DVD - Taxi Driver (Limited Collector's Edition)

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At 26, Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle (De Niro) is slipping slowly into isolation and violence on the streets of New York City. Trying to solve his insomnia by driving a yellow cab on the night shift, he grows increasingly disgusted by the people who hang out at night: “Someday a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.”

His touching attempts to woo Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), a Senator's campaign worker, turn sour when he takes her to a porn movie on their first date. He even fails in his attempt to persuade child prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster) to desert her pimp Sport (Harvey Keitel) and return to her parents and school. Driven to the edge by powerlessness, he buys four handguns and sets out to assassinate the Senator, heading for the infamy of a `lone crazed gunman'.

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DVD information

Release Date (USA): 2007-08-14
Rating (USA): R
Release Date (UK): -
Rating (UK) : NA
Director: Martin Scorsese
Producer:
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Writer/s: Paul Schrader (written by)

Cast

Robert De Niro Travis Bickle
Cybill Shepherd Betsy
Peter Boyle Wizard
Jodie Foster Iris Steensma
Harvey Keitel 'Sport' Matthew
Leonard Harris Senator Charles Palantine
Albert Brooks Tom
Diahnne Abbott Concession Girl
Frank Adu Angry Black Man
Gino Ardito Policeman at Rally
Victor Argo Melio

DVD Features

“Martin Scorsese on Taxi Driver” Featurette
“Producing Taxi Driver” Featurette
“Influence and Appreciation” Documentary - Robert De Niro, Oliver Stone, Roger Corman and others pay tribute to Scorsese and the film
“God’s Lonely Man” Documentary - Writer Paul Schrader and Professor Robert Kolker discuss the loneliness themes as seen in the film. Schrader also talks about what circumstances lead to writing the screenplay
“Travis’ New York Locations” Featurette - An interactive map with visits to the famous New York City locations in 2006, while comparing them to the same locations in 1975.
Storyboard to Film Comparisons with Martin Scorsese Introduction
New Feature-length Commentary by Writer Paul Schrader
New Feature-length Commentary by Professor Robert Kolker
“Taxi Driver Stories” Featurette
“Making Taxi Driver” Documentary
Animated Photo Galleries
“Including Scorsese at Work” Photo Montage
Original Screenplay Read Along

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