| WHAT'S IT ABOUT? |
| This is the harrowing tale of one mans journey into an urban decay of a city and his crumbling life. Robert De Niro gives probably one of his most chilling performances as the taxi driver of the films title Travis Bickle. Travis is back endlessly wandering the streets of New York after serving his time in the marines and finding it difficult to fit back into society. He is indeed a lonely and tortured man as you can imagine. What he comes back to is the place he fought so hard for and he doesn't like what he sees. He is a victim of Insomnia and plays his nocturnal activities to his advantage and gets himself a job as a taxi driver allowing him to ply his trade during the dark hours of the night. Throughout the film he becomes more mentally unstable and you get to watch his brilliantly played out decline into madness. |
| Meanwhile Travis has become friendly with twelve year old hooker Iris (Jodie Foster) and attempts to rescue her from her pimp and lover, Matthew (Harvey Keitel). In a coffeeshop scene, which probably set the tone for so many other coffeeshop scenes through the years, he has an important conversation with Iris in which he states his wish that Iris go back home. He also sets up a meeting with her for later on that day. In between those two meetings, he cuts his hair into a Mohawk, and tries to assassinate the Senator (but runs away when he is noticed). In a bloody climax, he frees Iris by killing Matthew, Iris' john, and the hotel manager who turns a blind eye to the underage sex thing. He gets badly wounded, but recovers and is turned into a hero by the media. |
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Travis
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"You're a young girl, you should
be at home now. going to school, you know, that kind of stuff"
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"See ya later,
copper! NO, well, if you are, than it's entrapment already"
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Sport
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"I think someone
should just take this city and just...just flush it down the f****n'
toilet"
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Travis
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| 'Taxi Driver' is available on DVD or VHS at www.amazon.co.uk |
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Iris
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"God, you are so square"
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"Let me tell you something.
You're in a hell, and you're gonna die in a hell, just like the rest
of 'em!"
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Traivs
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"You talkin' to me? You talkin'
to me? You talkin' to me? Then you the hell else are you talkin' to?
You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who do you think you're
talking to? "
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Travis
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