
Taxi Driver

On every street in every city in this country, there's a nobody who dreams of being somebody. He's a lonely forgotten man desperate to prove that he's alive.
Overview
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Palme d'Or (1976)
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Nominations
4 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Picture (1977)
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Box office
Grossed $28.6M worldwide, about 15.0 times its $1.9M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in New York City
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Setting
Set in New York City
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Music
Music by Bernard Herrmann
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Michael Chapman
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Paul SchraderWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 9, 1976
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.9M
- Revenue
- $28.6M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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