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Taxi Driver

A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.

Main Author: Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975. (Composer)
Corporate Author: Columbia Pictures., Italo-Judeo (Firm), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Scorsese, Martin. (Director), Phillips, Michael, 1943- (Producer), Phillips, Julia, 1944-2002. (Producer), De Niro, Robert. (Actor), Foster, Jodie. (Actor), Brooks, Albert, 1947- (Actor), Keitel, Harvey. (Actor), Harris, Leonard, 1929-2011. (Actor), Boyle, Peter, 1935-2006. (Actor), Shepherd, Cybill, 1950- (Actor), Chapman, Michael, 1935-2020. (Cinematographer), Rolf, Tom. (Film editor), Schrader, Paul, 1946- (Commentator, Screenwriter), Shapiro, Melvin. (Film editor), Morley, Ruth. (Costume designer), Kolker, Robert Phillip. (Commentator)
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
French
Spanish
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]
Edition: Collector's ed, widescreen.
Subjects:
Taxicab drivers > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Vigilantes > Drama.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > United States > Drama.
Loneliness > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Child prostitutes > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Violence in men > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
New York (N.Y.) > Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Suspense films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings.
Summary: A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.
Item Description: Widescreen.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1976.
Screenplay special feature (in English only) allows the viewer to navigate from the movie to the corresponding chapter point in the screenplay, and also from the screenplay back to the corresponding chapter point in the movie.
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 01:54:00
Format: DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
Audience: MPAA rating: R.
Awards: Academy Awards, 1977: Best actor (DeNiro), best actress (Foster), best music, best picture.
Production Credits: Music by Bernard Herrmann ; film editors, Tom Rolf, Melvin Shapiro ; art director, Charles Rosen ; set decorator, Herbert Mulligan ; special effects, Tony Parmelee; costume designer, Ruth Morley ; director of photography, Michael Chapman.
ISBN: 1424840619
9781424840618

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