"Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro Director-actor duo Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro have frequently collaborated throughout their careers, making a grand total of nine feature films together since 1973, along with one short film. Most of the pair's films were in the crime genre. Some of the pair's films are often ranked among the greatest films of all time. In 1967, Scorsese made his first feature-length film, the black and white ""I Call First"", which was later retitled ""Who's That Knocking at My Door"", with fledgling actor Harvey Keitel. The film was intended to be the first of"
"In the mid-1970s, Mulligan was briefly engaged in talks with producers Julia and Michael Phillips to direct ""Taxi Driver"" (1976), with Jeff Bridges to star as the psychotic Travis Bickle. Objections posed by screenwriter Paul Schrader caused the project to be turned over to Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro instead. Schrader later elaborated on his disapproval of Mulligan as the film's director: ""I was fighting that off because it didn't make any sense to me. Yet it was a deal, and God knows I wanted to see the film made. To Michael and Julia's credit, they were not keen"
"the French director Robert Bresson. Writerdirector Schrader often returns to Bresson's work in films such as ""American Gigolo"", ""Light Sleeper"", and Scorsese's later ""Bringing Out the Dead"". Already controversial upon its release, ""Taxi Driver"" hit the headlines again five years later, when John Hinckley Jr. made an assassination attempt on then-president Ronald Reagan. He subsequently blamed his act on his obsession with Jodie Foster's ""Taxi Driver"" character (in the film, De Niro's character, Travis Bickle, makes an assassination attempt on a senator). ""Taxi Driver"" won the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, also receiving four Oscar nominations, including"
"De Niro went on to have a successful working relationship with him in films such as ""Taxi Driver"" (1976), ""New York, New York"" (1977), ""Raging Bull"" (1980), ""The King of Comedy"" (1983), ""Goodfellas"" (1990), ""Cape Fear"" (1991), and ""Casino"" (1995). They also acted together in ""Guilty by Suspicion"" (1991) and provided their voices for the animated feature ""Shark Tale"" (2004). ""Taxi Driver"" was particularly important to De Niro's career. His iconic performance as Travis Bickle catapulted him to stardom and forever linked his name with Bickle's famous ""You talkin' to me?"" monologue, which De Niro largely improvised. The role of"
"slow descent into insanity. The film established Scorsese as an accomplished filmmaker and also brought attention to cinematographer Michael Chapman, whose style tends towards high contrasts, strong colors, and complex camera movements. The film starred Robert De Niro as the troubled and psychotic Travis Bickle. The film co-starred Jodie Foster in a highly controversial role as an underage prostitute, and Harvey Keitel as her pimp, Matthew, called ""Sport"". ""Taxi Driver"" also marked the start of a series of collaborations between Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader, whose influences included the diary of would-be assassin Arthur Bremer and ""Pickpocket"", a film by"
"Awards, including for Best Picture, Best Actor (for De Niro) and Best Supporting Actress (for Foster), ""Taxi Driver"" won the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The film generated controversy upon release mostly because of its depiction of violence and casting of a 12-year old Foster as the child prostitute. It is regularly cited by critics, film directors, and audiences alike as one of the greatest films of all time. In 2012, ""Sight & Sound"" named it the 31st-best film ever in its decennial critics' poll, ranked with ""The Godfather Part II"", and the fifth-greatest film of all"
"""Taxi Driver"": insecure males, violence, guilt, and redemption. Although the screenplay for ""Raging Bull"" was credited to Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin (who earlier co-wrote ""Mean Streets""), the finished script differed extensively from Schrader's original draft. It was rewritten several times by various writers including Jay Cocks (who went on to co-script later Scorsese films ""The Age of Innocence"" and ""Gangs of New York""). The final draft was largely written by Scorsese and Robert De Niro. The American Film Institute chose ""Raging Bull"" as the No. 1 American sports film on their list of the top 10 sports films. In"
