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Summary:

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violence while attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute.

Table of Contents:

• Disc one. Feature film
• disc 2. Special features.

Contributors:

Scorsese, Martin , film director

Schrader, Paul, 1946- , screenwriter

Phillips, Michael, 1943- , film producer

Phillips, Julia, 1944-2002 , film producer

De Niro, Robert , actor

Brooks, Albert, 1947- , actor

Keitel, Harvey , actor

Harris, Leonard, 1929-2011 , actor

Boyle, Peter, 1935-2006 , actor

Foster, Jodie , actor

Shepherd, Cybill, 1950- , actor

Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975 , composer

Columbia Pictures , presenter, publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Chinese
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
Greek, Modern (1453-)
Korean
Norwegian
Swedish
Turkish

Language Notes:

Dialogue in English, Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish; optional subtitles in Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Nordic, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.

Included Works:

Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976)

Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976) (Czech)

Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976) (French)

Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976) (German)

Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976) (Hungarian)

Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976) (Italian)

Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976) (Japanese)

Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976) (Polish)

Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976) (Portuguese)

Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976) (Russian)

Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976) (Spanish)

Subjects:

Taxicab drivers — New York (State) — New York — Drama

Loneliness — New York (State) — New York — Drama

Child prostitutes — New York (State) — New York — Drama

Violence in men — New York (State) — New York — Drama

New York (N.Y.) — Drama

Taxicab drivers

Loneliness

Child prostitutes

Violence in men.

New York (State) — New York

Genres:

Motion pictures

Crime films

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray; regions A, B, and C; 5.1 DTS-HD MA and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Performers:

Cast: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd.

Production Credits:

Music, Bernard Herrmann.

General Notes:

Title from container.
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Originally released as a motion picture in 1976.
Wide screen (1.85:1)
Blu-ray special features: Tribeca Q&A; original 1986 commentary; additional commentaries; Scorsese on Taxi Driver; producing Taxi Driver; God's lonely man; Taxi driver stories; Travis's New York; locations; trailer ; DVD special features: Making Taxi Driver; storyboard; photo galleries.

Audience:

Rating: R; CHV rating: 18A.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; Dolby Digital 5.1; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.85:1; wide screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; all regions

Call Numbers:

TAX 1976 BLU

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 043396479005
Universal Product Code: 043396482142
Publisher Number, Columbia Pictures: 47900
Publisher Number, Columbia Pictures: 48214

OCLC Numbers:

962331655