Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver is a 1976 American motion picture drama directed by Martin Scorsese.

Trivia

• The only scene that doesn't feature Travis is the one between Sport and Iris talking in her room. This was added late into production.
• Paul Schrader has said that his main influence for Taxi Driver was the film The Searchers starring John Wayne. In it, a war veteran comes home to find that someone he cares for has left to join a tribe of Indians, and he embarks on a personal quest to bring her back, completely ignoring her own feelings on the matter.
• In the original screenplay Sport, as well as other minor characters, were black. Scorsese thought that this would make the film appear to be racist, and they were changed to white roles. There is still an undercurrent of racial tension, however; black characters are repeatedly referred to as "Mau Maus"
• The famous mirror scene was completely ad-libbed by De Niro.
• Brian De Palma was originally lined up to direct. Jeff Bridges was considered for Travis.
• The actress who played Iris's friend in the film was a real prostitute that Jodie Foster studied to pick up on the character.
• For the more explicit scenes, Jodie Foster was doubled by her sister, Connie.