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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Paul Schrader (written by)
Release Date:
8 February 1976 (USA)
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Tagline:
On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody. 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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Prostitute
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New York City
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Insomnia
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Gunman
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 18 wins
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9 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(161 articles)
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Live it and lose it
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert De Niro | ... | Travis Bickle (as Robert DeNiro) |
 | Jodie Foster | ... | Iris |
 | Albert Brooks | ... | Tom |
 | Harvey Keitel | ... | Sport |
 | Leonard Harris | ... | Charles Palantine |
 | Peter Boyle | ... | Wizard |
 | Cybill Shepherd | ... | Betsy |
| 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 |
Additional Details
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Runtime:
113 min | Spain:110 min (cut version)
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
Oliver Stone believes he was one of the models for Travis Bickle, pointing out that he was being taught by Scorsese at NYU film school at the time, and like Travis he was a Vietnam veteran turned N.Y.C. cabdriver and wore his olive drab army coat while on duty.
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Goofs:
Continuity: Travis's hair style changes from scene to scene as he begins to plot his revenge. His hair is long in front as he sharpens his knife and builds the arm slide, then is shorter when he chats with the suspicious secret service agent, then long in front again as he practices in front of the mirror (the famous "Are you talkin' to me?" sequence), then short again as he watches a campaign appearance from his cab, then long as he kicks over his television, then finally short again as he visits Iris.
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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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[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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Simpsons: Burns' Heir (#5.18)" (1994)
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Soundtrack:
HOLD ME CLOSE
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FAQ
What is the relevance of the noise that Travis Bickle hears at the very end before the credits roll?A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS
Why is a different man shown in the newspaper & rearview mirror as Travis?
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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.