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starring: Diahnne Abbott, Frank Adu, Gino Ardito, Victor Argo, Garth Avery
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767830522
Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 0767830520
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: May 04, 1999
Running Time: 128 minutes
Sales Rank: 16421
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: February 08, 1976
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Amazon.com essential video:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The original American Psycho
Being a cab driver for almost 18 years, Taxi Driver is a personal favorite of mine. Driving a cab is like a drug: you get to meet new people everyday; you don't have to wait a week or two to get paid---everything's cash money; you get to know the whole city; you learn where the hot spots are--the restaurants, the bars, the clubs, etc. You set your own hours and you choose where you want to work and whom you want to serve. You have no one breathing down your neck--you are your own boss. There's a ... Read More
Rating: - "Mr. Cab Driver. . ."
The haunting musical soundtrack to this movie contains some of the most beautiful jazzy pieces I have ever heard. I had a custom tape made from it at one time. The story is a great psycho-drama with all of the players perfectly cast. Jodie Foster is believable as the "baby prostitute," Harvey Kietel, chilling as her pimp and Robert DeNiro is so fascinating to study as Travis Bickle, wierd product of NY subculture of the streets and psychological textbook example. It is, in retrospect, a brilliant ... Read More
Rating:  - Shows Its Age Horribly
This is one of those 70's flicks that meant to shock the audience, and it did...back then. "Taxi Driver" is slowly-paced, pondering at times, and very self-indulgent, in particular one scene in with Martin Scorsese stating how he's going to kill his cheating wife.
There are more than dozen films better from this era, with better story lines, better acting and something more important to say.
Rating: - ARE YOU TALKIN' TO ME?
You've got to have been in a coma for the past 30 years not to have seen this movie. Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, the "troubled" cab driver is awesome and scary. Jodie Foster (Iris) is alarmingly sexy, Cybill Shepherd (Betsy) is dreamy, and Harvey Keitel (Sport) is the evil pimp. The big shoot-out towards the end of the film is an unforgettable "classic." Tension-building direction from Martin Scorsese. Robert De Niro - The Best.
Rating:  - Terribly overrated
Bad acting, lame story and very poor execution. It could have been good if carried out right but it moves too slowly. The dialogue doesn't make much sense and it's like Martin was just killing film time by having the actors talk slowly so they had less to write. Nothing brilliant about this film, 1/5
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