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Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological drama film [6] [7] directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader.Set in a morally decaying New York City following the Vietnam War, it stars Robert De Niro as veteran Marine and taxi driver Travis Bickle, whose mental state deteriorates as he works nights in the city.
In 2009, Berardinelli chose Memento as his #3 best movie of the decade. William Arnold of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer writes that Memento is a "delicious one-time treat", and emphasizes that director Christopher Nolan "not only makes Memento work as a non-linear puzzle film, but as a tense, atmospheric thriller". [59]
Taxi Driver, American Gigolo, Light Sleeper, and The Walker make up a series referred to variously as the "Man in a Room" or "Night Worker" movies. Screenwriter Paul Schrader (who directed the other three films) has stated that he considers the central characters of the four films to be one character, who has changed as he has gotten older.
Chic (pronounced "chick" or "cheek") is a male New York City cab driver of indeterminate Middle Eastern descent and a self-described "chick-magnet" (hence his name). Chic came to the United States illegally with his sister.
Richard Miller (December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019) was an American character actor who appeared in more than 180 films, [1] including many produced by Roger Corman.He later appeared in the films of directors who began their careers with Corman, including Joe Dante, James Cameron, and Martin Scorsese, with the distinction of appearing in every film directed by Dante.
The film gives the famous Ray flavour in its composition, flow and dialogues, and use of symbols. Its protagonist has been called a "prototype" for the character of the cynical cab driver in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976). [3] Scorsese himself has credited Satyajit Ray as an inspiration for his own work. [4] [5]
Johnson portrays the mutant cab driver and Mars secret agent Benny in the 1990 hit science fiction film Total Recall. He also starred in the Broadway musical On the Twentieth Century and appeared in the Public Theater's "Shakespeare in the Park" 2005 revival of Two Gentlemen of Verona. [1] He was also in the musical The Rink.
De'voreaux White was born in Los Angeles County, California. [2] He began acting professionally at the age of ten. [1]His first bookings were The Jeffersons, Little House on the Prairie, and 1980's The Blues Brothers (as a would-be-shoplifter who is thwarted by a gun-toting Ray Charles).