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A film every bit as shocking and disturbing today as it was during the Carter administration.

- Robert De Niro worked twelve hour days for a month driving cabs as preparation for this role. He also studied mental illness.

-Harvey Keitel rehearsed with actual pimps to prepare for his role.

-The story was partially autobiographical for Paul Schrader, who suffered a nervous breakdown while living in Los Angeles. Schrader didn't talk to anyone for weeks, went to porno theaters and developed an obsession with guns. He wrote the script in five days and kept a loaded gun on his desk for motivation and inspiration.

Taxi Driver

Running Time: 1:53:54 Rating: R Genre: Drama

Synopsis:

Martin Scorsese directed this disturbing portrait of a New York cabby, written by Paul Schrader. The cab driver is driven to madness by urban decay and becomes a one man vigilante killing several hoodlums to free a sub-teen hooker.

Starring: Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks

Director: Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks