Rent Taxi Driver (1976)
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1h 49min
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- Synopsis:
- "Taxi Driver" provoked fierce controversy when it was released, running into censorship problems in America as some of the scenes of violence were described to be "as gory as Clockwork Orange and Straw Dogs". In addition there was an outcry at a 13-year-old schoolgirl actress (Jodie Foster) co-starring as a prostitute. It won Best Picture at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival and received Academy Award Nominations for Best Film, Best Actor (Robert de Niro) and Best Supporting Actress (Foster).
- Actors:
- Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Diahnne Abbott, Frank Adu, Victor Argo, Gino Ardito, Garth Avery, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks, Harry Cohn, Copper Cunningham, Brenda Dickson, Harry Fischler, Nat Grant, Leonard Harris, Richard Higgs, Beau Kayser, Harvey Keitel, Victor Magnotta
- Directors:
- Martin Scorsese
- Producers:
- Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips
- Writers:
- Paul Schrader
- Others:
- Tom Rolf, Marcia Lucas, Melvin Shapiro, Bernard Herrmann
- Studio:
- Tartan
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
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- Release Date:
- 06/06/2011
- Run Time:
- 114 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Parisian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Interactive script to screen
- Original 1986 commentary with director Martin Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader recorded by The criterion collection
- Commentaries by writer Paul Schrader and professor Robert Kolker
- Martin Scorsese on Taxi driver
- Producing Taxi driver
- God's lonely man
- Influence and appreciation
- Taxi driver stories
- Making of documentary
- Travis' New York: The changes of New York from 1975 to today
- Travis' New York locations: We visit the famous locations in New York City 2006 and compare them to the same locations in 1975
- Storyboard to film comparisons with Martin Scorsese introduction
- Animated photo galleries
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 31/12/2024
- Run Time:
- 114 minutes
- Languages:
- Czech Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Hungarian Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Polish Voice Over Dolby Digital 5.1, Russian Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Simplified Mandarin, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Making 'Taxi Driver' Documentary
- Storyboard to Film Comparisons with Martin Scorsese Introduction
- Photo Galleries
- Interactive Script-to-Screen
- 20th Anniversary Re-Release Trailer
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Reviews (3) of Taxi Driver
De Niro Disturbs - Taxi Driver review by NC
Often copied. Seldom matched. Young Niro is very disturbed guy who becomes a violent/manic/hero. Only in America!!
2 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Scorsese's 70s Masterpiece Drama - Taxi Driver review by GI
One of the definitive American films of the 70s with a mesmerising lead performance by Robert De Niro. He plays Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle. Suffering from PTSD, he has insomnia and takes a job driving a New York taxi on the night shift where he witnesses the degradation and sleaze of the city night life. Pent up, bigoted and steadily slipping into psychosis Travis attempts to find normality in his life but socially inept and uneducated he cannot relate to others. He tries and almost succeeds in a relationship with the beautiful Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), a campaign worker for a local politician. But when this collapses Travis decides a different path which involves trying to 'rescue' 12 year old prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster) from the clutches of her pimp (Harvey Keitel). Travis decides his only route to salvation is through the catharsis of violence. Taxi Driver is a key film in the 70s 'cinema of loneliness' that incorporated works from eminent directors such as Arthur Penn, Stanley Kubrick and Robert Altman. It's a study of the toxic and destructive American masculinity in the post Vietnam War era and a very powerful one at that. With a score by the legendary Bernard Herrmann that is both ominous and reminiscent of 40s and 50s Hollywood and some key moments from the opening slow motion scene of the taxi emerging from the city smog to De Niro's improvised "you looking at me" soliloquy, this is an important film that every film fan needs to see and see again. A study of the perverted product of American society that leads to unprecedented gun violence. It's a masterpiece of modern cinema.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Are You Talking to Me? - Taxi Driver review by griggs
Taxi Driver grabs you by the collar and drags you through a neon-lit hellscape of insomnia, alienation, and urban rot. De Niro’s Travis Bickle is both a ticking time bomb and a mirror held up to a sick society—equal parts pathetic and petrifying. Scorsese directs like a man possessed, making every frame drip with menace and madness. The city breathes, festers, and pulses with threat. And Bernard Herrrman’s final score? A sleazy lullaby for the damned. It’s not just a descent into darkness—it’s a guided tour. You come out changed. Or at least, you should be worried if you don’t.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.