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.”
9 / 10
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Robert De Niro·Travis Bickle
Jodie Foster·Iris
Cybill Shepherd·Betsy
Harvey Keitel·Sport
Peter Boyle·Wizard
Leonard Harris·Charles Palantine
Albert Brooks·Tom
Diahnne Abbott·Concession Girl
Frank Adu·Angry Black Man
Victor Argo·Melio
Average shot length
7.6s per shot
Martin Scorsese's career average is 6.2s across 24 measured films —see the full picture.