Taxi Driver
Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a cesspool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palantine. He becomes obsessed with her. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: Paul Schrader
Production: Columbia Pictures
Year: 1976
MetaScore: 94/100
ImdbRating: 8.3
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 09 Feb 1976
Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 15 nominations.
Movie Video Clips
00:27
Loneliness has followed me my whole life
00:14
You're only as healthy as you feel
00:34
You fuckers
00:34
I realize now how much she's just like...
01:14
Faster than you
00:40
I first saw her at Palantine Campaign...
01:08
All the animals come out at night ...
01:10
I gotta get in shape
01:37
I'll tell you why
00:13
I got some bad ideas in my head
00:27
Now I see this clearly
00:25
South Bronx
00:32
I have to clean the cum off the back...
00:14
You get a job
01:13
Who's that
00:10
How much was it
00:51
The days go on and on
00:30
The idea had been growing in my brain...
02:23
I would say he has quite a few problems
02:58
Look at it this way
01:36
You're square
00:20
How's your driving record
01:40
I don't know
00:27
You're in a hell
02:06
It's Travis
00:14
I'm waiting for the sun to shine
00:23
Twelve hours of work and I still can't...
01:22
Take it or leave it
02:23
I'm workin' long hours now
00:55
You mean organezized
00:18
I once had a horse
00:36
44 Magnum will do to a woman's pussy
00:33
I don't like what I'm doing
00:30
Now I see it clearly
00:22
We meet at a crossroads in history
00:36
So what is it
00:16
Now back to Gene Krupa's syncopated...
00:16
I think that
00:49
Answer that
00:29
Got change of a nickel
00:40
That's all right
01:14
I tried several times to call her
02:41
Dear Father and Mother
00:15
How's everything in the pimp business
00:13
I think I know what you mean
00:44
All my life needed was a sense of...
00:31
You're a young girl
00:32
Can I help you
01:09
The one closet to the edge of the...
00:58
I took Betsy to Charles Coffee Shop on...
01:11
I gotta get in shape now
01:39
'We are the People
00:20
I'm no cop
00:10
My man is loaded
01:03
That's my day off
00:34
And many people are like that
02:08
Then I pick up these two fags
Movie Quotes
Movie Cast
Concession Girl - Diahnne Abbott
Angry Black Man - Frank Adu
Melio - Victor Argo
Policeman at Rally - Gino Ardito
Iris' Friend - Garth Avery
Wizard - Peter Boyle
Tom - Albert Brooks
Cabbie in Bellmore - Harry Cohn
Hooker in Cab - Copper Cunningham
Travis Bickle - Robert De Niro
Soap Opera Woman - Brenda Dickson
Dispatcher - Harry Fischler
Iris - Jodie Foster
Stick-Up Man - Nat Grant
Charles Palantine - Leonard Harris
Tall Secret Service Man - Richard Higgs
Soap Opera Man - Beau Kayser
Sport - Harvey Keitel
Secret Service Photographer (as Vic Magnotta) - Victor Magnotta
Mafioso - Bob Maroff
Charlie T. - Norman Matlock
Tom's Assistant - Bill Minkin
Iris' Time Keeper - Murray Moston
Doughboy - Harry Northup
Street Drummer - Gene Palma
Campaign Worker (as Carey Poe) - Harlan Cary Poe
Andy, Gun Salesman - Steven Prince
The John - Peter Savage
Passenger Watching Silhouette - Martin Scorsese
Betsy - Cybill Shepherd
Palantine Aide - Nicholas Shields
T.V. Interviewer (as Ralph Singleton) - Ralph S. Singleton
Personnel Officer - Joe Spinell
Angry Hooker on Street - Maria Turner
Campaign Worker - Robin Utt
Boy on Sidewalk - Tommy Ardolino
Movie House Patron - Joseph Bergmann
Stuntman - David Daniel
Police Officer - William Donovan
Clerk at Sam Goody Store - Jean Elliott
Campaign Worker - Annie Gagen
Political Rally Attendee - Trent Gough
Political Rally Attendee - Carson Grant
Campaign Aide - Mary-Pat Green
Political Rally Attendee - Robert John Keiber
CIA Agent - James Mapes
Girl at Columbus Circle - Debbi Morgan
Political Rally Attendee - David Nichols
2nd Boy on sidewalk - Antone Pagán
Friend of Iris - Billie Perkins
Political Rally Attendee - Michael Phillips
Iris' Mother (newspaper article) - Catherine Scorsese
Iris' Father (newspaper article) - Charles Scorsese
Campaign Worker - Frankie Verroca