DVD
Taxi driver
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Collector's ed. ; Widescreen version.
Languages
In English or dubbed French dialogue, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Performers
Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd.
Publication Information
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (ca. 114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Series
Summary
A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, while attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1976.
Special features: 2 audio commentaries ; featurettes: "Martin Scorsese on Taxi driver," "Producing Taxi driver," "God's lonely man," "Influence and appreciation," "Taxi driver stories," "Travis' New York," "Travis' New York locations" ; making of documentary ; storyboard to film comparison ; animated photo galleries ; original screenplay.
Subjects
- Taxicab drivers > Drama.
- Veterans > United States > Drama.
- Loneliness > Drama.
- Alienation (Social psychology) > Drama.
- Prostitutes > Drama.
- Child prostitutes > Drama.
- City and town life > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
- Violence in men > Drama.
- Attempted assassination > Drama.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- New York (N.Y.) > Drama.