Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver is a 1976 American crime drama thriller movie directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. It stars Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris and Albert Brooks. Set in a decaying and morally bankrupt New York City following the Vietnam War, the film tells the story of Travis Bickle, a lonely taxi driver who descends into insanity as he plots to assassinate both the presidential candidate for whom the woman he is infatuated with works, and the pimp of an underage prostitute he befriends.

Taxi Driver
Directed by	Martin Scorsese
Produced by	Julia Phillips Michael Phillips
Written by	Paul Schrader
Starring	Robert De Niro Jodie Foster Albert Brooks Harvey Keitel Leonard Harris Peter Boyle Cybill Shepherd
Music by	Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography	Michael Chapman
Edited by	Marcia Lucas Tom Rolf Melvin Shapiro
Production company	Bill/Phillips Productions Italo/Judeo Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 8, 1976
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.9 million
Box office	$28.4 million

A critical and commercial success upon release and nominated for four Academy Awards, including for Best Picture, Best Actor (for De Niro) and Best Supporting Actress (for Foster), Taxi Driver won the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The movie generated controversy at the time of its release for its depiction of violence and casting of a 12-year-old Foster in the role of a child prostitute.

In 2012, Sight & Sound named it the 31st-best movie ever in its decennial critics' poll, ranked with The Godfather Part II, and the fifth-greatest movie of all time on its directors' poll. The film was considered significant by the US Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1994.

John Hinckley saw the movie many times. He wanted to impress Foster. He tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan by shooting him. Reagan survived the 1981 attack.

Release dates

Country	Premiere
Mexico	8 February 1976
United States	9 February 1976
Canada	19 March 1976
Brazil	22 March 1976
France	2 June 1976
Netherlands	1 July 1976
Australia	5 August 1976
Denmark	16 August 1976
United Kingdom	19 August 1976
Ireland	10 September 1976
Uruguay	16 September 1976
Japan	18 September 1976
Italy	24 September 1976
Austria	7 October 1976
West Germany	7 October 1976
Finland	12 November 1976
Norway	26 December 1976
Spain	10 March 1977
Greece	12 March 1977
Sweden	12 March 1977
Argentina	24 March 1977
Portugal	15 April 1977
	12 May 1977
Poland	3 March 1978
India	13 March 1978
Turkey	14 October 1978
Hungary	8 May 1988
South Korea	17 February 1989

Other websites

• Taxi Driver on IMDb