‘Taxi Driver’ opens in New York City 40 years ago this hour (Feb 8 1976)


Video: 'Taxi Driver' trailer

(Sunday, February 8, 1976, 12:00 p.m. EST)Taxi Driver, a vigilante film with neo-noir and psychological thriller elements about a loner who becomes fixated on a teen prostitute, opened today at the Coronet in New York City.

Directed by Martin Scorsese, the film starred Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle and Cybill Shepherd.