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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   17,768 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Luc Besson (writer)
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Release Date:
20 November 1998 (USA) more
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Plot:
In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 5 nominations more
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A breath of fresh air more (101 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Samy Naceri ... Daniel Morales
Frédéric Diefenthal ... Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec

Marion Cotillard ... Lilly Bertineau
Manuela Gourary ... Camille Coutant-Kerbalec
Emma Wiklund ... Petra (as Emma Sjöberg)
Bernard Farcy ... Commissaire Gibert
Georges Neri ... Joe
Guy Quang ... Pizza Joe Motorcyclist
Maurice Murcia ... Pensioned Taxi Driver
Sabine Bail ... Femme Préfecture
Dan Herzberg ... Paulo
Sébastien Thiery ... Driving Instructor
Eric Bérenger ... Butcher (as Eric Berenger)
Philippe du Janerand ... Passenger to Airport
Christophe Fesquet ... Flic Radar #1
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Runtime:
86 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Just before filming was supposed to begin, director Gérard Pirès fell off a horse and needed to stay in hospital for a few weeks. During this time Gérard Krawczyk (who would later direct the sequels Taxi 2 (2000) and Taxi 3 (2003)) filled in on-set while Pirès watched the dailies at the end of each day to check on the progress of filming. more
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Continuity: In one of the getaways, a gray Honda Accord enters the avenue before the red Mercedes passes by. In the next shot, the same Accord can be seen making a turn from another street, after the Mercedes. more
Quotes:
Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec: [after shooting against bandits that flee the warehouse] I'M OUT OF AMMO!
Daniel Morales: Who cares? Look at the room! There's no one here.
Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec: Oh my, they're gone!
Daniel Morales: 'Oh my, they're gone!' Let me ask you a question: Do your interrogations always end up like this, or are you just trying to impress me?
Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec: But no! I usually get to ask at least one question.
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Referenced in JCVD (2008) more
Soundtrack:
La Drague more

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What's the model of the Red Mercedes that's in the film ?
What's the model of the White Pegout -the TAXI- in the film ?
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14 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
A breath of fresh air, 10 September 2001
10/10

I normally avoid action films and car chases bore me, but I watched Taxi on a friend's recommendation and have to say that it is one of the best films I've seen in a long time. Everything about it is pure class which may be something to with it being French. The premise of the film is beautifully simple - a speed-freak taxi driver Daniel and an inept policeman have to work together to catch some bank robbers. The relatively trivial nature of their mission is the perfect vehicle (excuse the pun) for the ever-so French humour of the script. They aren't out to save the world or stop evil for the good of all mankind (as is too often the case in American action films), but both want to stop the criminals for their own purely selfish reasons. In this setting the witty banter of the heroes is perfectly natural, especially compared with the cliched one-liners said in the face of doom found in most films in this genre.

A mismatched pair of heroes is pretty much standard in action films (Lethal Weapon being the most famous case), but here is works well as they manage to be more than just stereotypes and are believable even if their circumstances aren't. Both characters come across as real people, flawed, but likeable, especially the roguishly charming Daniel.

Despite being an action film, special-effects are kept to a minimum and although they are a large part of the film, the high speed car sequences are never self-indulgent, peppered with humour and brilliantly directed so as to hold the attention of even of the most "seen it all before" viewers (i.e. me).

All in all a refreshing change from Hollywood comedy or action films and one which I would happily watch again and again.

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