Summary (from amazon.com): 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.
Starring:
Robert De Niro .... Travis Bickle (as Robert DeNiro)
Cybill Shepherd .... Betsy
Peter Boyle .... Wizard
Jodie Foster .... Iris Steensma
Harvey Keitel .... 'Sport' Matthew
Albert Brooks .... Tom
Trivia: While it may be true that the scene where Robert De Niro stands before the mirror and asks his reflection, "You talkin' to me? Well, I don't see anyone else here" was improvised, the exchange is a quotation from Shane (1953) where Alan Ladd and Ben Johnson square up to one another just before their barroom brawl.
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John Hinckley watches Taxi driver over fifteen times. He identifies with Bickle and begins stalking Foster to save her. In 1981 he tries to murder Ronald Reagan to show his love for her.
Starring:
Robert De Niro .... Travis Bickle (as Robert DeNiro)
Cybill Shepherd .... Betsy
Peter Boyle .... Wizard
Jodie Foster .... Iris Steensma
Harvey Keitel .... 'Sport' Matthew
Albert Brooks .... Tom
Trivia: While it may be true that the scene where Robert De Niro stands before the mirror and asks his reflection, "You talkin' to me? Well, I don't see anyone else here" was improvised, the exchange is a quotation from Shane (1953) where Alan Ladd and Ben Johnson square up to one another just before their barroom brawl.
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John Hinckley watches Taxi driver over fifteen times. He identifies with Bickle and begins stalking Foster to save her. In 1981 he tries to murder Ronald Reagan to show his love for her.
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