Taxi Driver

Director Martin Scorsese’s introduction and comments following Taxi Driver, 1976.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Taxi Driver, 1976.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Taxi Driver, 1976.

Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in his apartment rehearsing, with profanity, in the most famous scene from Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, 1976, from Paul Schrader's screenplay.

Hypnotic opening sequence featuring Bernard Hermann music, and Travis (Robert De Niro) applying for a job with a fellow ex-Marine (Joe Spinell) in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, 1976.

Travis (Robert De Niro) not much up for lewd, racist conversation with fellow cabbies Wizard (Peter Boyle) and Doughboy (Harry Northrup) in Taxi Driver, 1976, Martin Scorsese directing from Paul Schrader's script.

Steven Prince (as "Easy Andy," a non-actor and friend of director Martin Scorsese, about whom he later made a documentary) with his famous sales pitch to Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in Taxi Driver, 1976.

First scene for Albert Brooks as Tom and first speaking scene for Cybil Shepherd as Betsy, at the campaign office, certainly the funniest piece of Paul Schrader’s script, Robert DeNiro as title character Travis Bickle lurking outside, in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, 1976.

The fleeting first appearance of Iris (Jodie Foster) and Matthew (Harvey Keitel) in the cab driven by Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, 1976.