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| Year: | 1976 |
| Rating: | 8.6(155256) |
| Listed in: | Drama, Thriller |
| Directed by: | Martin Scorsese |
| Actors: | Robert De Niro Harvey Keitel Leonard Harris Peter Boyle Jodie Foster Cybill Shepherd |
| "On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Martin Scorsese | |
| Actors | |
| Robert De Niro | as Travis Bickle |
| Harvey Keitel | as Matthew 'Sport' Higgins |
| Leonard Harris | as Charles Palantine |
| Peter Boyle | as Wizard |
| Albert Brooks | as Tom |
| Frank Adu | as Angry Black Man |
| Gino Ardito | as Policeman at Rally |
| Victor Argo | as Melio |
| Harry Cohn | as Cabbie in Bellmore |
| Harry Fischler | as Dispatcher |
| Nat Grant | as Stickup Man |
| Richard Higgs | as Tall Secret Service Man |
| Beau Kayser | as Soap Opera Man |
| Victor Magnotta | as Secret Service Photographer |
| Bob Maroff | as Mafioso |
| Norman Matlock | as Charlie T |
| Bill Minkin | as Tom's Assistant |
| Murray Moston | as Iris' Timekeeper |
| Harry Northup | as Doughboy |
| Gene Palma | as Street Drummer |
| Harlan Cary Poe | as Campaign Worker |
| Steven Prince | as Andy - Gun Salesman |
| Peter Savage | as The John |
| Nicholas Shields | as Palantine's Aide |
| Ralph S. Singleton | as TV Interviewer |
| Joe Spinell | as Personnel Officer |
| Robin Utt | as Campaign Worker |
| Tommy Ardolino | as Boy on Sidewalk |
| Joseph Bergmann | as Movie House Patron |
| William Donovan | as Police Officer |
| James Mapes | as CIA Agent |
| Martin Scorsese | as Man in cab spying on his wife |
| Actresses | |
| Jodie Foster | as Iris |
| Cybill Shepherd | as Betsy |
| Diahnne Abbott | as Concession Girl |
| Garth Avery | as Iris' Friend |
| Copper Cunningham | as Hooker in Cab |
| Brenda Dickson | as Soap Opera Woman |
| Maria Turner | as Angry Hooker |
| Jean Elliott | as Clerk at Sam Goody Store |
| Annie Gagen | as Campaign Worker |
| Mary-Pat Green | as Campaign Aide |
| Debbi Morgan | as Girl at Columbus Circle |
| Billie Perkins | as Friend of Iris |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | June 1975 - September 1975 |
| Budget: | USD 1,300,000 |
| Gross: |
Australia - 130,040 AUD (March 1996) Hong Kong - 515,736 HKD (1977) |
| Plot: | New York City cab driver Travis Bickle constantly, almost obsessively, reflects on the ugly corruption of life around him, and becomes increasingly disturbed over his own loneliness and alienation. In nearly every phase of his life, Bickle remains a complete outsider, failing to make emotional contact with anyone. Unable to sleep night after night, Travis haunts the local pornography emporiums to find diversion, and begins desperately thinking about an escape from his depressing existence. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"LATE FOR THE SKY" By Jackson Browne Courtesy of Asylum Records "HOLD ME CLOSE" Lyrics by Keith Addis Music by Bernard Herrmann |
Goofs
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Crew: Reflected in a storefront window, in a drive-by shot of the campaign headquarters. Continuity: Fare on meter when Travis' passenger is the cuckolded husband. Continuity: The length of Travis' sleeves (after cutting one off). FAIR: Iris's sunglasses change from green to blue when they're having breakfast. This is a character quirk; she changes her glasses periodically, as the person Iris was modeled on did this. Continuity: Number of slices of toast when Iris and Travis are in the diner Continuity: When meeting with Betsy for the first time at the Palantine-supporters office, an overhead shot of Travis shows him beginning to sweep his arm through the air above the desk, but when we immediately cut back to a frontal shot of Travis we see his arms are clearly in the same position as before. Continuity: When Travis gets back into his cab after buying the Kris Kristofferson album, the beacon on the top reads "3S96", which is consistent with real New York taxis, which have their medallion number on their roof beacon. (Medallion numbers are always 4 digits, with the second being a letter.) In the next shot, the roof beacon reads "TAXI", which is never on a New York City taxi's roof beacon, but is often used in movies and TV shows. Continuity: Iris' hair when she is wearing the green sunglasses while having dinner with Travis. The glass into which Travis drops the paracetamol tablet suddenly appears in front of him. Previously we see that there was only a coffee cup there. CHAR: In the anniversary note Travis sends his parents, he refers to July as being the month containing Fathers Day. In fact, Fathers Day is in June. Continuity: In an earlier version Iris's timekeeper discovers a weapon on Travis, disarms him, then returns it to him as he's leaving. This was later edited out, but the gun is still visible in the timekeeper's hand when he looks at his watch. Crew: In the rider-shot from Travis' point of view, when he passes the Palantine-supporters office to discover Betsy is not at her desk, there is a very clear reflection of the cameraman and gripper pushing the dolly. Continuity: When Travis puts the 380 Walther on the suitcase with the other guns, they are are side by side on the same angle, but in the next shot, the Walther is on the other angle. Continuity: As Travis is leaving the garage after applying for a taxi driving job his jacket is unzipped. But in the next shot, Travis emerges onto the sidewalk with his jacket halfway zipped. Continuity: Travis burns the flowers in the sink, but shortly after that when he is putting money in an envelope you can still see the flowers on the floor behind him. Continuity: Travis' hair length goes from shaggy to short and back to shaggy again. CHAR: The black market gun dealer misidentifies the .380 Astra Constable in his case as a Walther PPK - however, this could easily be a mistake on his part or a deliberate misrepresentation with his sales pitch, given that the guns are extremely similar, and the Walther PPK name was and is much better-known. He tells Travis the Walther PPK .380 replaced the P-38 as the standard German military sidearm in WW2. That is incorrect; the P-38 (a full size pistol) replaced the P-08 (Luger) as the standard military sidearm. The PPK was a compact pistol for use by police (hence the PP in the name, Polizeipistole) and undercover/personal protection use, not as a combat sidearm. Continuity: When Travis stops in at the Bellmore and sits down with Wizard and Doughboy, he orders a cup of coffee. But seconds later, when he puts the Alka-Seltzer tablets into his water glass, there is a hamburger on his plate. GEOG: The address of the apartment building where Iris was living was 226 East 13th Street, as seen in the exterior shot, as well as the Then-and-Now Special Feature on the 2 disc DVD. Travis, however, writes the address as 240 East 13th Street on the envelope containing the letter and $500. Continuity: The prop weapons used were changed in various stages of shooting. When Travis buys the guns from Easy Andy, he buys a S&W model 61 when he was told he was buying a Colt .25, but when he was at the range later, he was firing a colt .25. Later in the 2nd range scene, the S&W Chief's Special .38 Travis bought from Easy Andy suddenly became a Colt Detective's Special. Continuity: After Travis shoots the guy robbing the store, while the shop owner is beating the corpse, the body goes from sitting up against the counter, to lying down, then back to sitting up between shots. Continuity: In the scene where Travis is talking to the Wizard, the shot goes to Travis' face where flashing lights appear on his face (from a police car- he is facing the street). The camera immediately goes to Wizard who is facing Travis and there is no police car behind him. It is not until seconds later that the cop pulls up (lights flashing) across the street. CHAR: Easy Andy introduces the .44 Magnum revolver by claiming it will "stop a car at a hundred yards, put a round right through the engine block." Such a bullet will not penetrate an engine block at that range, and the shooter will have little hope of damaging or disabling a component of the engine that will disable the vehicle (such as shorting out the battery or causing the coolant to drain out). However, it is fairly obvious that this is part of his sales bluster. GEOG: The Palantine headquarters was located on the east side of Broadway at 63rd Street, which means that traffic outside the building would only be headed north. But when Travis drives away after being confronted for the first time by Tom, he drives south. Continuity: Travis's hair style changes from scene to scene as he begins to plot his revenge. His hair is long in front as he sharpens his knife and builds the arm slide, then is shorter when he chats with the suspicious secret service agent, then long in front again as he practices in front of the mirror (the famous "Are you talkin' to me?" sequence), then