"Diahnne Abbott Diahnne Abbott, sometimes credited Diahnne Eugenia Abbott or Diahnne Déa, is an American actress and singer. She played supporting roles in films of the 1970s and 1980s, including ""Taxi Driver"" (1976). Abbott was married to actor Robert De Niro from 1976 to 1988. They had a son, Raphael, who was named after the hotel in Rome where he was conceived. De Niro adopted Drena, Abbott's daughter from a previous marriage. Drena has appeared in several of her father's films, including ""Showtime"" (2002), ""Wag the Dog"" (1997), ""City by the Sea"" (2002) and ""The Intern"" (2015). De Niro and"
"the screenplay. According to De Niro, under no circumstances would United Artists accept Martin's script. The story was based on the vision of journalist Pete Hamill of a 1930s and 1940s style, when boxing was known as ""the great dark prince of sports"". De Niro was unimpressed when he finished reading the first draft, however. ""Taxi Driver"" screenwriter Paul Schrader was swiftly brought in to rewrite the script around August 1978. Some of the changes that Schrader made to the script included a rewrite of the scene with the uncooked steak and inclusion of LaMotta seen masturbating in a Florida"
"Taxi Driver (1954 film) Taxi Driver is a 1954 Hindi movie produced by Navketan Films. The film was directed by Chetan Anand and stars his brother Dev Anand, Dev's wife-to-be Kalpana Kartik and Johnny Walker. The film was written by Chetan himself, along with his wife Uma Anand and his other brother Vijay Anand. The film's music director was S. D. Burman and the lyrics were written by Sahir Ludhianvi. Mangal (Dev Anand) is a taxi driver who is called ""Hero"" by his friends because of his altruistic habits. He is a driver who drives a cab by day, then"
"was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and has come to be considered one of the greatest films of all time. The film also received three BAFTA Awards and four BAFTA nominations, including one for Rolf, Shapiro, and Marcia Lucas for Best Editing. Scorsese hired Rolf again for his next film, the 1977 musical ""New York, New York"", before Scorsese began working with his regular editor, Thelma Schoonmaker. Paul Schrader, the writer of ""Taxi Driver"", was so impressed with Rolf that he hired him for his directorial debut, the 1978 drama film ""Blue Collar"", and recruited Rolf again"
"of ""The Godfather"" (1972) by Francis Ford Coppola with a cast including Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan and Robert Duvall. One of his photographs is of ""Marlon Brando and the Cat"". Schapiro was also present at the film set of ""Chinatown"" (1974) by Roman Polanski. Two years later, Schapiro was – by request of Robert De Niro – hired as a photographer on the set of Martin Scorsese's movie ""Taxi Driver"" (1976). Schapiro captured key moments of modern American history with his photos that also reflect his own social and human awareness. Steve Schapiro Steve Schapiro (born 1934) is"
"still concerned about being able to sell the film. ""We still had to get millions out of a major studio,"" wrote Deeley, ""as well as convince our markets around the world that they should buy it before it was finished. I ""needed"" someone with the caliber of Robert De Niro."" De Niro was one of the biggest stars at that time, coming off ""Mean Streets"" (1973), ""The Godfather Part II"" (1974), and ""Taxi Driver"" (1976). In addition to attracting buyers, Deeley felt De Niro was ""the right age, apparently tough as hell, and immensely talented."" Hiring De Niro turned out"
"Taxi (1998 film) Taxi is a 1998 French comedy film starring Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal and Marion Cotillard, written by Luc Besson and directed by Gérard Pirès. It has four sequels, ""Taxi 2"", ""Taxi 3"", ""Taxi 4"" and ""Taxi 5"" and one American remake, ""Taxi"" (2004). It also provided the premise for the television show in the United States, ""Taxi Brooklyn"" in 2014. Daniel Morales (Samy Naceri) is the fastest delivery man for the local pizza parlour ""Pizza Joe"" in Marseille, France. On the last day of work, he sets a new speed record, then leaves the job to pursue"
"of the final film. Schrader's script about an obsessed New York City taxi driver became Martin Scorsese's film ""Taxi Driver"", which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Besides ""Taxi Driver"" (1976) Scorsese also drew on scripts by Schrader for the boxing tale ""Raging Bull"" (1980), co-written with Mardik Martin, ""The Last Temptation of Christ"" (1988), and ""Bringing Out the Dead"" (1999). Thanks partly to critical acclaim for ""Taxi Driver"", Schrader was able to direct his first feature, ""Blue Collar"" (1978), co-written with his brother Leonard. ""Blue Collar"""
"A Taxi Driver A Taxi Driver () is a 2017 South Korean historical action drama film directed by Jang Hoon, with Song Kang-ho starring in the title role, alongside Thomas Kretschmann. The film centers on a taxi driver from Seoul, who unintentionally becomes involved in the events of the Gwangju Democratization Movement in 1980. The film was released on August 2, 2017 in South Korea. It was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film was a commercial success, and was also the second"
