Taxi Driver Ending Explained: What’s Real & What’s In Travis’ Head?
Does Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver end with reality or fantasy? Here's an interpretive reading of what's real and what's not in the 1976 classic.
Taxi Driver (1976)
Martin Scorsese's classic 1976 film stars Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, a Vietnam veteran turned New York City cab driver whose increasingly disturbed mental state due to his PTSD begins to drive him to more and more violent actions as he attempts to rid the city of what he sees as the "scum" on the streets. Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Cybill Shepherd, and Albert Brooks also star in the film.
Taxi Driver
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Release Date
- February 9, 1976
- Studio(s)
- Bill/Phillips Productions
- Distributor(s)
- Columbia Pictures
- Cast
- Albert Brooks , Harvey Keitel , Cybill Shepherd , Robert De Niro , Jodie Foster
- Writers
- Paul Schrader
- Runtime
- 114 Minutes
- Budget
- $1.9 Million
Summary
A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action by attempting to liberate a presidential campaign worker and an underage prostitute.
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