A soulless homage to 'Taxi Driver'.

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  September 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Brave One partly because it resembled Taxi Driver, the Martin Scorsese masterpiece in...honestly, it didn't remind me enough of Taxi Driver. That was one of my issues with it...intensely organic. Critics have interpreted Taxi Driver as a response to the violence of the...

Sex probe taxi driver stripped of licence

The Northern Echo;  December 10, 2004 ;     261 words ...A TAXI driver has had his Hackney and private hire...committee on Tuesday, October 19. Both the taxi driver and the complainant attended a subsequent...committee decided to revoke the unnamed taxi driver's Hackney and private hire licences...

`Taxi Driver': On the Road Again

The Washington Post;  March 1, 1996 ;     463 words ..."TAXI DRIVER," a sometimes-elliptical masterpiece...the object of a similar obsession in "Taxi Driver" -- caused him to gun down President...infamy echo chillingly the scenario in "Taxi Driver." Paul Schrader's script, in fact, was...

Vic: Man charged over taxi driver bashing

AAP General News (Australia);  January 17, 2007 ;     148 words ......Australia) 01-17-2007 Vic: Man charged over taxi driver bashing MELBOURNE, Jan 17 AAP - A man...charged over the bashing of a Melbourne taxi driver at the weekend. Police arrested a 30-year...off without paying his fare and the taxi driver ran after him. But it is alleged the...

Road rage attack on city taxi driver

Evening News - Scotland;  August 28, 2002 ;     469 words ...A TAXI driver was left covered in blood after an...before 2pm yesterday. Witnesses saw the taxi driver and another motorist apparently shouting...vehicles just moments earlier. The taxi driver, who works for Edinburgh-based City...

U.S. serviceman denies killing taxi driver with intent

Xinhua News Agency;  April 11, 2008 ;     211 words ...U.S. serviceman denies killing taxi driver with intent TOKYO, April 11 (Xinhua...on Friday denied killing or robbing a taxi driver with intent at a court hearing, said...suspect, however, confessed to stabbing a taxi driver last month in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture...

Portraits of the postmodern person in Taxi Driver, Raging Bull; and The...

Journal of Film and Video;  April 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......addition to The King of Comedy, his Taxi Driver (1976) and Raging Bull (1980), in particular...of the fictive self. Yet, ironically, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The King of Comedy...politics of many of Scorsese's films from Taxi Driver on can best be understood in relation...

Passengers attack and rob taxi driver.(News)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  December 9, 2005 ;     178 words ...A taxi driver was attacked and robbed by his two passengers early today. The 41-year-old taxi driver had picked up two men at 3am this morning...sprayed an unknown substance into the taxi driver's face. The second man, who was sat in...

Couple rob taxi driver

New Straits Times;  July 13, 2005 ;     185 words ......Straits Times 07-13-2005 Couple rob taxi driver Byline: Alang Bendahara Edition...Lifestyle KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - A taxi driver was robbed of RM1,800 and valuables...Ibrahim said the 43-year-old taxi driver picked up a man and a woman in...

Punches cost cab attacker pounds1,000 A torquay man who attacked a taxi...

Herald Express (Torquay UK);  July 6, 2007 ;     311 words ...A torquay man who attacked a taxi driver after getting out of his cab without...Prosecutor Greg Richardson said the taxi driver picked up Wilson in The Strand, Torquay...his trouble was attacked again. So the taxi driver returned to his cab, closed the windows...

Plea after two men attack taxi driver.(News)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  March 24, 2004 ;     227 words ...A TAXI driver was attacked by two men who refused...the fare requested by the driver. The taxi driver decided to drive the car to the police...the passenger area, and hit him. The taxi driver stopped the vehicle and ran from the...

Qld: Taxi driver dies after fight over fare

AAP General News (Australia);  January 26, 2002 ;     124 words ...00-00-0000 Qld: Taxi driver dies after fight over fare BRISBANE, Jan 26 AAP - A Gold Coast taxi driver died today after chasing down a passenger...argument. A police spokesman said the taxi driver, believed to be in his 50s, fell to the...

Qld: Gold Coast taxi driver dead in suspicious circumstances

AAP General News (Australia);  January 26, 2002 ;     106 words ...00-00-0000 Qld: Gold Coast taxi driver dead in suspicious circumstances Police are investigating the suspicious death of a Gold Coast taxi driver early today. The taxi driver had taken a passenger to Springsure Drive, Mudgeeraba...

Vic: Taxi driver stabbed and cab stolen

AAP General News (Australia);  October 12, 2008 ;     411 words ...Vic: Taxi driver stabbed and cab stolen By Greg Roberts...nab a man and a woman who attacked a taxi driver, stabbing him in the head and stealing...knife. "For no reason he has stabbed a taxi driver just earning a living on at least three...

Vic: Jail for taxi driver who falsely claimed $52,000

AAP General News (Australia);  December 10, 1999 ;     422 words ......Australia) 12-10-1999 Vic: Jail for taxi driver who falsely claimed $52,000 By Catherine...MELBOURNE, Dec 10 AAP - A Melbourne taxi driver who worked two jobs while fraudulently...Court that Armstrong had worked as a taxi driver and as a butcher and had earned a gross...