Taxi Driver provoked fierce controversy when it was released, running into censorship ... more
problems in America as some of the scenes of violence were described to be as gory as Clockwork Orange and Straw Dogs (Evening News 76). In addition there was outcry at a 13-year-old schoolgirl actress (Jodie Foster) co-starring as a prostitute.It won Best Picture at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival and received Academy Award nominations for Best Film, Best Actor (Robert De Niro) and Best Supporting Actress (Jodie Foster). Considered to be one of the most powerful films in motion picture history, Taxi Driver is a film which is ...a savage piece of work - and hellishly brilliant (Evening News 76).
Taxi Driver' provoked fierce controversy when it was released running into censorship ... more
problems in America as some of the scenes of violence were described to be 'as gory as Clockwork Orange and Straw Dogs' (Evening News '76). In addition there was outcry at a 13-year-old schoolgirl actress (Jodie Foster) co-starring as a prostitute. It won Best Picture at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival and received Academy Award nominations for Best Film Best Actor (Robert De Niro) and Best Supporting Actress (Jodie Foster). Considered to be one of the most powerful films in motion picture history 'Taxi Driver' is a film which is '...a savage piece of work - and hellishly brilliant' (Evening News '76).
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Jump into your Taxi and run throughout the streets of the city looking for passengers and ... more
dollars! Super Taxi Driver will allow you to drive the craziest taxis in the world. Fight against the time to get as many passengers as possible and collect the largest amount of tips that you can.A city can hide thousands risks the traffic benches phone booths dead end streets and the streets themselves may represent a dangerous obstacle as well. The taxi can be driven with different styles and the gameplay that will fit your needs: you can have access to the manual gears or the automatic gears that will change depending on your usage of the accelerator and the brakes. Try to use the taxis handling requirements at the maximum to avoid the dangers. In addition the environmental obstacles such as the darkness of the night snow and fog will increase the difficulty of your job. Super Taxi Driver The Original: the latest extreme driving experience.
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Drama - Director: Kevin Smith - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin, Jennifer Lopez, Jason Biggs, Matt Damon
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Production Year: 2002 - Drama - Director: Michael Caton-Jones - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand, James Franco, Eliza Dushku, William Forsythe, George Dzundza, Patti Lupone
Advantages: An aesthetically pleasing collection Disadvantages: Some rather poor inclusions
A selection of classic Hammer films from the very good to...not so good. An aesthetically pleasing set for fans of the studio, or those wanting at least half of the titles. Features star favourites Peter Cushing, Raquel Welch, Ursula Andress and Christopher Lee (about whom there is an interesting documentary with 'Scars of Dracula').
The extra features vary greatly, the biggest ommission, in my opinion, is the total absence of subtitles for the hearing impaired.
For those who are interested all films are anamorphic, some for the first time, and completely uncut.
My personal favourite was the inclusion of the 1965 film 'The Nanny' which stars a very chilling Bette Davis in a well scripted, and often overlooked role.
Probably a tad overpriced for most, but new DVD versions of individual films are also available, so take ...
Advantages: Incredible direction, performances and writing. Disadvantages: None.
shorter. It's uncomfortable, disturbing - as is the film as a whole.
Similarly brilliant are Shepherd and Foster and, as the latter's pimp, Harvey Keitel.
Any Modern Classic approached for the first time will appear to groan and buckle under weight of accumulated praise and analysis scribbled or spoken in its name over the years, and TaxiDriver is no different. If you CAN, though, put all that aside, pretend you've never heard a single person misquoting that "You talkin' to me?" business, imagine you've read none those Best Films Of All Time lists, imagine this is the first time you ever heard tell of a film about Taxi Driving that wasn't part of the Confessions... series, approach it fresh and not as some relic from the 1970s and it will be reveal itself to be a picture as relevant as anything released this year.
For this is ...
Advantages: Brilliant acting and plots. Each episode is a real tense gritty drama!! Pure Class! Disadvantages: NONE!!!!!!
CRACKER The Complete BoxCollection
All 11 'Cracker' episodes in one boxset.
Robbie Coltrane stars as "Fitz" l in Jimmy McGovern's groundbreaking, gritty drama as Fitz, a man whose psychological insight extends to everyone but himself.
Titles
1. The Mad Woman In The Attic
2. To Say I Love You
3. One Day A Lemming Will Fly
4. To Be A Somebody
5. The Big Crunch
6. Men Should Weep
7. Brotherly Love
8. Best Boys
9. True Romance
10. White Ghost
11. Cracker
Background on Fitz
Robbie Coltrane stars as Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald. A forensic psychologist, who loves hard drinking and gambling as much as his job. He is highly intelligent and like to let everyone know it.
His bad habits may constantly interfere with his personal life and try his long suffering wife Judith (,Barbara Flynn) but ...
Movie Soundtrack, Bounce Back Original US Theatrical Poster, Collectable Senitype Exclusive Limited Edition Image From Movie With 35mm Film Frame, Commemorative 16 Page Booklet, Photo Stills Six Original Limited Edition Black And White Publicity Photo Cards
Sound
Dolby Digital 2.0, Mono
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 2.0 English Mono German French
DVD Description
Martin Scorsese's intense film, a hallmark of 1970s filmmaking, graphically depicts the tragic consequences of urban alienation when a New York City taxi driver goes on a murderous rampage against the pitiable denizens inhabiting the city's underbelly. For psychotic, pistol-packing Vietnam vet Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), New York City seems like a circle of hell. Driving his cab each night through the bleak Manhattan streets, Bickle observes with fanatical loathing the sleazy lowlifes who comprise most of his fares. By day he haunts the porno theaters of 42nd Street, taking his cues from the violent vision of life portrayed in these movies. As badly as Travis wants to connect with the people around him--including Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), a lovely blonde campaign worker, and Iris (Jodie Foster), a prepubescent prostitute he tries to save--his attempts are thwarted and his pent-up rage grows, turning him into a Mohawk-wearing walking time bomb. Paul Schrader's screenplay is filmed with a tragic realism by Scorsese, which brilliantly captures the muck and grime of New York City. De Niro, playing the fragile hero, steps inside his role so far that the results are deeply frightening. Bernard Herrmann's haunting score--which turned out to be his last--completes the urban nightmare.
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