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Taxi Driver

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Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster).
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A must-see film for movie lovers, this Martin Scorsese masterpiece is as hard-hitting as it is compelling, with Robert De Niro at his best.

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Desmond Ryan Philadelphia Inquirer 10/06/2023
It works its strange alchemy with riveting force… With this extraordinary film, Scorsese confirms his standing among our finest young directors. It is, among other things, a testament to the versatility that last produced Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Go to Full Review Kevin Kelly Boston Globe 10/06/2023
Taxi Driver is so volatile it nearly explodes from the screen. Under Martin Scorsese's brilliant direction, it works a dramatic tension that is inescapable, carefully, systematically straitjacketing its audience in the problems of its central character. Go to Full Review Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune 10/06/2023
3/4
Remove the cataclysmic ending from Taxi Driver and it would be one smashingly good motion picture. As it stands, the film is beautiful to look at, exciting to listen to, but much too much to stomach. Go to Full Review Wael Khairy The Cinephile Fix Apr 21
The viewer has no choice, we are forced to breathe the air, gaze through the pupils, and experience the city by slipping into the shoes of a twisted protagonist, the shoe laces tightly tied by none other than a master of his craft, Scorsese. Go to Full Review Bianca Garner Filmotomy 10/10/2024
Bickle was a warning to all of us, on what can occur if we push people to the edges of society. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 07/22/2024
3.5/4
One of the most disturbing -- and controversial -- studies of loneliness ever placed on screen. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Allen T Sep 12 A great character study/story. A mental health story. A cautionary tale. A good one if you like DeNiro. Bernard Herrnann's final score sadly- full of emotion. So glad it was back on the big screen! See more Guillermo A @Guillermo.Almeida Feb 9 The god lonely man in the world, great final. It's Cinema!! See more Aizik G. @rkstar Feb 7 I liked it it was tuff I feel like ending should’ve been longer tho. There could’ve been more I feel like, like what happens next since he saved iris See more Zane T @ZaneThind Feb 1 One of Martin Scorsese's all time best films with a bone chilling performance from leading man De Niro. De Niro embodies Travis Bickle so well that you feel like you have met this guy in real life at some point or another. See more 伊 @LienEd Jan 12 Three decades before Jay-Z’s Empire State of Mind was written, Taxi Driver depicted a radically different image of New York City. Rather than a space of liberation, New York in Taxi Driver acts as an urban hellscape devoid of a symbolic order that might offer solace to Travis, the film’s protagonist, suffering from the traumas of war, unable to reintegrate into society. He drifts ceaselessly and aimlessly through the night. One can imagine Travis being driven mad with anxiety and paranoia in the formal society of New York, with its yuppies in three-piece suits, monotonous office facades which he attempts to but fails miserably to inhabit, and the ever-visible presence of the state (flags, campaign media, police). Only in night, where the city is gone, leaving only its dirty husk, does the visceral madness subside, and a deeper alienation surface: lack, in the most raw and complete sense, of connection and drive. See more Jiwoo S Jan 2 The mood, sound, storytelling, and even the lingering feeling after the movie ended were all incredible. Without a doubt, I would give this movie a 5 out of 5. See more Read all reviews
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Martin Scorsese

Director

Robert De Niro

Travis Bickle

Jodie Foster

Iris

Cybill Shepherd

Betsy

Harvey Keitel

Sport

Victor Argo

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Synopsis Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster).
Director
Martin Scorsese
Producer
Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips
Screenwriter
Paul Schrader
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Bill/Phillips, Italo/Judeo Productions, Columbia Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 8, 1976, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Mar 19, 2011
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 6, 2013
Runtime
1h 53m
Sound Mix
Stereo
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