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Robert De Niro stars as a Vietnam veteran who drives a taxi on night shift. Witnessing the violent life all around him he decides to clean up the town on his way...Product Identifiers
ProducerJulia Phillips, Michael Phillips
EAN5050629001938
eBay Product ID (ePID)102189711
Product Key Features
ActorLeonard Harris, Robert De Niro, Peter Boyle, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks, Cybill Shepherd
Film/TV TitleTaxi Driver
DirectorMartin Scorsese
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageArabic\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Hindi\Norwegian\Swedish\Turkish
Run Time109 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2011
FormatBlu-ray
FeaturesWidescreen, With Subtitles, movieIQ\Original 1986 Commentary with Director Martin Scorsese and Writer Paul Schrader recorded by The Criterion Collection\Interactive Script to Screen\Feature Length Commentary by Professor Robert Kolker\Feature Length Commentary by Writer Paul Schrader\Martin Scorsese on Taxi Driver\God's Lonely Man\Producing Taxi Driver\Influence and Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute\Taxi Driver Stories\Making Taxi Driver\Travis' New York\Travis' New York Locations\Storyboard to Film Comparisons with Martin Scorsese\Animated Photo Galleries
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerBernard Herrmann
Production DesignerCharles Rosen
Additional InformationMartin Scorsese's intense film, a hallmark of 1970s filmmaking, graphically depicts the tragic consequences of urban alienation when a New York City taxi driver goes on a murderous rampage against the pitiable denizens inhabiting the city's underbelly. For psychotic, pistol-packing Vietnam vet Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), New York City seems like a circle of hell. Driving his cab each night through the bleak Manhattan streets, Bickle observes with fanatical loathing the sleazy lowlifes who comprise most of his fares. By day he haunts the porno theaters of 42nd Street, taking his cues from the violent vision of life portrayed in these movies. As badly as Travis wants to connect with the people around him--including Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), a lovely blonde campaign worker, and Iris (Jodie Foster), a prepubescent prostitute he tries to save--his attempts are thwarted and his pent-up rage grows, turning him into a Mohawk-wearing walking time bomb. Paul Schrader's screenplay is filmed with a tragic realism by Scorsese, which brilliantly captures the muck and grime of New York City. De Niro, playing the fragile hero, steps inside his role so far that the results are deeply frightening. Bernard Herrmann's haunting score--which turned out to be his last--completes the urban nightmare.
ReviewsChicago Sun-Times - One of the best and most powerful of all films., Variety - It's a powerful film and a terrific showcase for the versatility of star Robert De Niro, Empire Magazine - The blend of Schrader's script, Scorsese's direction and De Niro's performance is both riveting and unnerving. A film that will stay with you forever., Time Out - New York may have changed, but Taxi Driver is as powerful and painful as ever., The Guardian - What a mad and brilliant film it is: 1,000-degree proof Seventies cinema.
ScreenwriterPaul Schrader
Special EffectsDick Smith
Costume DesignerRuth Morley
Sound sourceDolby Digital
EditorMelvin Shapiro, Tom Rolf
Movie/TV TitleTaxi Driver
Music DirectorBernard Herrmann
Director of PhotographyMichael Chapman
Consumer AdviceContains very strong sex references and child prostitution theme