Taxi Driver
IMDB Rating: 8.60, 91854 votes
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Taglines
- He's a lonely forgotten man desperate to prove that he's alive.
- On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.
Storyline
Vietnam vet Travis Bickle is 26, a loner in the mean streets of New York City, slipping slowly into isolation and violent misanthropy. In solving his insomnia by driving a yellow cab on the night shift, he grows increasingly disgusted by the low-lifes that hang out at night: "Someday a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets." His touching attempts to woo Betsy, a Senator's campaign worker, turn sour when he takes her to a porn movie on their first date. He even fails in his attempt to persuade child prostitute Iris to desert her pimp and return to her parents and school. Driven to the edge by powerlessness, he buys four handguns and sets out to assassinate the Senator, heading for the infamy of a 'lone crazed gunman'...
Actors
| Travis Bickle | Robert De Niro |
| Betsy | Cybill Shepherd |
| Wizard | Peter Boyle |
| Iris Steensma | Jodie Foster |
| 'Sport' Matthew | Harvey Keitel |
| Sen. Charles Palantine | Leonard Harris |
| Tom | Albert Brooks |
| Concession girl | Diahnne Abbott |
| Angry black man | Frank Adu |
| Policeman at rally | Gino Ardito |
| Melio | Victor Argo |
| Iris' friend | Garth Avery |
| Cabbie in Bellmore | Harry Cohn |
| Hooker in cab | Copper Cunningham |
| Soap opera woman | Brenda Dickson-Weinberg |
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Posted in: 1976, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller
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