"film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won an Academy Award, a Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award, Silver Lion, Grammy Award, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and Directors Guild of America Awards. He has directed works such as the crime film ""Mean Streets"" (1973), the vigilante-thriller ""Taxi Driver"" (1976), the biographical sports drama ""Raging Bull"" (1980), the black comedies ""The King of Comedy"" (1983), and ""After Hours"" (1985), the religious epic drama ""The Last Temptation of"
"film, ""At Long Last Love"" (1975), a musical which was once again directed by Bogdanovich, but like ""Daisy Miller"", it also flopped. Shepherd returned with good reviews for her work in Martin Scorsese's ""Taxi Driver"" (1976). According to Shepherd, Scorsese had requested a ""Cybill Shepherd type"" for the role. She portrayed an ethereal beauty with whom Robert De Niro's character, Travis Bickle, becomes enthralled. A series of less successful roles followed, including ""The Lady Vanishes"", the remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 film of the same name. Already sitting in on an acting class taught by Stella Adler, Shepherd was offered"
"operates a taxi. Carter has come to be part of eleven movies, including ""Swing Kids"", ""Metro"", ""Save the Last Dance"", ""Coach Carter"", and the TV-movies ""Divas"" (1995) and """" (2009). Carter has won a number of awards in the realm of television, film production, and directing. Carter has been the recipient of the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Shows for directing ""Hill Street Blues"" in 1981, winning three Emmy Awards (while being nominated six times) – two for Outstanding Directing for the series ""Equal Justice"" in 1990 and 1991, and the other was for Producing, Outstanding Made"
"such he has received recognition from the Academy awards, Creative Arts Emmy awards, Golden Globe awards, Primetime Emmy awards, Producers Guild awards, Screen Actors Guild awards, and Tony awards. He was honored with his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011, for his contribution to Television located at 6909 Hollywood, Blvd. Danny DeVito Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series ""Taxi"" (1978–1983), which won him a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. A"
"Actor, while the film's editors, Jim Miller and Paul Rubell, were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Max Durocher (Jamie Foxx), a meticulous Los Angeles cab driver, is working to earn enough to start his own limousine business. One of the evening's fares is U.S. Justice Department prosecutor Annie Farrell (Jada Pinkett Smith). On the drive to her office, they strike up a conversation and Annie gives Max her business card. Max's next fare is Vincent (Tom Cruise), impressed by Max's skill at navigating L.A., Vincent offers Max $600 to drive him for the night at multiple"
"Taxi (2015 film) Taxi (full title Jafar Panahi's Taxi; ), also known as Taxi Tehran, is a 2015 Iranian docufiction starring and directed by Jafar Panahi. The film premiered in competition at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear and the FIPRESCI Prize. In 2010, Panahi was banned from making films and travelling, so his niece Hana Saeidi, who also appears in the film, collected the award on his behalf. ""Taxi"" portrays director Jafar Panahi as he courses through the streets of Tehran while pretending to be a share taxi driver. He wants to hear"
"Tom Cruise with the idea of him playing the hitman and Adam Sandler as the cab driver. Sandler later dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with ""Spanglish"", and was replaced by Jamie Foxx. Beattie wanted the studio to cast Robert De Niro as Max (once again making him a taxi driver, though the exact opposite of Travis Bickle). However, the studio refused, insisting they wanted a younger actor in the role. Mann chose to use the Viper FilmStream High-Definition Camera to film many of ""Collateral"" scenes, the first such use in a major motion picture. There are many scenes in"
"Baby Driver Baby Driver is a 2017 action film written and directed by Edgar Wright. It stars Ansel Elgort as a young getaway driver, who finds catharsis in music, seeking freedom from a life of organized crime with his lover Debora (Lily James). Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, Jamie Foxx, and Jon Bernthal appear in supporting roles. Eric Fellner and his Working Title Films partner Tim Bevan produced ""Baby Driver"" alongside Big Talk Productions' Nira Park. Sony and TriStar Pictures co-financed and distributed the film. ""Baby Driver"" is a longtime passion project Wright had developed for over two decades."
