| Uniform Title |
Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976) |
| Title |
Taxi driver. |
| Edition |
Collector's edition. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Video Australia, ©1999. |
| ©1976 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (110 minutes.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Orginally produced as a motion picture in 1976. |
| Columbia Tristar Home Video Australia : D10019. |
| "Delux widescreen presentation"--Container. |
| Special features: filmographies of director and key cast ; original theatrical trailer ; advertising materials gallery ; photo gallery with audio commentary ; 70 minute retrospective documentary with new cast and crew interviews ; storyboard sequence with comparison to the final film ; original screenplay with function that allows you to 'jump' to the scene in the movie. |
| Credits |
Directed by Martin Scorsese ; produced by Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips ; written by Paul Schrader ; music by Bernard Herrmann. |
| Performers |
Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd. |
| Summary |
"Vietnam vet, Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) works as a loner night-shift cabbie in New York. Roving the streets, he kills time by keeping a diary, popping pills and hanging out in porn theatres. A series of frustrations and his encounters with a 14-year-old prostitute (Jodie Foster) compel him to clean up the sordid milieu in which he operates."--Container. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : R18+ |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital Surround/Mono ; Region 4 ; Anamorphic widescreen 16:9, Full frame 1.78:1 ; Letterbox 2.39:1. |
| Language note |
Language options: English, French, German. Sub-title options: English, Greek, French, German, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Icelandic, Hindi, Hebrew, Dutch, Turkish, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian. |
| Awards note |
Academy Awards, 1977: Best actor (DeNiro), Best actress (Foster), Best music, Best picture. |
| Subjects |
Child prostitutes -- New York (State) New York -- Drama |
| Taxicab drivers -- New York (State) New York -- Drama |
| Violence in men -- New York (State) New York -- Drama |
| Loneliness -- New York (State) New York -- Drama |
| Man-woman relationships -- New York (State) New York -- Drama |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- United States -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| Subculture films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Scorsese, Martin director. |
| Schrader, Paul, 1946- screenwriter. |
| Phillips, Michael, 1943- producer. |
| Phillips, Julia, 1944-2002 producer. |
| Foster, Jodie actor. |
| De Niro, Robert actor. |
| Brooks, Albert, 1947- actor. |
| Keitel, Harvey actor. |
| Harris, Leo actor. |
| Boyle, Peter, 1935-2006 actor. |
| Shepherd, Cybill, 1950- actor. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Boyle, Peter, 1935-2006 .
- Brooks, Albert, 1947- .
- De Niro, Robert .
- Foster, Jodie .
- Harris, Leo .
- Keitel, Harvey .
- Phillips, Julia, 1944-2002 .
- Phillips, Michael, 1943- .
- Schrader, Paul, 1946- .
- Scorsese, Martin .
- Shepherd, Cybill, 1950- .
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