According to director Martin Scorsese, it was Brian De Palma who introduced him to Paul Schrader. Taxi Driver arose from Scorsese feeling that movies are like dreams or drug-induced reveries; he attempted to inculcate within the viewer the feeling of being in a limbo state between sleeping and waking. The director also cites Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956) and Jack Hazan's A Bigger Splash (1973) as inspirations for his camerawork in the movie. In writing the script, Schrader was inspired by the diaries of Arthur Bremer (who shot presidential candidate George Wallace in 1972). He was also inspired by the Harry Chapin song Taxi, about an old girlfriend getting into a cab. For the ending of the story, when Bickle becomes a media hero, Schrader was inspired by Squeaky Fromme's attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford, which resulted in her being on the cover of Newsweek.
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Soundtrack
Taxi Driver (Original Soundtrack Recording)
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- 1 Bernard HerrmannTaxi Driver (Main Title) 2:14
- 2 Bernard HerrmannThank God for the Rain 1:41
- 3 Bernard HerrmannCleaning the Cab 1:07
- 4 Bernard HerrmannI Still Can't Sleep / The Cannot Touch Her (Betsy's Theme) 4:34
- 5 Bernard HerrmannPhone Call / I Realize How Much She Is Like the Others / A Strange Customer / Watching Palantine On TV / You're Gonna Die In Hell / Betsy's Theme / Hitting the Girl 6:14
- 6 Bernard HerrmannThe .44 Magnum Is a Monster 3:23
- 7 Bernard HerrmannGetting Into Shape / Listen You Screwheads / Gun Play / Dear Father & Mother / The Card / Soap Opera 5:28
- 8 Bernard HerrmannSport and Iris 2:20
- 9 Bernard HerrmannThe $20 Bill / Target Practice 2:35
- 10 Bernard HerrmannAssassination Attempt / After the Carnage 5:06
- 11 Bernard HerrmannReluctant Hero / Betsy / End Credits 4:42
- 12 Bernard Herrmann & Роберт Де НироDiary of a Taxi Driver 4:33
- 13 Bernard HerrmannGod's Lonely Man 2:03
- 14 Dave BlumeTheme from "Taxi Driver" 4:11
- 15 Dave BlumeI Work the Whole City 2:27
- 16 Dave BlumeBetsy In a White Dress 2:16
- 17 Dave BlumeThe Days Do Not End 4:08
- 18 Dave BlumeTheme from Taxi Driver (Reprise) 2:27
Taxi Driver
(1976)16
" On every street in every city in this country, there’s a nobody who dreams of being a somebody."
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Runtime | 1 hr 54 min |
Budget | $1 900 000 |
Premiere: World | $28 579 560 March 19, 1976 |
USA | $28 262 574 |
Other countries | $316 986 |
Box Office – Budget | $26 679 560 |
Premiere: USA | $28 262 574 February 8, 1976 |
theaters | 15 |
rollout | 320 days |
Digital: World | February 10, 2015 |
Parental Advisory | Frightening & Intense Scenes, Profanity, Violence & Gore, ... |
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