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[CONTAINER][POSTER] [/POSTER][MOVIE]Title: Taxi Driver

Tagline: On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.

Genre: [GENRE]Crime[/GENRE], [GENRE]Drama[/GENRE]

Director: [DIRECTOR]Martin Scorsese[/DIRECTOR]

Cast: [ACTOR]Robert De Niro[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Cybill Shepherd[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Harvey Keitel[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Jodie Foster[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Peter Boyle[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Leonard Harris[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Albert Brooks[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Diahnne Abbott[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Gino Ardito[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Martin Scorsese[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Murray Moston[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Richard Higgs[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Bill Minkin[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Bob Maroff[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Victor Argo[/ACTOR]

Release Date: [RELEASE]1976-02-08[/RELEASE]

Runtime: [RUNTIME]113[/RUNTIME]

Plot: [PLOT]Robert De Niro stars as Travis Bickle in this oppressive psychodrama about a Vietnam veteran who rebels against the decadence and immorality of big city life in New York while working the nightshift as a taxi driver.[/PLOT][/MOVIE][/CONTAINER]

I watched this back in college when I was on a kick where I wanted to watch all the famous movies that were released before I was born.

I totally understand why this is still an iconic movie, but I don't think I could ever watch it again.

Celt Z said:

I totally understand why this is still an iconic movie, but I don't think I could ever watch it again.

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I feel the same way about Schindler's List. Absolutely astonishing movie, but not something I'd want to watch again.

Travis Bickle is basically Rorschach from Watchmen.

Ok, the comparison falls apart if you really examine it, but I still think it fits