Taxi Driver (1976)

Cast

Robert De Niro
as Travis Bickle
Martin Scorsese
as Passenger Watching Silhouette
Jodie Foster
as Iris
Harvey Keitel
as Sport

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Genres & Description

Action Crime Drama

8.3 / 10

Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a cesspool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palantine. He becomes obsessed with her. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew.

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Eric Peeper

I shudder at the thought of watching this on network tv, but this intro is interesting because it's fun to see how a movie like this is sold in a 30 second clip - @Friday, May 4, 2018 5:06 AM

Christopher C

New drinking law. Lemme guess: from 18 to 21? - @Friday, August 11, 2017 1:05 PM

Howie Benatovitch

It always amazes me how obscure, long forgotten minutiae like this finds its way online. - @Saturday, September 17, 2016 1:51 AM

Dan Livni

Great ABC Sunday night theme. - @Saturday, January 30, 2016 3:52 PM

Devon Lott

Donjabroni Don't Fuck with the D! #WXYZTV ABC7 has been our ABC7 Affiliate longer than you had that bullshit moniker. - @Thursday, March 20, 2014 5:23 AM

pizzadude817

At my house,it meant"keep your mouth shut, act like your invisable"and just maybe mom and dad will forget i'm there and wont say those dredded words"hey"dont you have school in the morning,goodnight !!! - @Friday, January 25, 2013 3:34 PM

RovingRoy

At my house, it meant "change the channel" - @Friday, November 30, 2012 10:50 AM

smittykins

At my house, "parental discretion is advised" meant "go to bed"... - @Saturday, August 6, 2011 1:22 AM

robatsea2009

@kjm2672 sorry, no - I don't upload movies or entire programs - @Monday, February 21, 2011 9:23 AM

kjm2672

robatsea2009, Is there any way you could upload the entire ABC network television airing of this? - @Monday, February 21, 2011 4:30 AM

robatsea2009

@drews1998 yes, it is - @Monday, January 17, 2011 1:47 AM

Drew Nachreiner

is this on beta? - @Sunday, January 16, 2011 9:56 PM

Erik Stone

In This Clip, From 0:07 To 0:13, It Was WXYZ-TV's The 11 P.M. Channel 7 Action News' Weekend Edition Video ID From Early 1979. - @Sunday, December 19, 2010 1:57 PM

mujinnokoya

When Bill Bonds is on his deathbed, I want Rich Fischer to take off his wig. Like in Return of the Jedi. "But you'll die, Bill!!!" "Nothing can stop that now." "Tell Doris, she was right! Tell the sista, she was right!" - @Tuesday, September 28, 2010 2:03 PM

mujinnokoya

@Eddie62070 Doris Biscoe was the original Ben Wallace. - @Tuesday, September 28, 2010 2:03 PM

mujinnokoya

@donjabroni Go say that to Bill Bonds' face you non-detroiter! - @Tuesday, September 28, 2010 2:02 PM

mujinnokoya

@kjm2672 I think the movie was 20 minutes long after they cut it. It was just eating pie at the diner and then the ending where Betsy gets in the cab. THE END - @Tuesday, September 28, 2010 2:02 PM

robatsea2009

@tsteady No, they ran the climax but the violence is really pared down. I used to have the climactic rampage (the ABC version) on my old channel, but haven't bothered to reload it. I may but it back up again for people to see. - @Sunday, July 18, 2010 2:40 AM

tsteady

didn't they cut in on the ending stating that it was too violent to show w/ an explanation - @Sunday, July 18, 2010 1:46 AM

tsntana

@donjabroni lol yeah. It does sound kinda ridiculous. But then again. So does ABC. :) - @Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:59 AM

jp johnson

I remember watching this as a kid...I can't say it was chopped up much beyond it's original presentation... - @Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:15 AM

Eddie Mullett

:07....love the 'fro!! - @Friday, January 15, 2010 5:40 PM

kjm2672

That movie was a lot to show on television at the time. Despite the fact they mention that the film contains "graphic violence", they probably took out quite a bit of the "graphic violence" they warned about in their disclaimer, which is rather ironic. The scene towards the end where the timekeeper's fingers got blown off, the knife is put through his hand, and the shot of the gun in the his mouth and pulling the trigger were probably removed from this airing, considering it was 1979. - @Tuesday, November 3, 2009 6:13 AM