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Taxi Driver (Criterion Collection)

Taxi Driver (Criterion Collection)

Criterion/Voyager (1976)
Classic | Crime | Drama | Thriller
USA | English | Color | 01:53
Criterion Collection
LaserDisk
2 discs

Robert De Niro stars as Travis Bickle in this oppressive psychodrama about a Vietnam veteran who rebels against the decadence and immorality of big city life in New York while working the nightshift as a taxi driver.


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Diahnne Abbott Concession Girl
Frank Adu Angry Black Man
Victor Argo Melio
Gino Ardito Policeman at Rally
Garth Avery Iris' Friend
Peter Boyle Wizard
Albert Brooks Tom
Harry Cohn Cabbie in Bellmore
Copper Cunningham Hooker in Cab
Robert De Niro Travis Bickle
Brenda Dickson Soap Opera Woman
Harry Fischler Dispatcher
Jodie Foster Iris
Nat Grant Stick-Up Man
Leonard Harris Charles Palantine
Richard Higgs Tall Secret Service Man
Beau Kayser Soap Opera Man
Harvey Keitel Sport
Victor Magnotta Secret Service Photographer
Bob Maroff Mafioso
Norman Matlock Charlie T.
Bill Minkin Tom's Assistant
Murray Moston Iris' Time Keeper
Harry Northup Doughboy
Gene Palma Street Drummer

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Notes

Supplements: Audio commentary by Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader; A study of Bernard Herrmann's Oscar-nominated score by Herrmann's biographer, Steven C. Smith.

Scorsese's films-and his abundant film knowlege-have always been an integral part of the Criterion Collection. Whether interviewing the late director Michael Powell or unraveling his own means and methods, Scorsese's commentaries are as intense as his films. These Director Approved editions provide an opportunity to learn from a modern master.


Robert De Niro stars as Travis Bickle, a Vietnam vet seeking catharsis through violence. Jodie Foster plays the teenage hooker who is Bickle's friend. Both Criterion editions are presented in the original widescreen aspect ratio, in a new transfer supervised by Taxi Driver's cinematographer, Michael Chapman. Bernard Herrmann's chilling score is featured on a music-only audio track.


The CAV edition won Video Review's 1991 ViRA award for Best Special Features. This disc features:

Audio commentary by director Martin Scorsese and scriptwriter Paul Schrader
Complete storyboards for the film
Production and publicity photos
An early draft of Paul Schrader's hard-hitting script
An essay about the creation of Bernard Hermann's score