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Taxi Driver [DVD] [1976]
enlarge	Director: Martin Scorsese Actors: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£7.99~~ Buy Used: £1.37 as of 23/11/2009 22:48 GMT details You Save: £6.62 (83%) New (24) Used (48) from £1.37 Seller: zoverstocks Rating: 61 reviews Sales Rank: 13361 Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled), German (Dubbed) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 109 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 UPC: 020009761047 EAN: 0020009761047 ASIN: B00004D00J Theatrical Release Date: February 8, 1976 Release Date: July 10, 2006 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review iTaxi Driver/i is the definitive cinematic portrait of loneliness and alienation manifested as violence. It is as if director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader had tapped into precisely the same source of psychological inspiration ("I just knew I had to make this film", Scorsese would later say), combined with a perfectly timed post-Watergate expression of personal, political and societal anxiety. Robert De Niro, as the tortured, ex-Marine cab driver Travis Bickle, made movie history with his chilling performance as one of the most memorably intense and vividly realised characters ever committed to film. Bickle is a self-appointed vigilante who views his urban beat as an intolerable cesspool of blighted humanity. He plays guardian angel for a young prostitute (Jodie Foster), but not without violently devastating consequences. This masterpiece, which is not for all tastes, is sure to horrify some viewers, but few could deny the film's lasting power and importance. i--Jeff Shannon/i

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 61 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...13 Next » One of the greatest films of all time December 15, 2006 R. MAGUIRE (Northern Ireland) 9 out of 9 found this review helpful My mum lent me this film when I was bored one day, I hadn't seen it before. I was adamante of watching a film made in the 70's (a silly but corrected mistake)but it blew me away on so many levels. Martin Scorsece's portrayal of an ex-Vietnam soldier trying to adjust to every day life is superb. He is throwing into a society that completely sickens him, he suffers from insomnia and can't sleep so he becomes a Taxi Driver. The brilliant thing about this movie is that you can see the mental decomposition of Travis Bickle's character through a series of events. Through I believe no fault of his own Travis messes up a possible relationship with Betsy. (Cybill Shephard) He find's something to live for through Iris(Jodie Foster)a 13 year old prostitute. You understand why he does what he does at the end of the film. At some point in everyone's life we get really lonely, Travis Bickle is going through this stage, and you recognise it instantly. I have to admit the most chilling thing about Travis Bickkle's character is that he pauses during conversations! Martin Scorcese's use of cinematography and his filming style in this film is superb! I dont' want to go on, PLEASE WATCH THIS FILM, YOU WON'T REGRET IT! A fine film about alienation. December 12, 2000 John Peter O'connor 30 out of 33 found this review helpful Travis Bickle (De Niro) is an ex-Marine with a problem, he cannot sleep. So, he gets a job driving a taxi in the New York night. He is a man without fear so he will go anywhere anytime and of course, this means that he always sees the worst of the city.pTravis is almost totally lacking in social skills and this leads to a disastrous date with Betsy (Shepherd) and an ever increasing sense of alienation from and disgust with the world around him.pA chance encounter with Iris (Foster) a child prostitute, increases Travis' sense that he must do something about the city. He wavers between taking action against the man in control of Betsy, politician Charles Palantine for whom Betsy is a campaign worker and the man in control of Iris, Sport (Keitel) her pimp.pA close brush with secret service men who spot him in a crowd makes his decision and Travis decides to free Iris in a bloody shootout.pIt's not a bad plot but the movie is really about the alienation of one man from the city around him. In this, De Niro is totally convincing he is in the city but not of the city. He has a hard job too. A social misfit cannot be given a sharp snappy script. Instead, such a person will at times be an embarrassment to those around him and De Niro portrays this perfectly.pThis definitely a must see film. It is well paced and keeps the audience's attention throughout. The settings and the atmosphere of the dark side of the city are convincing. My only reservation is the ending. I cannot see how Travis' action would have been viewed in the way that the film showed. A very psychological film April 5, 2006 Golyadkin (london) 15 out of 16 found this review helpful I have no idea how anyone can say this film disapointed them, it was the first of its kind when released; and is still up to the standards of modern psychological dramas and beyond most of them. Aparently, when it was first released it scared alot of pimps and peadophiles; its got such a realistic impact and takes you so deep inside the character of Travis Bickle. He is basically a man who is tormented by his existance, he cant sleep and his mind is always active; he tries to take his attention of himself, but nothing works; so he becomes a taxi driver. And from here on the film bascially depicts the increaseing pressure he feels under. br /The film is full of great little moments that you probably wont understand the first time round, the screen play is exellent; thier little moments but their shot in such a way as to give you some idea of the impact that they have on Travis; the paracetamol in the glass or the gangsters in the cafe are an example of this; Travis is like a puppet on the stings of his surroundings, hes got no control over his emotions and things get evermore intense. br /The ending is incredible for its psychological impact, not necassarily for the blood and gore you see; for that its nothing special and their are plenty of other better films for that to see; if you havent been following the film the whole time you wont appriciate it. But this is certainly one of my favorite films; the cast is exellent and so is the directing and screen play A classic, no a MASTERPIECE of film March 16, 2002 Marc (England) 17 out of 19 found this review helpful Taxi Driver is undoubtebly, one of the greatest films of all time. The direction of Scorsesse is fautless, the acting superb, the visuals dazzling, and the score by Benard Herrman is just beautiful. De Niro plays Travis Bickle, an ex Marine, who is gradually pushed over the edge by New York life. The most impressive aspect of the film in my opinion is De Niro's performance, probably the greatest of his career alongside the self destructive Jake la Motta. If i may, i'd like to state the opposite of the point made by bjorn in a previous review, i think that over time, this film has actually become more important, in the theme of Travis gaining fame and fortune for what he did, something increasingly obvious in our modern world. The DVD is excellent, the trailer's here, the script is here and there is also a huge documentary of the film, which is very insightful into the film and the experience.pA Masterpiece! "Walking Contradiction" May 3, 2003 5 out of 5 found this review helpful Ignore that Luxemburg critic, Taxi Driver is a masterpiece. Following the story of a lonely and paranoid cab driver's fall into madness in his own private hell (taking the form of an oppressive New York), we see the taxi driver, Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro in his most complex performance, other than Once Upon A Time In America), wage a self righteous war against the "scum of the street".Jodey Foster also stars as the child prostitute which Travis tries to rescue and Harvey Keitel as her jive talking pimp. The only flaw about this film is that the final bloody scene was saturated of its colours because the censors deemed it too violent for general release.Aside from that fault (which is no fault of the actual filmakers but the cowardly censors being afraid to show the hard hitting truth), this is none the less a superb film about social isolation, human depravity and how people try to hide the realties of their own existance. Showing reviews 1-5 of 61 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...13 Next »

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