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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

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    " On every street in every city in this country, there’s a nobody who dreams of being a somebody."
    Country
    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, Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking, ..., Sex & Nudity
    • Frightening & Intense Scenes

      plenty

    • Profanity

      plenty

    • Violence & Gore

      plenty

    • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

      average

    • Sex & Nudity

      average

    Production Companies Columbia PicturesBill/PhillipsItalo/Judeo Productions

    Description

    A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.

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    Production

    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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    Watched

    Great movie! Young Robert De Niro played great! One of Martin Scorsese’s best films! It seems that our Balabanov, when he filmed the first Brother, was inspired by the taxi driver; the plots are very similar Translated to English

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    Loneliness, porn, neon and young DeNiro (as well as Scorsese himself) in the cult film of New Hollywood, which tells the story of a taxi driver who, having returned from the war, finds no place for himself in the new world Translated to English

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    Scorsese drama in which Robert De Niro plays a very complex role Translated to English

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    No character backstory, long exposition, unclear motivation, good acting, some beautiful shots Translated to English

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    Travis always seemed to me like an unhappy, maladaptive teenager in the body of an adult, who gradually becomes one with the city in which he lives (although little attention is paid to the mechanism for producing such chimeras). And the supposedly happy ending, if you think about it, is quite gloomy. Translated to English

    Watched

    Why did this film receive so much love and honor? Boring, graphomaniac, childish, all on one note, with a disgusting hero. But he turned world cinema in his direction: an apology for evil, getting into the brain of a maniac. And we are still where this "Taxi Driver" took us in 1976. Translated to English

    Watched

    The music is brilliant, the atmosphere is amazing, De Niro gives a truly outstanding performance, as does Jodie Foster. "All my life I have been haunted by loneliness. Everywhere: in bars, in cars, on sidewalks, in stores – everywhere. There’s no running away from him. The Lord made me lonely." Translated to English

    Watched

    Scorsese’s favorite film so far, De Niro’s character is very impressive. The noir and rainy New York complemented this dark story of Taxi Driver perfectly. Translated to English

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    For a picture from 1976, it’s just a cannon! Young DeNiro is on the warpath with mud on the streets of New York. Hello operator! Translated to English

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    Young, handsome and talented Deniro. I miss the backstory and internal motivation of the main character Translated to English

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    A legendary movie, it is not for nothing that it is considered one of the most beloved among popular directors. Translated to English

    Watched

    9/10. It has long been a classic among films of this type, as for me, thanks to this film, one can identify a new subgenre of films about ordinary people who are "fed up with everything and are ready to start fighting the crap." Translated to English

    New York in the 70s, jazz, neon signs and wet streets from the rain – I was captivated by this atmosphere of the city at night. Translated to English

    Watched

    DeNiro is good! Although I don’t share everyone’s enthusiasm for the film, it’s good, but not a masterpiece. I don’t understand why films about internal conflicts are so highly regarded. The Joker and H. Phoenix are very similar. The main character, like an overflowing shock, carries everything within himself and at the end of the film explodes! Translated to English

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    I watched this film several times, the last viewing, for some reason, revealed that this film is similar to the film "Brother" by Balabanov. Previously, De Niro’s hero was perceived as a scumbag, but now he began to resemble Danila Bagrov. Strange… Translated to English

    I haven’t reviewed this imperishable film for almost 13 years. It’s time to refresh your impressions. Before watching it, it seems that I remember everything, and it will not be very interesting to watch, but as soon as I start, I will forget about all my reflections about the lack of novelty. This is exactly how it works with film masterpieces. Translated to English