Taxi Driver [Region 2] | ![Taxi Driver [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ER1RWFBZL._SL500_.jpg)
| Actors: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster
Category: DVD
Buy Used: $11.17
Rating:  386 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Full Screen, Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 3333297500197
ASIN: B00004VXW3
Theatrical Release Date: February 8, 1976
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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
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 i was there in times square in 1979! July 1, 2009
J. kim Engle (williamsport, pa)
its like 1979 on a friday afternoon i got a phone call from 'grant' one of my best friends who said come on we're all going to 'new york city' to times square and the stipper district, freaks, bums, prostitutes, peep shows, live sex shows and god knows what else, at 21 and dumb i was like yeah let's go! we took two vehicles about 9 of us maybe and from little williamsport pa we were off on our adventure of debauchery, drinking of course all the way there! our vehicles got seperated, [surprise] our car took a wrong turn and we ended up at a crowded black bar asking for directions in a run down, seedy, poverty strickened, urban blighted black section like something out of the french connection or some other new york cop movie. [we were all white guys from a small city] i asked for 4 bottles of genesee beer and was given 4 heinekens and 4 shots of johnny walker red? needless to say i took what he gave us and paid for it timidly! we really got looked over but good by the whole place. to this day i'm not sure where we were? some where in jeresy across the river i guess? anyhow we got out of there unharmed, got directions and our bearings and ended up in the big city fairly early on a late spring friday night. we parked the car about 8 big city blocks or so from the times square area and walked over. i remember most it being well lit and throngs of people everywhere, some in groups hanging out in front of the peep shows storefronts. most were walking. people everywhere arguing, yelling, fighting, laughing, loud, ect. people standing around passing out flyers for the various sex shows. others standing or walking around yelling cocaine, black beauties? [for you young folk reading this black beauties were speed] others were trying to push their whores on us. another guy was not only trying to sell us some dope but offering up his sister for almost nothing? some of the black guys would put their hands on us to try to stop and talk to us? there were prostitutes everywhere, all colors and types. the people around were of of all races, i.e. white , black, Hispanic you name it? some looked normal, others were like hustlers, some were weird or perverted like, some were bums, i mean you name it! constant vehicle traffic. the whole thing was surreal, like being in a weird dream or something or a fellini movie? anyhow we did the peep show thing, paid to see a bunch of live sex shows, hung out and people watched and at sometime hooked up with the other half of our group. we all slept in the cars that night without incident and in the morning got some coffee or whatever at some cheap 24 hour greasy spoon full of all kinds of characters. then we drove and walked around to sightsee some, everything looked so different from the night befor. having seen some bums sleeping in the streets we deemed the trip a success and then left for home about noon back to central pa. driving out of the city i just remember thinking how neat everything looked, the good and the bad? i haven't been back since? so to my way of thinking the film didn't show enough? i mean what i saw was a whole lot worse!
 An Entertaining Show July 1, 2009
S. Peek (Rocky Mountains, USA)
This is really a film classic and one of the better ones.
Travis Bickle (Robert Deniro) is a loner cab driver who loves working the night shift due to his insomnia. During the course of his rounds, he becomes obsessed with a young political operative, Betsy (Cybil Shepherd). He is a rather strange guy and ends up taking her to a porn movie on their date. After this bizarre behavior, she wants nothing to do with him. Unfortunately, he is obsessing on her.
His preoccupation with Betsy leads him to a deep hatred of pretty much everything after she dumps him. One of his targets is the presidential candidate for whom Betsy is working. Bickle decides to assassinate him.
Meanwhile, he becomes enchanted in a non-sexual way with 12 year old prostitute Iris (a very young Jodie Foster). His anger at the poor treatment she receives leads to other consequences.
This is an interesting look at alientation and loneliness of some of the fringe people in big city life. This is a rather extreme case of it.
All in all, this is well done and quite entertaining.
Great Look Into Loneliness, But Not Into The Deepest Despair and Depravity June 5, 2009
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Taxi Driver isn't the harrowing look into the dark corners of the human mind (give me a _______ break). It still, however, is a pretty accurate look at the mind of madness, and loneliness. Travis Bickle is a man that most of us can sympathize with. His look of hatred against this world just reflects the way some of us look at life, as nothing but a place that needs to be flushed right down the ________ toilet. I definitely concur with that sometimes Bickle, I really do.
Film-making wise, Taxi Driver may not be a superstylish film in the vein of a David Fincer, but I'll be darned if it doesn't have this gritty, feeling. The soundtrack Bernard Herrmann cooked up is used amazingly great in the situations. An example of that would have to be the amazing opener, that moody, melancholy jazz track defines the brilliance of it. And when you get those shots of the tune with Betsy? Brilliant. YOu can feel the way he feels when just looking at her (his rant about her being just like the others, by the way, is ace).
Taxi Driver also isn't a film with easy answers. There are holes to fill that are up the viewer to decide. Now, it's not ridden with so much open intepretation like David Lynch's Eraserhead (which is a lousy excuse for a sketchy plot), but there's quite enough to ponder, and, really, besides the ending, it really has nothing to do with the plot. Rather, it let's you question the characters themselves. Is Travis deserving of everything? Or is he a bad guy? Does he have the right to intervene with the prostitution of a girl who seems to enjoy it? Or not? Does the prostitute really need saving? Is she really scared for life? Damn, one things for sure, motives are challenged and questioned everywhere you go in this movie.
Is Taxi Driver overrated as a film? I'm not quite sure if it's overrated, considering it's got a good plot, great film-making, and Robert De Niro acting, but it depends on if you think the people that are rating it have a point. They certainly do. For me though, I almost came up empty-handed, but I think watching it more than once also helps. Still though, Taxi Driver deserves it's acclaim, and there's no doubt it deserves acclaim from the reactions it has caused with everyone.
Also, why no Joe Pesci?
B-
gtm May 27, 2009
Chin Suk Mcdaniel (omaha,ne)
This film is the greatest film martin scorsese has ever done,but don't forget the the films score by bernard herrman. To me bernard herrman made the movie.
An Unforgettable Movie and Lead Character May 4, 2009
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
"Travis Bickle" has to be one of the most fascinating characters ever put on film, and this has to still rank as one of the best post-film noir era "noirs" ever made.
Yeah the story is a bit seedy but it's an incredibly interesting portrait of a mentaly unbalanced cab driver (Bickle, played by Robert De Niro) and his obsessions with "cleaning up" New York City.
In addition to De Niro's stunning performance, we see a young and gorgeous Cybill Shepherd and a very, very young (12 years old) Jodie Foster. I've always wondered what kind of parents would allow their 12-year-old daughter to play a role like this, but that's another subject. Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel (with shoulder-length hair!) and Peter Boyle all lend good supporting help.
Bickle's transformation from a "disturbed" cabbie to a fully-deranged assassin is fantastic to watch, and includes one of the classic scenes in all film history: Bickle talking to the mirror and repeating the question, "You talking' to me?" That scene, and seeing De Niro in a Mohawk haircut later at a political rally are two scenes people never forget.
The more times I've watched this, the more I appreciate the cinematography and the music in here. There are some wonderful night shots of the city's oil and rain-slicked streets. Also, Bernard Herrmann eerie soundtrack is an instrumental part of the success of this film and should never be neglected in discussing this film.
I hope a good Blu-Ray, (high-defintiiom) transfer of this film will come out soon.
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