Principal cast
Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, Jodie Foster as Iris, Cybill Shepherd as Betsy, Harvey Keitel as Sport, and Peter Boyle as Wizard
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Taxi Driver
On every street in every city in this country, there's a nobody who dreams of being somebody. He's a lonely forgotten man desperate to prove that he's alive.
About the film
Taxi Driver at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1976 film at stop 47 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
Key craft credits
Michael Chapman (director of photography), Melvin Shapiro (editor), Tom Rolf (editor), Bernard Herrmann (original music composer), and Charles Rosen (art direction)
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Release
- 1976-02-09
- Runtime
- 114 minutes
- Genres
- Crime and Drama
- Country
- United States
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
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