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A Vietnam veteran on a late night taxi shift, disturbed by all the violence around him, decides to clean up the streets his own way.

Product Identifiers

ProducerJulia Phillips, Michael Phillips

EAN5035822001992

eBay Product ID (ePID)61598458

Product Key Features

ActorLeonard Harris, Robert De Niro, Peter Boyle, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Diahnne Abbott, Albert Brooks, Cybill Shepherd

Film/TV TitleTaxi Driver

DirectorMartin Scorsese

LanguageEnglish

Run Time109 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatDVD

Release Year2007

FeaturesIntroduction by Martin Scorsese\Two Audio Commentaries\Documentaries \Featurettes, Widescreen

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs2

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerBernard Herrmann

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 pubescent prostitute he tries to save, his attempts are thwarted and his pent-up rage grows, turning him into a 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.

Art DirectorCharles Rosen

ScreenwriterPaul Schrader

Dubbing LanguagesGerman\Spanish

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Movie/TV TitleTaxi Driver

EditorMelvin Shapiro, Marcia Lucas, Tom Rolf

Director of PhotographyMichael Chapman

Consumer AdviceContains very strong sex references and child prostitution theme