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Taxi Driver

1976 film directed by Martin Scorsese

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"Taxi Driver" is a 1976 film directed by Martin Scorsese about a New York City taxi driver's increasingly unstable life and violent impulses. It is widely regarded as an important work of American cinema that helped establish Scorsese as a major filmmaker and remains influential for its unflinching portrayal of urban alienation and mental deterioration.

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Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

Released: 1976-02-09114 minDir: Martin ScorseseCrime, Drama

Cast

Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle
Jodie Foster as Iris
Cybill Shepherd as Betsy
Harvey Keitel as Sport
Peter Boyle as Wizard
Leonard Harris as Charles Palantine

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Key dates

Published: 7 October 1976

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Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. Set in a decaying New York City following the Vietnam War, it stars Robert De Niro as veteran Marine and taxi driver Travis Bickle, whose mental state deteriorates as he works nights in the city. The film also features Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris and Albert Brooks (in his first feature film role).

Filming began in summer 1975, with actors taking pay cuts to ensure that the project could be completed on its low budget of $1.9 million ($11.4 million in 2025). For the score, Bernard Herrmann composed what would be his final score. The music was finished mere hours before his death, and the film is dedicated to him.