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Taxi Driver (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd

: Taxi Driver (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396174047
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Limited Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: August 14, 2007
Running Time: 113 minutes
Sales Rank: 2197
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: February 08, 1976



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At 26, Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) is slipping slowly into isolation and violence on the streets of New York City. Trying to solve his insomnia by driving a yellow cab on the night shift, he grows increasingly disgusted by the people who hang out at night: 'Someday a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.' His touching attempts to woo Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), 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 (Jodie Foster) to desert her pimp Sport (Harvey Keitel) 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'.



DVD BONUS FEATURES INCLUDE:



'Martin Scorsese on Taxi Driver' Featurette



'Producing Taxi Driver' Featurette



'Influence and Appreciation' Documentary



Robert De Niro, Oliver Stone, Roger Corman and others pay tribute to Scorsese and the film



'God’s Lonely Man' Documentary



'Travis’ New York Locations' Featurette



Storyboard to Film Comparisons with Martin Scorsese Introduction



New Feature-length Commentary by Writer Paul Schrader



New Feature-length Commentary by Professor Robert Kolker



'Taxi Driver Stories' Featurette



'Making Taxi Driver' Documentary



Animated Photo Galleries



'Including Scorsese at Work' Photo Montage



Original Screenplay Read Along



Amazon.com essential video:
Taxi Driver is the definitive cinematic portrait of loneliness and alienation manifested as violence. It is as if director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader had tapped into precisely the same source of psychological inspiration ('I just knew I had to make this film,' Scorsese would later say), combined with a perfectly timed post-Watergate expression of personal, political, and societal anxiety. Robert De Niro, as the tortured, ex-Marine cab driver Travis Bickle, made movie history with his chilling performance as one of the most memorably intense and vividly realized characters ever committed to film. Bickle is a self-appointed vigilante who views his urban beat as an intolerable cesspool of blighted humanity. He plays guardian angel for a young prostitute (Jodie Foster), but not without violently devastating consequences. This masterpiece, which is not for all tastes, is sure to horrify some viewers, but few could deny the film's lasting power and importance. --Jeff Shannon



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - God's lonely man...
This is a very powerful film. It's very personal to me, because many of the problems Travis has can ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - "You're Only As Healthy As You Feel."...
Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro) is a mess. He can't sleep. His diet consists of pills and junk-food. Mostly ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Taxi Driver: Scorsese's meditation on urban loneliness and alienation.
Martin Scorsese collaborated with writer Paul Schrader to shock the world in 1976 with Taxi Driver. While ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The original American Psycho
Being a cab driver for almost 18 years, Taxi Driver is a personal favorite of mine. Driving a cab is like ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - "Mr. Cab Driver. . ."
The haunting musical soundtrack to this movie contains some of the most beautiful jazzy pieces I have ever ... Read More

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