Film
Taxi Driver
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Certificate
- 18
- Running Time
- 114 mins
The career-making Robert De Niro/Martin Scorsese classic that boasts the best mirror sequence this side of Snow White, inspiring a thousand homages and send-ups.
Legend has it that while preparing for the role of scumbusting ‘Nam vet cabbie Travis Bickle, De Niro renewed the licence he acquired while struggling to make ends meet and spent two weeks as a New York cab driver. A punter recognised him doing the method thing and remarked: “Jesus, it’s De Niro, isn’t it? Last year you win an Oscar, and now you’re driving cabs. Guess it’s hard to find steady work.”
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