"for Stephen Mirrione. It was also a commercial success with a worldwide box-office revenue total of $207.5 million, well above its estimated $46 million budget. In 2004, USA Network ran a miniseries—also called ""Traffic""—based on this film and the 1989 British television series. In Mexico, police officer Javier Rodriguez (del Toro) and his partner Manolo Sanchez (Vargas) stop a drug transport and arrest the couriers. Their arrest is interrupted by General Salazar (Milian), a high-ranking Mexican official who decides to hire Javier. Salazar instructs him to apprehend Francisco Flores (Collins), a hitman for the Tijuana Cartel, headed by the Obregón"
"as the Tiananmen Square protest of 1989, which is strictly censored on media in China. A Taxi Driver A Taxi Driver () is a 2017 South Korean historical action drama film directed by Jang Hoon, with Song Kang-ho starring in the title role, alongside Thomas Kretschmann. The film centers on a taxi driver from Seoul, who unintentionally becomes involved in the events of the Gwangju Democratization Movement in 1980. The film was released on August 2, 2017 in South Korea. It was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but"
"The Driver The Driver is a 1978 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Walter Hill. It stars Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern and Isabelle Adjani. The Driver (Ryan O'Neal) - real name unknown - is a quiet man who has made a career out of stealing fast cars and using them as getaway vehicles in big-time robberies all over Los Angeles. Hot on the Driver's trail is the Detective (Bruce Dern), a conceited (and similarly nameless) cop who refers to the Driver as ""Cowboy."" The Player (Isabelle Adjani), a beautiful, mysterious woman, witnesses the Driver speeding away from"
"the village where she lived, resembles the rescue of Debbie Edwards when the Texas Rangers attack Scar's village. The Searchers movie inspired a number of American filmmakers and screenwriters, including Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Milius, Curtis Hanson, and Paul Schrader, all of whom grew up watching the film and have testified to its influence over their own filmmaking. Glenn Frankel suggests that Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976) probably comes the closest to re-imagining The Searchers for the modern age. The Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) character is the obsessed and violent taxi driver whose twisted personal code"
"to direct ""Taxi Driver"" with Jeff Bridges in the starring role of Travis Bickle. At the last minute, Scott dropped out of the project, and the role of Cooper was filled by Jason Miller, fresh off his acclaim for ""The Exorcist"". Although considerably younger than the envisioned character, Miller’s casting pleased Roth, who considered the actor ""the new John Garfield."" Mulligan regulars Victor French and Lou Frizzell were cast in supporting roles. Filming took place from September 17th to November 13th 1973. The film was predominantly shot on location in downtown Los Angeles, with Big Bear used for the scenes"
"Robert De Niro. Although Todd McCarthy in ""Variety"" credited De Niro with sustaining the film, a reviewer from the ""Chicago Reader"" disagreed. The film's action scenes (particularly the car chases) were generally praised, with Janet Maslin in ""The New York Times"" calling them ""nothing short of sensational."" However, the scenes were criticized by ""The Washington Post"" for their length and by McCarthy for their excessive jump cuts. Robert Fraisse's cinematography was routinely praised, with Michael Wilmington in the ""Chicago Tribune"" calling it superficially attractive and entertaining. Although the plot was criticized by the ""Chicago Reader"" as dull and ""The Washington"
"at the original Lawry's California Center (now the Los Angeles River Center and Gardens), just north of downtown LA. Lee's tranquil Buddhist temple was fashioned under this same roof. Director Fuqua stressed to his team that the aim was to design a """"Taxi Driver"" for the 1990s"". In addition to physical training, Mira Sorvino, who had never handled a gun prior to this film, took weapons training to prepare for her role. Sorvino, who majored in Asian studies at Harvard, speaks Mandarin, and lived for eight months (1988–89) in Beijing, where she studied Chinese, taught English, and saw Chinese films,"
"together on several projects. Keitel had the starring role in Scorsese's ""Mean Streets"", which also proved to be Robert De Niro's breakthrough film. Keitel re-teamed with Scorsese for ""Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"" (1974), in which he had a villainous supporting role, and appeared with Robert De Niro again in Scorsese's ""Taxi Driver"" (1976), playing the role of Jodie Foster's pimp. In 1977 and 1978, Keitel starred in the directorial debuts of Paul Schrader (""Blue Collar"", co-starring Richard Pryor and Yaphet Kotto), Ridley Scott (""The Duellists"", co-starring Keith Carradine), and James Toback (""Fingers"", in which Keitel played a street hood"
"events, which he tried to prevent by imposing structures and stylization instead. Paul Schrader Paul Joseph Schrader (born July 22, 1946) is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. Schrader wrote or co-wrote screenplays for four Martin Scorsese films: ""Taxi Driver"" (1976), ""Raging Bull"" (1980), ""The Last Temptation of Christ"" (1988), and ""Bringing Out the Dead"" (1999). Schrader has also directed 18 feature films, including his directing debut crime drama, ""Blue Collar"" (co-written with his brother, Leonard Schrader), the crime drama ""Hardcore"" (a loosely autobiographical film also written by Schrader), his 1982 remake of the horror classic ""Cat People"","