short again as he watches a campaign appearance from his cab, then long as he kicks over his television, then finally short again as he visits Iris. SYNC: SPOILER: When Iris' John shoots Travis in the arm, the sound effect of a firing gun is heard a split second after the trigger is pulled. Continuity: SPOILER: When Travis is shot on the shoulder, he drops the .38 down stairs. In the next shot, we can see it being dropped to the floor, to his right. Continuity: When Travis is having breakfast with Iris, we can see the girl wearing green glasses: during the conversation their position change, first they are under Iris' hair, then they're over and finally they're under again. Crew: When Travis is negotiating with Matthew for Iris's services, you can hear an off-camera voice feeding Matthew the line: "But no rough stuff." CHAR: When having coffee with Betsy for the first time, Travis' voice-over states that he had black coffee. A few moments later, the coffee is visible, and appears to be light brown. CHAR: The 'Colt .25' that Travis Bickle purchases from the black market arms dealer is, in fact, a Smith & Wesson Escort .22LR. FAIR: SPOILER: In some viewers' interpretation, the last segments of the film are a dream sequence, so many "errors" in them are simply the experience of being in dreams. Since this interpretation is not universally held, these goofs are nevertheless included on this page for your judgment. |
Quotes
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Personnel Officer: Wanna work uptown nights? South Bronx? Harlem? Travis Bickle: I'll work anytime, anywhere. Personnel Officer: Will you work Jewish holidays? Travis Bickle: Anytime, anywhere. Iris: God, you're square. Travis Bickle: Hey, I'm not square, you're the one that's square. Your full of shit, man. What are you talking about? You walk out with those fuckin' creeps and low-lifes and degenerates out on the streets and you sell your little pussy for peanuts? For some low-life pimp who stands in the hall? And I'm square? You're the one that's square, man. I don't go screwing fuck with bunch of killers and junkies like you do. You call that bein' hip? What world are you from? Travis Bickle: You're a young girl, you should be at home. You should be dressed up, going out with boys, going to school, you know, that kind of stuff. Travis Bickle: Shit... I'm waiting for the sun to shine. Travis Bickle: Thank God for the rain to wash the trash off the sidewalk. Travis Bickle: The idea had been growing in my brain for some time: TRUE force. All the king's men cannot put it back together again. Travis Bickle: You're only as healthy as you feel. Travis Bickle: I should get one of those signs that says "One of these days I'm gonna get organezized". Betsy: You mean organized? Travis Bickle: Organezized. Organezized. It's a joke. O-R-G-A-N-E-Z-I-Z-E-D... Betsy: Oh, you mean organezized. Like those little signs they have in offices that says, "Thimk"? Wizard: Hey Travis, this here's Doughboy. We call him that 'cause he'll do anything for a buck. Doughboy: Hi Travis. Got change of a nickel? Sport: See ya later, copper! Travis Bickle: I'm no cop, man. Sport: Well, if you are, then it's entrapment already. Travis Bickle: I think someone should just take this city and just... just flush it down the fuckin' toilet. Travis Bickle: The days go on and on... they don't end. All my life needed was a sense of someplace to go. I don't believe that one should devote his life to morbid self-attention, I believe that one should become a person like other people. Travis Bickle: June twenty-ninth. I gotta get in shape. Too much sitting has ruined my body. Too much abuse has gone on for too long. From now on there will be 50 pushups each morning, 50 pullups. There will be no more pills, no more bad food, no more destroyers of my body. From now on will be total organization. Every muscle must be tight. Personnel Officer: How's your driving record? Clean? Travis Bickle: It's clean, real clean. Like my conscience. Travis Bickle: All the animals come out at night - whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. I go all over. I take people to the Bronx, Brooklyn, I take 'em to Harlem. I don't care. Don't make no difference to me. It does to some. Some won't even take spooks. Don't make no difference to me. Travis Bickle: Loneliness has followed me my whole life. Everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man... June 8th. My