Taxi Driver trivia
Taxi Driver Mini Quiz
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Scored by the Psycho composer, what 1976 film stars Robert De Niro as an insomniac veteran working night shifts in New York?
Composer Bernard Herrmann finished the jazz-infused score just hours before his death in 1975. To prepare, Robert De Niro drove a real cab around New York for weeks.
Inspired by a Bruce Springsteen show, Robert De Niro improvised what iconic mirrored-reflection quote in the film Taxi Driver?
The original script simply read, "Travis speaks to himself in the mirror." De Niro filled the blank page by echoing stage banter he had recently heard.
Actor Robert De Niro created his famous "You talkin' to me?" scene in the movie Taxi Driver by doing what?
Director Martin Scorsese sat on the floor just out of frame, quietly encouraging the actor to keep talking as he invented the legendary monologue.
Obsessed fan John Hinckley Jr. used the 1976 movie Taxi Driver to justify doing what?
Hinckley wounded Ronald Reagan in 1981 in a delusional attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster, who played a teenage runaway in the dark thriller.
Director Martin Scorsese desaturated the colors in the Taxi Driver shootout to avoid what consequence?
The MPAA threatened an X rating due to the climax's extreme violence. Desaturating the scene made the fake blood look brownish and less realistic, securing an R rating.