![]() ![]() At home, Travis practices drawing his weapons, and modifies one to allow him to hide and quickly deploy it from his sleeve. A fellow taxi driver refers him to a black market gun dealer, "Easy" Andy, from whom Travis buys four handguns. In an attempt to find an outlet for his rage, Travis begins a program of intense physical training. Enraged, he storms into the campaign office where she works and berates her before he is ordered to leave by Tom.Įxperiencing an existential crisis and seeing various counts of prostitution throughout the city, Travis confides in fellow taxi driver Wizard about his thoughts, which are beginning to turn violent however, Wizard assures him that he will be fine. Travis attempts to reconcile with her, to no avail. Betsy agrees to go on another date with him, during which he takes her to see a pornographic film a disgusted Betsy leaves. ![]() After watching her interact with fellow worker Tom through her window, Travis enters to volunteer as a pretext to talk to her, then takes her out for coffee. Travis becomes infatuated with Betsy, a campaign volunteer for senator and presidential candidate Charles Palantine. He frequents the porn theaters on 42nd Street and keeps a diary in which he consciously attempts to include aphorisms, such as "you're only as healthy as you feel." Travis takes a job as a night shift taxi driver to cope with his chronic insomnia. Marine and Vietnam War veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and living in isolation in New York City. ![]() Travis Bickle is a 26-year-old honorably discharged U.S. In 1994, the film was considered "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant by the US Library of Congress, and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 2012, Sight & Sound named it the 31st-best film ever in its decennial critics' poll, ranked with The Godfather Part II, and the fifth-greatest film of all time on its directors' poll. Considered one of the greatest films ever made, the film received numerous accolades including the 1976 Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, and four nominations at the 49th Academy Awards, including for Best Picture, Best Actor (for De Niro), and Best Supporting Actress (for Foster). The film was theatrically released by Columbia Pictures on February 8, 1976, where it was a critical and commercial success, despite generating controversy for its graphic violence at the climatic ending, and casting of then-12-year-old Foster in the role of a child prostitute. Production concluded that same year, with a score being composed by Bernard Herrmann in his final score before his death the film is dedicated to him. ![]() With cinematographer Michael Chapman, filming began in the summer of 1975 in New York City, with actors taking pay cuts to ensure that the project could be completed on a low budget of $1.9 million. With The Wrong Man (1956) and A Bigger Splash (1973) as inspiration, Scorsese wanted the film to feel like a dream to audiences. Set in a decaying and morally bankrupt New York City following the Vietnam War, the film follows Travis Bickle (De Niro), a taxi driver and veteran, and his deteriorating mental state as he works nights in the city. Taxi Driver is a 1976 American film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster (in her breakthrough role), Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, and Albert Brooks. ![]()
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