Master director Martin Scorsese has already ten times worked with acting legend Robert De Niro. Their second film together was the dark thriller Taxi Driver, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976 and Boos were received.
On June 27, the cult film will be released for the first time in 4K Steelbook, which now available again for pre-orders is.
In the extensive bonus material of the 4K Steelbook* you can expect making-of, introduction, storyboard comparison, audio commentary, Q&A and featurettes. Taxi Driver is also available in a Blu-ray version * available from last year and can be viewed on Amazon Prime Video bought or borrowed * become.
This is what the Scorsese classic Taxi Driver is about
Travis Bickle (De Niro) is a Vietnam veteran and works as a New York taxi driver on the night shift. Even after the war, he is on the streets confronted with brutality and inhumanity. His relationship with the 14-year-old prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster). Travis decides to save her and clean up the city’s rubbish himself. The violence escalates until one of the most gruesome scenes in film history.
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Taxi Driver in 4K Steelbook
Audience leaves cinema at Taxi Driver premiere
Taxi Driver was not exactly received with enthusiasm at its premiere in Cannes. In addition to boos, Some viewers even left the cinema. The graphic depictions of violence and the difficult anti-hero with his moral ambivalenceAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, some crew members felt very uncomfortable at the film festival. Ultimately, however, Taxi Driver was able to win the coveted Palme d’Or for best film.
Taxi Driver: Minor Jodie Foster doubled by sister
Much praise was given to child actress Jodie Foster, for whom Taxi Driver was her international breakthrough and who first Oscar nominationIn an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, she reported that her mother was initially very skeptical that her underage daughter was supposed to play a prostitute.
Therefore, she agreed with Scorsese that all scenes that felt sexually uncomfortable doubled by an adult Jodie Foster’s adult sister Connie therefore stepped in for some of the recordings.
Taxi Driver has now become an absolute cult film and, despite all the violence, is rated as a cult film by the Federal Agency for Civic Education recommended for work in schoolsEven after 48 years, it has lost none of its relevance.
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