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Taxi Driver: Collector's Edition
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- Released
- 25/03/2008
- DVD Region
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1 (USA, Canada)
Also plays on multi-region DVD players
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- Drama
Description
Martin 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. Scorcese fills Paul Schrader's screenplay with a tragic realism, brilliantly capturing the muck and grime of New York City. De Niro, playing the fragile hero, steps so deep inside his role that the results are deeply frightening. Bernard Herrmann's haunting score--which turned out to be his last--completes the urban nightmare.
Product Details
- Actors
- Albert Brooks
- Albert Einstein
- Charles Scorsese
- Cybill Shepherd
- Diahnne Abbott
- Harvey Keitel
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- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Audio Format
- English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital
- English Dolby Digital 5.1
- French Dolby Digital 5.1
- Year of release
- 1976
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.85:1
- Number of Discs
- 2
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Subtitle Language
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Disc Layers
- 2
- Film Format
- Anamorphic
- Disc Features
- Featurette
- Interactive Menus
- Making Of
- Production Notes
- Scene Selection
- Theatrical Trailer
- Film Rating (Australia)
- R18+
- Photos and storyboards
- Yes
- Film Rating (UK)
- 18
- Run Time (minutes)
- 114
- Label / Studio
- SONY HOME PICTURES ENT.
- Colour System
- NTSC
- Cast & Crew
- Bernard Herrmann (Composer)
- Ruth Morley (Costume Designer)
- Michael Chapman (Director of Photography)
- Melvin Shapiro (Editor)
- Tom Rolf (Editor)
- Bernard Herrmann (Music Director)
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