Movie: Taxi Driver (1976)

“Vietnam vet Travis Bickle is 26, a loner in the mean streets of New York City, slipping slowly into isolation and violent misanthropy. In solving his insomnia by driving a yellow cab on the night shift, he grows increasingly disgusted by the low-lifes that hang out at night: “Someday a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.” His touching attempts to woo Betsy, a Senator’s campaign worker, turn sour when he takes her to a porn movie on their first date. He even fails in his attempt to persuade child prostitute Iris to desert her pimp and return to her parents and school. Driven to the edge by powerlessness, he buys four handguns and sets out to assassinate the Senator, heading for the infamy of a ‘lone crazed gunman’… Written by Tim Jones {jonestd@vax.sbu.ac.uk}”

  • Director: Martin Scorsese
  • Release Date: 8 February 1976 (USA)
  • Run Time: 113 min | Spain:110 min (cut version)
  • Country: USA
  • Genre: Drama , Thriller

Tagline: On every street in every city, there’s a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.

Trivia: Travis’ name was an homage to the Mick Travis character in If…. (1968) and O Lucky Man! (1973), the latter of which was supposedly one of Martin Scorsese’s favorite films at the time.

Goofs: Factual errors: The ‘Colt .25′ that Travis Bickle purchases from the black market arms dealer is, in fact, a Smith & Wesson Escort .22LR.

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