Taxi driver /

Taxi driver /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Collector's ed.
Imprint:	Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]
Description:	2 videodiscs (circa 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English French
Subject:	Vietnam War (1961-1975) Taxicab drivers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama. Loneliness -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama. Child prostitutes -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama. Violence in men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama. Child prostitutes. Loneliness. Man-woman relationships. Taxicab drivers. Veterans. Vigilantes. Violence in men. New York (N.Y.) -- Drama. New York (State) -- New York. United States. Feature films. Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.) Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6628471

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Other authors / contributors:	Phillips, Michael, 1943- Phillips, Julia, 1944-2002 Schrader, Paul, 1946- Scorsese, Martin. De Niro, Robert. Foster, Jodie. Brooks, Albert, 1947- Keitel, Harvey. Boyle, Peter, 1935-2006. Shepherd, Cybill, 1950- Chapman, Michael, 1935- Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975. Kolker, Robert Phillip. Stone, Oliver. Corman, Roger, 1926- Columbia Pictures. Bill/Phillips (Firm) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN:	1424840619 9781424840618
Notes:	Edition from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1976. Recorded in Dolby digital 5.1. "1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen"--Container. Special features: New commentary by writer Paul Schrader; new commentary by Professor Robert Kolker; Martin Scorsese on Taxi driver; producing Taxi driver; God's lonely man: writer Paul Schrader and Prof. Robert Kolker discuss the loneliness themes as seen in the film; influence and appreciation: Robert De Niro, Oliver Stone, Roger Corman and others pay tribute to Scorsese and the film; Taxi driver stories; making of documentary; Travis' New York; Travis' New York locations; storyboard to film comparisons with Martin Scorsese introduction; animated photo galleries; original screenplay. "Special features are not rated and may not be subtitled or closed captioned"--Container. Director of photography, Michael Chapman ; editors, Tom Rolf and Melvin Shapiro ; music, Bernard Herrmann. Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd. DVD, region 1. English or dubbed French dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Summary:	A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.
Target Audience:	MPAA rating: R.
Awards:	Four Academy Award Nominations, including Best Picture.
Standard no.:	043396174047
Publisher's no.:	17404 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Table of Contents:

Disc 1. Feature film
disc 2. Special features.