He has starred in films such as mean streets 1973, taxi driver. Based on a screenplay by paul schrader, who set out to write about loneliness, scorseses film burst onto the scene with travis bickle. Were continuing our 1976 series with martin scorseses gritty film taxi driver, one of his greatest and arguably most talked about films. Harvey keitel is an american actor and producer and he is best known for his work in the film taxi driver in 1976, ulysses gaze, the duellists, moonrise kingdom and many more. In taxi driver, travis bickle also is a war veteran, horribly scarred in vietnam. Harvey keitel celebrity profile check out the latest harvey keitel photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. How a minor character from taxi driver influenced one of. He encounters a 12yearold prostitute named iris jodie foster, controlled by a pimp named sport harvey keitel. But in the ten years of running collider, for whatever reason, ive never. Dec 15, 2019 harvey keitel on overcoming his stutter. Harvey keitel talks youth, playing a pimp in taxi driver, getting to work with great filmmakers, the way he prepares for a role, and so much more. Apr 22, 2016 i was looking to meet a pimp because i didnt know what to do about being a pimp, harvey keitel, who plays sport in taxi driver, revealed during the 40th anniversary panel at the. Similar fates were in store for costars cybill shepherd, jodie foster, harvey keitel, albert. Enraged by new yorks moral rot and urban decay, an unhinged cab driver goes mad, plotting an assassination and saving a teen sex.
Everything joker steals from taxi driver screen rant. He was born back in 1939 and he is pushing 80 now by. Harvey keitel biography affair, married, wife, ethnicity. Travis bickle, iris, betsy, sportmatthew, the unnamed passenger, tom, charles palantine, wizard, charlie t, doughboy, easy andy, concession girl.
Taxi driver 1976 out of 4 scorseses masterpiece is a raw, powerful and nerve wrecking look at depression and loneliness. Hes the taxi driver of the title, for one thing, and the movie dives into his life in a completely focused, intimate, and yes, totally upsetting way. Dec 08, 2019 harvey keitel talked to collider about his friendship with martin scorsese, how he gave quentin tarantino his break, and his thoughts on an oscar win. Apr 22, 2016 taxi driver producer michael phillips remembered new york as much different place in the 1970s, with shooting finishing just months before president gerald ford denied a federal bailout to the. The movie was an acclaimed cultural touchstone of the 1970s and was nominated for four academy awards.
Harvey keitel, peter boyle and cybill shepherd, the film is presented on bluray for the first time following an extensive 4k digital restoration and remastering under the guidance of cinematographer michael chapman and director martin scorsese. For taxi driver scorsese wanted keitel to play the role of a campaign worker, that was actually played by albert brooks, but keitel. Harvey keitel in taxi driver get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. That intensity suffuses every frame of taxi driver. For taxi driver scorsese wanted keitel to play the role of a campaign worker, that was actually played by albert brooks, but keitel wanted to play the pimp, who originally only had five lines. In 1968 he made his film debut in whos that knocking at my door. He has been awarded the film excellence award in 1994. I was looking to meet a pimp because i didnt know what to do about being a pimp, harvey keitel, who plays sport in taxi driver, revealed during the 40th anniversary panel at the tribeca film festival on thursday. Harvey keitel worked with a pimp to prepare for taxi driver.
Harvey keitel and paul schrader, screenwriterart byguy peelleart 1934200841 x 27 in. Harvey keitel talks youth, taxi driver, and working with great. Taxi driver is screening as part of the paul schrader x 4 series. Taxi driver producer michael phillips remembered new york as much different place in the 1970s, with shooting finishing just months before president gerald ford denied a federal bailout to the. Harvey keitel has never been more than 5ft6 barefoot, if that look at his proportions and the short length of his back and arms. Apr 16, 2020 harvey keitel, born may, 1939, brooklyn, new york, u. Marine corps and then studied at the actors studio. Yeah i agree harvey keitel is an underrated actor and i dont understand why scorsese didnt use him in many of his films. Taxi driver is a brilliant nightmare and like all nightmares it doesnt tell us half of what we want to know. Travis determines to rescue iris, and does so, in a bloodbath that is unsurpassed even in the films of scorsese. Harvey keitel in taxi driver news photo getty images. Harvey keitel on scorsese, tarantino, and his most famous. Jun, 2018 harvey keitel, 79, a brooklyn native who grew up in brighton beach, has appeared in numerous films, including reservoir dogs, pulp fiction, taxi driver and mean streets. A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in.
