What is Taxi Driver?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = Taxi Driver | image = | caption = | director = [[Martin Scorsese]] | producer = [[Julia Phillips]]<br />[[Michael Phillips]] | writer = [[Paul Schrader]] | starring = [[Robert De Niro]]<br />[[Jodie Foster]]<br />[[Albert Brooks]]<br />[[Harvey Keitel]]<br />[[Leonard Harris]]<br />[[Peter Boyle]]<br />[[Cybill Shepherd]] | music = [[Bernard Herrmann]] | cinematography = [[Michael Chapman]] | editing = [[Marcia Lucas]]<br />[[Tom Rolf]]<br />Melvin Shapiro | studio = Bill/Phillips Productions<br />Italo/Judeo Productions | distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] | released = February 8, 1976 | runtime = 114 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $1.9 million | gross = $28.4 million }} '''''Taxi Driver''''' is a 1976 [[United States|American]] [[crime movie|crime]] [[drama movie|drama]] [[thriller movie]] [[movie director|directed]] by [[Martin Scorsese]] and written by [[Paul Schrader]]. It stars [[Robert De Niro]], [[Jodie Foster]], [[Cybill Shepherd]], [[Harvey Keitel]], [[Peter Boyle]], [[Leonard Harris]] and [[Albert Brooks]]. Set in a decaying and morally bankrupt [[New York City]] following the [[Vietnam War]], the film tells the story of [[Travis Bickle]], a lonely taxi driver who descends into insanity as he plots to assassinate both the presidential candidate who is the boss of the woman he loves, and the pimp of an [[Child prostitution|underage prostitute]] he befriends. A critical and commercial success upon release and nominated for four [[Academy Awards]], including for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] (for De Niro) and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] (for Foster), ''Taxi Driver'' won the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[1976 Cannes Film Festival]]. The movie generated controversy at the time of its release for its depiction of violence and cast