Taxi Driver (DVD)

A loose remake of John Ford's The Searchers, Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver tells the tale of Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro in an iconic, legendary, career-defining performance), a Vietnam veteran serving as a night-shift cabbie on the streets of New York City. An unhinged, socially inept loner, Travis, having been rejected by the woman he has fallen in love - or lust - with, attempts first to assassinate the presidential candidate for whom said woman was working, and then to rescue from a life of prostitution a 13 year old girl by the name of Iris. Alongside the likes of Abel Ferrara's Driller Killer, Walter Hill's The Warriors and Scorsese's own Mean Streets, ...  Read the complete review

Normally I wouldn’t have a long preamble to a film review but since this is a special review for Jill Murphy to celebrate 4 years free from cancer, I will make an exception. I know that many of you on the site don’t like very long opinions so if you are interested specifically in the review of the film and don’t wish to find out why I’ve listed this as one of ‘My favourite things’ please scroll down to ‘THE FILM’ section now! LOVELY JILL’S IDEA Jill is a hard taskmaster! When she contacted me and asked if I would write an opinion about one of my favourite thing I thought ‘Ok, no ...  Read the complete review

Everybody knows the line, not as many know the film. "You talkin' to me?" is the signature of Taxi Driver...which I was shocked to find not already reviewed on dooyoo, so here is my less-than-worthy praise of one of motion picture's greatest ever achievements...the movie that spawned a million mohican haircuts and increased the application for Taxi posts no end. Directed by the brilliant Martin Scorcese and starring Robert De Niro in one of his strongest roles yet, Taxi Driver - it can easily be said - is an all time classic film. One of the more controversial films of its time - running into comparisons with Clockwork Orange - Taxi Driver ...  Read the complete review

Taxi Driver (1976) Format: DVD Type: DVD 9 - Dual Layer, Single Sided. Region: 2 (UK and Europe) Case: Amaray Country: USA Studio: Columbia Genre: Drama/Crime Running Time: 109 minutes Rating: 18 (no cuts made by BBFC) Picture Format: Widescreen, 1.85:1 Anamorphic: Yes Colour: Metrocolor Audio: English (Dolby 2.0), German & French (Mono) Subtitles: English, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Icelandic, Hindi, French, Dutch, German, Turkish, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Greek, Norwegian. Menus: English Extras: Theatrical Trailer, Documentary, Photo Montage, Storyboard Comparison, Original Screenplay, ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Taxi Driver is a great film from the world's greatest director, Martin Scorsese. At face value, it seems like a simple revenge film, but this hides a far more complex narrative about alienation and a world in seeming ruins. It is a loose reworking of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's superb novel Notes from Underground, and using New York City as a backdrop, is a stunning look at modern society and the human psyche. The film chronicles the exploits of Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro), a lonely and firmly alienated cab driver who spends his time driving around New York City and seeing nothing but decadence ...  Read the complete review