Schrader i had written the character of the pimp that harvey keitel plays as black, and we were told by columbia we had to change it to a. After an encounter with a malevolent fare played by scorsese, the increasingly paranoid travis begins to condition and arm himself for his imagined destiny, a mission that mutates from assassinating betsys candidate, charles palatine leonard harris, to violently saving teen hooker iris jodie foster from her pimp, sport harvey keitel. Nov 10, 2010 this is my favourite scene from taxi driver. Harvey keitel biography affair, married, wife, ethnicity, nationality, net worth, height married biography who is harvey keitel.
I wish there was more of harvey keitel in the irishman. Harvey keitel talked to collider about his friendship with martin scorsese, how he gave quentin tarantino his break, and his thoughts on an oscar win. He has starred in films such as mean streets 1973, taxi driver 1976, the duellists 1977, the last. Taxi driver 1976 r 1h 53m dramas enraged by new yorks moral rot and urban decay, an unhinged cab driver goes mad, plotting an assassination and saving a teen sex worker. Mar 03, 2017 theres no real denying that for all the other great talent in the film jodie foster, albert brooks, harvey keitel, cybil shepherd robert deniro owns taxi driver. American actor and producer harvey keitel was born on may, 1939 in brooklyn, new york city, to miriam klein and harry keitel. If you ever liked what you were doing, you wouldnt be my woman. Its a movie about a really intense dude made by another really intense dude. Some nyc filming locations from taxi driver then and now. I mean he used him in whos that knocking at my door, mean streets, alice doesnt live here anymore, taxi driver, the last temptation of christ and the irishman. Harvey keitel, born may, 1939, brooklyn, new york, u.
Since as far back as i can remember, ive been a fan of harvey keitel. Harvey keitel talks youth, taxi driver, and working with great filmmakers. Harvey keitel talks youth, taxi driver, and more collider. But hes always had an uneasy relationship with hollywood. Dec 03, 2019 harvey keitel took part in an onstage discussion. Taxi driver tells the unfortunate story of travis bickle, an exmarine just returning from his time in vietnam who struggles to cope with paranoid psychosis in. Harvey keitel 1939 film deaths taxi driver 1976 sport. Taxi driver is a 1976 american drama film directed by martin scorsese and written by paul schrader. Theres no real denying that for all the other great talent in the film jodie foster, albert brooks, harvey keitel, cybil shepherd robert deniro owns taxi driver.
Harvey keitel taxi driver 1976 harvey keitel rehearsed with actual pimps to prepare for his role. It is regularly cited by critics and audiences alike as one of the greatest films of all time including. Originally, he comes from an unspecified rural area. Dec 14, 2015 harvey keitel talks youth, playing a pimp in taxi driver, getting to work with great filmmakers, the way he prepares for a role, and so much more. Harvey keitel talks youth, taxi driver, and working. Taxi driver is an english movie directed by martin scorsese released in the year 1976. Taxi driver is the fevered story of an outsider in new yorka man who cant find any point of entry into human society.
The director brian depalma who did the original carrie introduced scorsese to paul schrader, hooking him into the taxi driver project, which took about four years to finally get made and appear in theaters. The audience ate it up, cheering and laughing throughout their panel. The film is set in new york city, soon after the vietnam war. Travis served in vietnam as a marine until 1973, and two years later, he is a taxi driver in new york city. Did you know that this is the exact doorway where robert deniro gunned down harvey keitel in the film taxi driver. Harvey keitel, 79, a brooklyn native who grew up in brighton beach, has appeared in numerous films, including reservoir dogs, pulp fiction, taxi driver and mean streets. That same year keitel earned an oscar nomination playing mobster mickey cohen in bugsy. Whats more, his character doesnt just dominate the entire filmhes dominated the cinematic landscape and more than a few dorm room walls. Travis can hardly believe how repulsive and vile this guy is, he is literally lost for words. Dimitrios kambourisgetty the tribeca film festival held a 40th anniversary screening of taxi driver thursday night, and many of the principals behind the movie were there to talk.