- When Travis (Robert De Niro) says to Betsy
"You have beautiful eyes." If you
look behind Betsy you see the man Travis buys
the guns off outside. (Source: Film) - brayj
- Correction:
This is simply not true. Freeze frame
at that point and you'll see that the
person outside the window is not only
dressed different to Steven Prince's Traveling
Salesman, but also has much shorter hair.
(Source: DVD Freeze Frame) - Henry
K
- Much of the climax, the big shoot-out, was
cut because it was too bloody, Scorsese claims
that when it was edited, it just looked more
violent! (Source: DVD) - shaun
- Addition:
They also desaturated the colors in the
shoot-out scene to make it less graphic.
It was necessary in order to keep an R-rating.
(Source: DVD extras - Making of Taxi Driver)
- Webmaster
- After Betsy runs out of the porno movie
Travis calls her on a pay phone and she dumps
him, sort of, but during this scene the camera
tracks away from him looking down an empty
corridor. Scorsese claims that was the most
important shot in the film, 'cause Travis
being let down is too painful to watch, even
the camera can't handle it. (Source: DVD)
- shaun
- Addition:
Yes. The crew got confused when Scorsese
wanted to use these kinds of untraditional
camera movements. (Source: DVD extras
- Making of Taxi Driver) - Webmaster
- Harvey Keitel was first assigned the role
of the campaign worker, but after seeing the
script he asked Scorsese if he could play
the pimp instead. Scorsese agreed and they
extended the role of the pimp, who in the
script was portrayed as a black man. Keitel
even talked with a real pimp to get some hints
and pointers. (Source: DVD extras - Making
of Taxi Driver) - Webmaster
- Robert De Niro got him self a real taxi
driver's license and drove a real taxi to
get into character. He did this when he had
time while shooting another movie called 1900.
(Source: DVD extras - Making of Taxi Driver)
- Webmaster
- The taxi cab is never towed. (Source: DVD
extras - Making of Taxi Driver) - Webmaster
- Director Martin Scorsese makes a cameo in
the scene where Betsy (Cybill Shepherd) walks
into the Palantine campaign headquarters in
slow-motion. He can be seen sitting behind
her on the steps, following her angel-like
movements. He also appears as the crazy husband
in Bickle's cab. (Source: DVD extras - Making
of Taxi Driver) - Webmaster
- When Cybill Shepherd first read the script
she threw it across the room. She was insulted
to have been offered such a nothing part.
(Source: DVD extras - Making of Taxi Driver)
- Webmaster
- Cybill Shepherd says she was frightened
to death in the scene where De Niro barges
into the campaign headquarters. He played
his role so convincingly. (Source: DVD extras
- Making of Taxi Driver) - Webmaster
- Jodie Foster's character's (Iris) appearance
is based on a real prostitute. She can be
seen in the movie, e.g. in the scene where
Travis is about to run over Iris. The girl
pulling Iris aside is that girl. (Source:
DVD extras - Making of Taxi Driver) - Webmaster
- Jodie Foster was completely embarrassed
to wear the revealing clothes she was wearing
in the movie. (Source: DVD extras - Making
of Taxi Driver) - Webmaster
- In the more explicit and sexually provocative
scenes Jodie Foster was replaced by a body
double due to her young age (14?). In the
scene where Iris is supposed to unzip Travis'
pants we actually see Jodie's sister Connie
from behind. She is 8 years older than Jodie.
(Source: DVD extras - Making of Taxi Driver)
- Webmaster
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