Taxi (1998)

To work off his tarnished driving record, a hip taxi driver must chauffeur a loser police inspector on the trail of German bank robbers.

Director:

Gérard Pirès

Writer:

Luc Besson (scenario)

Stars:

Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard

3 wins & 5 nominations.

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

Storyline

In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.

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Plot Keywords:

woman with a gun | kiss | man wrapped in a towel | female police officer | taxi | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

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.

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Goofs

In the scene where Daniel is in bed with Lilly, both are apparently naked. Lilly jumps out of bed and starts putting on her clothes, and Daniel wraps himself in a sheet. For a second you can see that he is wearing dark colored boxers.

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Quotes

Daniel Morales: C'est parti!

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Connections

Referenced in 100 höjdare: De tio roligaste ögonblicken ur den gott & blandat-påse vi kallar film & tv (2006)

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Soundtracks

Misirlou
by Nicholas Roubanis, Bob Russell, Fred Wise, Milton Leeds
Performed by Studio Patrick Abrial

User Reviews

I just love the car scenes.

This movie has some of the best car scenes ever filmed. The thing that make them so great is that they are filmed on the road in citys and not on closed racing tracks.Not only the driving is superb,but the way it is filmed just makes you wanna stand up and shout "bravo".

The down side of the movie is that it has a very bad plot and some boring scenes.But it is all worth it when the car scenes come. The dialogue is sometimes very funny and so is the french police.

So if you like fast cars and incompetent police officers then this is the movie for you.

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French German Korean Portuguese

Release Date:

20 November 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Taxi

Filming Locations:

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Box Office

Budget:

FRF53,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

ARP Sélection, TF1 Films Production, Canal+

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1