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8 February 1976 (USA) moreTagline:
On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody. morePlot:
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 synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 9 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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A Shattering Tale In First Person Singular more (612 total)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 |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
113 min | Spain:110 min (cut version)Country:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
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)Fun Stuff
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After seeing "every blonde in town", producer Julia Phillips still preferred Farrah Fawcett over Cybill Shepherd for the role of Betsy. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Travis gets back into his cab after buying the Kris Kristofferson album, the beacon on the top reads "3S96", which is consistent with real New York taxis, which have their medallion number on their roof beacon. (Medallion numbers are always 4 digits, with the second being a letter.) In the next shot, the roof beacon reads "TAXI", which is never on a New York City taxi's roof beacon, but is often used in movies and TV shows. moreQuotes:
[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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LATE FOR THE SKY moreFAQ
What is the relevance of the noise that Travis Bickle hears at the very end before the credits roll?Why does the colouring look weird at the end of the film? The blood looks like tobasco sauce. Was the film damaged?
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The impact that "Taxi Driver" had in its day hasn't diminished, on the contrary, it has acquired a relevance of Shakesperean proportions. Travis's loneliness is a hyper representation of the same loneliness most humans have experienced at different times in different measures. It is always associated with a nightmare and Martin Scorsese delivers it like a nightmare. Travis, possessed by Robert De Niro at the zenith of his powers, cruises in his taxi enveloped in Bernard Herrman and we, well, we're the passengers and everything looks terrifying and familiar at the same time. Paul Schrader sensational screenplay comes to life with the jolting force of a rude awakening. Like it happens, more often than not, with masterpieces, it signed in a rather direct way the lives of the ones who live it in a movie theater and the ones who made it. Scorsese being the giant that he is, survived it and will continue startling us I'm sure but I also bet that for years everything he did was compared to this movie. De Niro and his "You looking at me" became such an iconic phrase that even he himself ended up impersonating it. Jodie Foster awoke the insane devotion of a real life would be killer and New York, the greatest city in the world was shown with its underbelly up. A work of art, a superlative reminder of what film could actually give us and very rarely does.