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Taxi driver / Columbia Pictures presents a Bill/Phillips production of a Martin Scorsese film ; produced by Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips ; written by Paul Schrader ; directed by Martin Scorsese.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionCollector's ed.
Publication InfoCulver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]
Description2 videodiscs (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
DVD-Video discs.
Taxicab drivers--New York (State) --New York --Drama.
Loneliness--New York (State) --New York --Drama.
Child prostitutes--New York (State) --New York --Drama.
Man-woman relationships--New York (State) --New York --Drama.
Violence in men--New York (State) --New York --Drama.
New York (N.Y.)--Drama.
Other author/creatorPhillips, Michael, 1943-
Other author/creatorPhillips, Julia, 1944-2002.
Other author/creatorSchrader, Paul, 1946-
Other author/creatorScorsese, Martin.
Other author/creatorDe Niro, Robert.
Other author/creatorFoster, Jodie.
Other author/creatorBrooks, Albert, 1947-
Other author/creatorKeitel, Harvey.
Other author/creatorBoyle, Peter, 1935-2006.
Other author/creatorShepherd, Cybill, 1950-
Other author/creatorChapman, Michael, 1935-2020
Other author/creatorHerrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975.
Other author/creatorKolker, Robert Phillip.
Other author/creatorStone, Oliver.
Other author/creatorCorman, Roger, 1926-
Other author/creatorColumbia Pictures.
Other author/creatorBill/Phillips (Firm)
Other author/creatorSony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Contents Disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features.
Abstract A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.
General noteEdition from container.
General noteOriginally released as a motion picture in 1976.
General noteRecorded in Dolby digital 5.1.
General note"1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen"--Container.
General noteSpecial features: New commentary by writer Paul Schrader; new commentary by Professor Robert Kolker; Martin Scorsese on Taxi driver; producing Taxi driver; God's lonely man: writer Paul Schrader and Prof. Robert Kolker discuss the loneliness themes as seen in the film; influence and appreciation: Robert De Niro, Oliver Stone, Roger Corman and others pay tribute to Scorsese and the film; Taxi driver stories; making of documentary; Travis' New York; Travis' New York locations; storyboard to film comparisons with Martin Scorsese introduction; animated photo galleries; original screenplay.
General note"Special features are not rated and may not be subtitled or closed captioned"--Container.
CreditsDirector of photography, Michael Chapman ; editors, Tom Rolf and Melvin Shapiro ; music, Bernard Herrmann.
Cast Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd.
Audience MPAA rating: R.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageEnglish or dubbed French dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Awards noteFour Academy Award Nominations, including Best Picture.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formThrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Genre/formFilms for the hearing impaired.
ISBN1424840619
ISBN9781424840618
UPC 043396174047
Publisher number17404 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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