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Taxi Driver (1976)
Front Cover Actor
Diahnne Abbott
Frank Adu
Gino Ardito
Victor Argo
Garth Avery
Peter Boyle
Albert Brooks
Harry Cohn (II)
Copper Cunningham
Robert De Niro
Movie Details
Language English
Audience Rating R (Restricted)
Running Time 128 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Taxi Driver is the definitive cinematic portrait of loneliness and alienation manifested as violence. It is as if director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader had tapped into precisely the same source of psychological inspiration ("I just knew I had to make this film," Scorsese would later say), combined with a perfectly timed post-Watergate expression of personal, political, and societal anxiety. Robert De Niro, as the tortured, ex-Marine cab driver Travis Bickle, made movie history with his chilling performance as one of the most memorably intense and vividly realized characters ever committed to film. Bickle is a self-appointed vigilante who views his urban beat as an intolerable cesspool of blighted humanity. He plays guardian angel for a young prostitute (Jodie Foster), but not without violently devastating consequences. This masterpiece, which is not for all tastes, is sure to horrify some viewers, but few could deny the film's lasting power and importance. --Jeff Shannon
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 362
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
Product Details
Edition Collector's Edition
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 1.85:1
UPC (Barcode) 043396034815
Release Date 6/15/1999
Subtitles Chinese; English; Korean; Portuguese; Spanish; Thai
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1