Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver is a 1976 American crime drama thriller movie directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. It stars 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 City following the Vietnam War, the film tells the story of Travis Bickle, a lonely taxi driver who descends into insanity as he plots to assassinate both the presidential candidate for whom the woman he is infatuated with works, and the pimp of an underage prostitute he befriends.

Taxi Driver
Directed byMartin Scorsese
Written byPaul Schrader
Produced byJulia Phillips
Michael Phillips
StarringRobert De Niro
Jodie Foster
Albert Brooks
Harvey Keitel
Leonard Harris
Peter Boyle
Cybill Shepherd
CinematographyMichael Chapman
Edited byMarcia Lucas
Tom Rolf
Melvin Shapiro
Music byBernard Herrmann
Production
companies
Bill/Phillips Productions
Italo/Judeo Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
February 8, 1976
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.9 million
Box office$28.4 million

A critical and commercial success upon release and nominated for four Academy Awards, including for Best Picture, Best Actor (for De Niro) and Best Supporting Actress (for Foster), Taxi Driver won the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The movie generated controversy at the time of its release for its depiction of violence and casting of a 12-year-old Foster in the role of a child prostitute.

In 2012, Sight & Sound named it the 31st-best movie ever in its decennial critics' poll, ranked with The Godfather Part II, and the fifth-greatest movie of all time on its directors' poll. The film was considered significant by the US Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1994.

John Hinckley saw the movie many times. He wanted to impress Foster. He tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan by shooting him. Reagan survived the 1981 attack.

Release dates

CountryPremiere
 Mexico8 February 1976
 United States9 February 1976
 Canada19 March 1976
 Brazil22 March 1976
 France2 June 1976
 Netherlands1 July 1976
 Australia5 August 1976
 Denmark16 August 1976
 United Kingdom19 August 1976
 Ireland10 September 1976
 Uruguay16 September 1976
 Japan18 September 1976
 Italy24 September 1976
 Austria7 October 1976
 West Germany7 October 1976
 Finland12 November 1976
 Norway26 December 1976
Spain10 March 1977
 Greece12 March 1977
 Sweden12 March 1977
 Argentina24 March 1977
 Portugal15 April 1977
 Hong Kong12 May 1977
 Poland3 March 1978
 India13 March 1978
 Turkey14 October 1978
 Hungary8 May 1988
 South Korea17 February 1989

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