life has taken another turn again. The days can go on with regularity over and over, one day indistinguishable from the next. A long continuous chain. Then suddenly, there is a change. Wizard: You get a job. You become the job. Wizard: Look at it this way. A man takes a job, you know? And that job - I mean, like that - That becomes what he is. You know, like - You do a thing and that's what you are. Like I've been a cabbie for thirteen years. Ten years at night. I still don't own my own cab. You know why? Because I don't want to. That must be what I want. To be on the night shift drivin' somebody else's cab. You understand? I mean, you become - You get a job, you become the job. One guy lives in Brooklyn. One guy lives in Sutton Place. You got a lawyer. Another guy's a doctor. Another guy dies. Another guy gets well. People are born, y'know? I envy you, your youth. Go on, get laid, get drunk. Do anything. You got no choice, anyway. I mean, we're all fucked. More or less, ya know. Travis Bickle: I don't know. That's about the dumbest thing I ever heard. Wizard: It's not Bertrand Russell. But what do you want? I'm a cabbie. What do I know? I don't even know what the fuck you're talking about. Travis Bickle: Maybe I don't know either. Travis Bickle: Listen, you fuckers, you screwheads. Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum, the cunts, the dogs, the filth, the shit. Here is a man who stood up. Passenger: Have you ever seen what a .44 Magnum will do to a woman's pussy? Now that you should see. What a .44 Magnum will do to a woman's pussy that you should see? Travis Bickle: Now I see this clearly. My whole life is pointed in one direction. There never has been a choice for me. Travis Bickle: I got some bad ideas in my head. Travis Bickle: [Travis is trying his guns on the mirror] Huh? Huh? [Draws] Faster than you, fucking son of a... Saw you coming you fucking... shitheel. [Reholsters] I'm standing here; you make the move. You make the move. It's your move... [Draws] Don't try it you fuck. [Reholsters] You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talking... you talking to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah? OK. [Draws] Senator Charles Palantine: We meet at a crossroads in history. No longer will the wrong roads be taken. Betsy: Taking me to a place like this is about as exciting as saying to me "Let's fuck." [first lines] [phone rings loudly] Personnel Officer: Harry, answer that. Personnel Officer: So whaddya want to hack for, Bickle? Travis Bickle: I can't sleep nights. Personnel Officer: There's porno theaters for that. Travis Bickle: Yeah, I know, I tried that. Personnel Officer: So now what do you do? Travis Bickle: I ride around most nights - subways, buses - but you know, if I'm gonna do that I might as well get paid for it. Personnel Officer: So what is it? Do you need a second job? Are you moonlighting? Travis Bickle: I... I just want to work long hours. What's moonlighting? Travis Bickle: Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man. Travis Bickle: Let me tell you something. You're in a hell, and you're gonna die in a hell, just like the rest of 'em! Travis Bickle: You got a .44 magnum? Andy, Gun Salesman: It's an expensive weapon. Travis Bickle: That's all right. I got money. Andy, Gun Salesman: It's a real monster. It'll stop a car at a hundred yards. Put a round right through the engine block. Travis Bickle: How's everything in the pimp business? Travis Bickle: I realize now how much she's just like the others, cold and distant, and many people are like that, women for sure, they're like a union. Travis Bickle: Each night when I return the cab to the garage, I have to clean the cum off the back seat. Some nights, I clean off the blood. Travis Bickle: Twelve hours of work and I still can't sleep. Damn. Days go on and on. They don't end. Travis Bickle: I first saw her at Palantine Campaign headquarters at 63rd and Broadway. She was wearing a white dress. She appeared like an angel. Out of this filthy mess, she is alone. They... cannot... touch... her. Travis Bickle: I'll tell you why. I think you're a lonely person. I drive by this place a lot and I see you here. I see a lot of people around you. And I see all these phones and all this stuff on your desk. It means nothing. Then when I came inside and I met you, I saw in your eyes and I saw the way you carried yourself that you're not a happy person. And I think you need something. And