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Taxi Driver

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Added by ToughpigsTaxi Driver is a an Academy Award-nominated 1976 movie directed by Martin Scorsese. The film focuses on an troubled cab driver, Travis Bickle, and his attempts to connect with others, ultimately trying to save a young prostitute.
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- An episode of Sesame Street includes a famous exchange from the film between Oscar the Grouch and Jodie Foster, one of the film's stars. After Jodie has made a big deal out of telling Oscar that she really likes him a whole lot, Oscar looks around and asks, "You talkin' to me?" She replies, "Well, there's nobody else here." This scene appeared in Stars and Street Forever!.
- The "Mouths" episode of Elmo's World has Mr. Noodle whistling for a taxi. The driver is a Green Anything Muppet caricature of Travis Bickle.
- A Muppet Celebrity T-shirt was designed by Robert De Niro, and featured Kermit with a spoof of one of the movie's most famous lines, "You croakin' to me?"
- Oscar the Grouch appears on a Sesame Street t-shirt with the movie's famous line, "You talkin' to me?"
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- Robert De Niro played Travis Bickle
- Jodie Foster played Iris
- Peter Boyle played Wizard
- Albert Brooks played Tom
- Charles Rosen served as art director on the film