WSR Detailed LaserDisc Review

Taxi Driver
Genre:Drama

Reviewed In Issue 26 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd

WSR Review Scores
Picture Rating: 2.5
Sound Rating: 3.5
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DVD General Information
(Studio/Distributor): Criterion Collection
(Catalog Number): CC1219L
(MPAA Rating): R
(Retail Price): $49.95
(Running Time In Minutes): 113
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): No
(Theatrical Release): 1976
(LD Release Date): 2/9/97
(THX® Digitally Mastered):

Credits Information
(Director): Martin Scorcese
(Screenplay/Written By): Paul Schrader
(Story): NA
(Music): Bernard Herrmann
(Director Of Photography):
(Production Designer): Charles Rosen
(Visual Effects): NA
(Costume Designer): Ruth Morley
(Editor): Tom Rolf, ACE & Melvin Shapiro
(Supervising Sound Editors): NA
(Re-Recording Mixers):
(Executive Producers): NA
(Co-Producers): NA
(Producers): Michael Phillips & Julia Phillips

DVD Picture Information
(Principal Photography): Academy Standard Flat
(Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 1.85:1
(Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 1.80:1

DVD Sound Information
(DVD Soundtrack): Dolby Surround
(Theatrical Sound): Optical Mono
(Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack):
(Remastered Dolby Digital): No
(Remastered DTS Digital Surround): No
(Additional Languages):

WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
Taxi driver Travis Bickle (De Niro), a psychotic cab driver who cruises the miserable, hellish streets of Manhattan 12 to 14 hours a day, watching the women he can’t have, including the angelic presidential campaign worker Betsy (Shepherd)—who rejects him when he takes her to a hard-core film. He tries to save a 12 year-old prostitute (Foster) from her pimp (Keitel). He develops a goal that becomes a dangerous obsession—to help wash all the scum off the streets.

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LaserDisc Soundtrack:
(Surround Bass Below 50Hz): No
(Aggressive System Surround): No
(Intense 25Hz Bass): No
(Deep Bass Challenging): No
(Aggressive 0.1 LFE):
(Holosonic Soundfield): No
(Aggressive Split Surround): No
(Center Back Surround Imaging): No
(Directionalized Dialogue): No
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