if you want to call it a friend, you can call it a friend. Betsy: Are you gonna be my friend? Travis Bickle: Yeah. Travis Bickle: I would say he has quite a few problems. His energy seems to go in the wrong places. When I walked in and I saw you two sitting there, I could just tell by the way you were both relating that there was no connection whatsoever. And I felt when I walked in that there was something between us. There was an impulse that we were both following. So that gave me the right to come in and talk to you. Otherwise I never would have felt that I had the right to talk to you or say anything to you. I never would have had the courage to talk to you. And with him I felt there was nothing and I could sense it. When I walked in, I knew I was right. Did you feel that way? Betsy: I wouldn't be here if I didn't. Betsy: You know what you remind me of? Travis Bickle: What? Betsy: That song by Kris Kristofferson. Travis Bickle: Who's that? Betsy: A songwriter. 'He's a prophet... he's a prophet and a pusher, partly truth, partly fiction. A walking contradiction.' Travis Bickle: [uneasily] You sayin' that about me? Betsy: Who else would I be talkin' about? Travis Bickle: I'm no pusher. I never have pushed. Betsy: No, no. Just the part about the contradictions. You are that. Travis Bickle: Hello Betsy. Hi, it's Travis. How ya doin'? Listen, uh, I'm, I'm sorry about the, the other night. I didn't know that was the way you felt about it. Well, I-I didn't know that was the way you felt. I-I-I would have taken ya somewhere else. Uh, are you feeling better or oh you maybe had a virus or somethin', a 24-hour virus you know. It happens. Yeah, umm, you uh, you're workin' hard. Yeah. Uh, would you like to have, uh, some dinner, uh with me in the next, you know, few days or somethin'? Well, how about just a cup of coffee? I'll come by the, uh, headquarters or somethin', we could, uh... Oh, OK, OK. Did you get my flowers in the...? You didn't get them. I sent some flowers, uh... Yeah, well, OK, OK. Can I call you again? Uh, tomorrow or the next day? OK. No, I'm gonna... OK. Yeah, sure, OK. So long. [last lines] Betsy: Travis, I'm... how much was it? [Travis clears meter] Travis Bickle: So long. Iris: I don't like what I'm doing, Sport. Sport: Ah, baby, I don't want you to like what you're doing. If you like what you're doing, then you won't be my woman. Sport: Well, take it or leave it. If you want to save yourself some money, don't fuck her. Cause you'll be back here every night for some more. Man, she's twelve and a half years old. You never had no pussy like that. You can do anything you want with her. You can cum on her, fuck her in the mouth, fuck her in the ass, cum on her face, man. She get your cock so hard she'll make it explode. But no rough stuff, all right? Sport: I used to have a pony, on Coney Island. It got hit by a truck. Street drummer: Now back to Gene Krupa's syncopated style Senator Charles Palantine: I think I know what you mean, Travis. Charlie T: My man is loaded. Passenger: [to Travis] You see that window with the light? The one closet to the edge of the building? you know who lives there? Of course you don't know who lives there, but I'm saying "Do you know who lives there?" A Nigger lives there, and that isn't my apartment. My wife is in there and... I'm gonna kill her. [Laughs] Passenger: I'm gonna kill her with a .44 Magnum. Travis Bickle: [Walks up to Sport] Hey Sport. How ya doin'? Sport: Okay, okay my man, how... Where do I know you from, man? Travis Bickle: I don't know. How's everything in the pimp business, huh? Sport: Do I know you? Travis Bickle: No. Do I know you? Sport: Get outta here. Come on, get lost, huh. Travis Bickle: Do I know you? How's Iris? You know Iris. Sport: No, I don't know nobody name Iris. Iris? Come on, get outta here, man. Travis Bickle: You don't know anybody by the name of Iris? Sport: I don't know nobody name Iris! Travis Bickle: No? Sport: Hey, go back to your fuckin' tribe before you get hurt, huh man. Do me a favor, I don't want no trouble, huh. Okay? Travis Bickle: You got a gun? Sport: Get the fuck outta here, man. [Flicks his cigarette at him] Get outta here [Kicks him] . Travis Bickle: Suck on this. [Travis shoots him with a revolver in the stomach and walks away] Wizard: In the middle of the bridge she changes her pantyhose. Sport: You're a funny guy - but looks aren't everything. |
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