is expecting everything--comedy, drama, unbearable suspense, spfx--all rolled-up into one-stop entertainment... and no, I'm not anybody's grandfather, or here to tell you that movies were great in my day, but, viewers, lighten up already.

De Niro, and the rest of the cast, do a serviceable job in this micro-cosmic window into the life of Travis Bickle--a Vietnam vet--who, true, writes mind-numbing entries in his diary, leads a, for the most part, dull existance as a cabbie, and strikes out with a female political campaigner who, after Travis becomes a hero, discovers she is indeed attracted to unstable, sometimes violent chauffeurs.

The rest of this movie's story is for the less initiated viewer; decide whether you've truly become desensitized to sexual and violent content in today's films... Ah, forget it! You have to have lived at least some of which goes on in "Taxi Driver," or you've just been plain lucky in this life so far.

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