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Taxi Driver
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Description of this Taxi Driver Poster
Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological thriller film, directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, and Albert Brooks. Set in a decaying and morally bankrupt New York after the Vietnam War, the film follows Travis Bickle (De Niro), a veteran working as a taxi driver, and the deterioration of his mental state as he works from night in the city.
Taking inspiration from The Wrong Man (1956) and A Bigger Splash (1973), Scorsese wanted the film to feel like a dream for audiences. With cinematographer Michael Chapman, filming began in the summer of 1975 in New York, with the actors taking pay cuts so the project could be completed on a small budget of $1.9 million. Production ended the same year. Bernard Herrmann composed the film's music in what was to be his final score, completed just hours before his death; the film is dedicated to him.
The film was released theatrically on February 7, 1976, under the auspices of Columbia Pictures, and enjoyed critical and commercial success despite controversy over the graphic violence of the film's ending and the role of a child prostitute played by Foster, then aged 12. The film received numerous awards, including the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival and four nominations at the 49th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (for De Niro), and Best Actress in a supporting role (for Foster).
Although Taxi Driver attracted further controversy due to its role in motivating John Hinckley Jr. to attempt to assassinate then-President Ronald Reagan, the film remained popular and is considered one of the most culturally important and inspiring of its time, and as one of the greatest films ever made. In 2012, Sight & Sound ranked it the 31st best film of all time in its ten-year critics' poll, alongside The Godfather Part II, and 5th best film of all time in its directors' poll. In 1994, the film was considered "culturally, historically, or aesthetically" important by the United States Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Travis Bickle is a 26-year-old honorably discharged United States Marine and Vietnam War veteran who suffers from PTSD and lives alone in New York. Travis takes a job as a night-time taxi driver to deal with his chronic insomnia and loneliness. He frequently visited pornographic theaters on 42nd Street and kept a diary in which he consciously attempted to include aphorisms such as "you are only healthy if you feel good." He is disgusted by the crime and urban decay he witnesses in Manhattan and dreams of getting rid of "the scum of the streets."
Travis falls in love with Betsy, a campaign volunteer for senator and presidential candidate Charles Palantine. Travis walks into the campaign office where she works and invites her for coffee, which she accepts. Betsy admits that she feels a special connection to Travis and agrees to go out with him. During their date, Travis takes Betsy to a porn theater, which disgusts her and causes her to leave. He tries to reconcile with her, but in vain. Furious, he bursts into the campaign office where she works and overwhelms her with reproaches before being ordered to leave.
In the grip of an existential crisis and witnessing various acts of prostitution in the city, Travis confides his violent thoughts to a fellow taxi driver nicknamed Wizard. However, Wizard rejects them and assures him that he will get through this. In order to find an outlet for his rage, Travis begins an intense physical training program. A fellow taxi driver recommends a black market arms dealer, Easy Andy, from whom Travis buys four handguns. At home, Travis practices drawing his weapons and modifies one so he can hide it and deploy it quickly from his sleeve. He begins attending Palantine rallies to assess its safety. One evening, Travis shoots down a man who was trying to rob a grocery store run by one of his friends.
While traveling around town, Travis regularly encounters Iris, a child prostitute. He solicits her and tries to persuade her to stop prostituting herself. Shortly after, Travis cuts his hair into a mohawk and attends a public rally where he plans to assassinate Palantine. However, he is chased away by secret service agents, who see him open his jacket and slip his hand into it. That evening, Travis goes to the brothel where Iris works and shoots her pimp, Sport. He enters the building and engages in a shootout with Sport and one of Iris' clients, a mafioso. Travis is shot several times, but manages to kill both men. He then fights with the bouncer, whom he manages to stab in the hand with his knife located in his shoe and who he finishes off with a bullet to the head. Travis attempts suicide, but he runs out of bullets. Wounded and bloodied, he collapses on a sofa next to Iris who is sobbing. As the police arrive at the scene, Travis, delirious, imitates the gesture of shooting himself in the head with his finger.
Travis falls into a coma due to his injuries. He is hailed by the press as a heroic vigilante and is not prosecuted for the murders. He also receives a thank you letter from Iris's father. After recovering, Travis grows his hair and returns to work, where he meets Betsy as a passerby; they exchange cordial remarks, with Betsy saying she followed his story in the papers. Travis drops her off at her house, refuses to take her money and leaves smiling. He suddenly becomes agitated after noticing something in his rearview mirror.
