A mentally unstable Vietnam veteran makes his living as a cabbie in New York, attempts to date a. The music was composed by Bernard Herrmann. 94 Metascore 1976 1 hr 52 mins Drama R Watchlist. Cinematography was done by Michael Chapman and editing by Marcia Lucas, Tom Rolf and Melvin Shapiro.
Taxi Driver was made on a budget of $1 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $28 million. A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Taxi Driver was released on 8th February 1976 and takes a screen time of 114 minutes. Anchored by De Niro's disturbing embodiment of 'God's lonely man,' Taxi Driver remains a striking milestone of both Scorsese's career and 1970s Hollywood. Columbia Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Taxi Driver went on to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, but it lost the Best Picture Oscar to the more comforting Rocky. Taxi Driver is written by Paul Schrader and directed by Martin Scorsese. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips. Bill/Phillips Productions in association with Italo/Judeo Productions. Taxi Driver is a 1976 American English-language Crime Drama motion picture starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle and Michael Phillips.
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, while attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.