Taxi Driver

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Making 'Taxi Driver'

Original title: Taxi Driver
Year: 1976
Running time: 113 min.
Country: United States
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenwriter: Paul Schrader
Music: Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography: Michael Chapman
Cast: Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, Martin Scorsese, Joe Spinell
Producer: Columbia Pictures
Genre: Drama | Prostitution. Crime. Cult Movie
Synopsis / Plot: 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.

Awards: 1976: Oscar: nominated for Best Picture, Actor (De Niro), Supp. Actress (Foster) and OST

1976: Cannes Film Festival: Palme d´Or (Golden Palm) - Best Film

1976: Golden Globe: nominated for Actor - Drama (De Niro), Screenplay

1976: BAFTA Awards: Best Supp. Actress (Foster), Newcomer (Foster) and Music. 7 nominaciones

1976: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (De Niro). 4 Nominations

1976: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actor, Music Score & New Generation Award

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1976: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director

1976: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Drama Screenplay

Critics' reviews

"It's a powerful film and a terrific showcase for the versatility of star Robert De Niro"

A.D. Murphy: Variety
"A bizarre success story about how a sick young man finds his place in an equally sick world"

Mick LaSalle: San Francisco Chronicle
"One of the few relatively recent films (like 'The Godfather') to join the pantheon of popular classics and great American cinema"

Desson Thomson: The Washington Post
"A vivid, galvanizing portrait of a character so particular that you may be astonished that he makes consistent dramatic sense"

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"That Scorsese finds the rejection more painful than the murders is fascinating, because it helps to explain Travis Bickle (...) A brilliant nightmare (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"What is completely worthy of recognition here is De Niro’s altogether devastating performance (...) What finally makes the movie so compelling is director Martin Scorsese’s scathing vision of New York"

Kathleen Carroll: New York Daily News
"It may yet be his finest film, while the character of Travis is quite arguably the most enduring creation to be found in the collective works of Scorsese, De Niro, and screenwriter Paul Schrader (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Rob Humanick: Slant
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"[It] still stuns (...) 'Taxi Driver' was a powerfully summarizing work. It synthesized noir, neorealist, and New Wave stylistics"

J. Hoberman: Village Voice
"Its vision of murderous rage as cathartic release is still disturbing (...) 'Taxi Driver' has a more cumulative brilliance"

A.A. Dowd: AV Club

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