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  Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs help passengers get to and from their homes, workplaces, and recreational pursuits such as dining, entertainment, and shopping, as well as to and from business-related events.
At the beginning of their driving shift, taxi drivers usually report to a taxicab service or garage where they are assigned a vehicle, most frequently a large, conventional automobile modified for commercial passenger transport.
Employment of taxi drivers and chauffeurs is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2014, as local and suburban travel increases.
stats.bls.gov /oco/ocos245.htm   (2699 words)

  
 A Bristol Taxi Driver- A site for Visitors and Bristolians.
The taxi driver is the first person a visitor speaks to when arriving at Temple Meads Station or the Bus Station and what that driver tells them about the city will stay with them always.
The driver that brought me from the station was going mad about the centre, about how sorry he was about the travelling time and about who's fault it was.
Taxi drivers will always give you their opinion whether you want it or not and most visitors want the advice of some one with local knowledge.
www.taxidriver.fsnet.co.uk /DriversPage.html   (2411 words)

  
 ‘Taxi Driver’ (R)
Hinckley's statement that he wanted to impress the actress, the assassination attempt's bloody denouement (four men were struck down in all) and Hinckley's media infamy echo chillingly the scenario in "Taxi Driver." Paul Schrader's script, in fact, was partly inspired by the diaries of Arthur Bremer, the man who shot George Wallace.
"Taxi Driver" also happens to be a great movie, one of the few relatively recent films (like "The Godfather") to join the pantheon of popular classics and great American cinema.
Although "Taxi Driver" has been available on video for years, here is a brief opportunity to savor it the way it's meant to be seen: on the big screen.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/taxidriverrhowe_c048a8.htm   (461 words)

  
 Taxi Driver E3 2005 Hands-On - PlayStation 2 News at GameSpot
Taxi Driver stars Travis Bickle, the same disgruntled, antisocial cab driver played by Robert De Niro in the film.
As Taxi Driver is still fairly early on in development, it feels a bit sparse at the moment.
Taxi Driver is scheduled for release sometime in 2006.
www.gamespot.com /ps2/action/taxidriver/preview_6126212.html   (582 words)

  
 Taxi Driver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, in the documentary Making "Taxi Driver" (included in the DVD release of the movie), Foster stated that she was present during the setup and staging of the special effects used during the scene; the entire process was explained and demonstrated for her, step by step.
Taxi Driver was reportedly part of a delusional fantasy on the part of John Hinckley, Jr.
Taxi Driver, critiqued by a former taxi driver.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taxi_Driver   (3228 words)

  
 Citizen Bickle, or the Allusive Taxi Driver: Uses of Intertextuality
Many of Taxi Driver's references are limited in application to the one-time quotation of a specific incident in another film.
Taxi Driver also adapts a scene from Murder by Contract in which the protagonist/killer describes the impact of various types of ammunition – a scene acted by Scorsese as a crazed passenger in the back of Bickle's cab.
Psycho has other basic similarities to Taxi Driver, notably in the doomed journey of Marion (Janet Leigh) to the corrupted world of the Bates motel, where her point-of-view shots through the rainy windshield are accompanied by subjective voice-over.
www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/05/37/taxi_driver.html   (4292 words)

  
 :: rogerebert.com :: Great Movies :: Taxi Driver (xhtml)
Travis Bickle exists in "Taxi Driver" as a character with a desperate need to make some kind of contact somehow--to share or mimic the effortless social interaction he sees all around him, but does not participate in.
This utter aloneness is at the center of "Taxi Driver," one of the best and most powerful of all films, and perhaps it is why so many people connect with it even though Travis Bickle would seem to be the most alienating of movie heroes.
In "Taxi Driver," this central story is surrounded by many smaller ones, all building to the same theme.
rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040101/REVIEWS08/401010364/1023   (1415 words)

  
 daVinci Games web site
Taxi Driver is a board game for 3-7 players, who drive around the city looking for passengers.
The map of the city is different every time you play, because it is composed by placing at random a grid of 16 tiles.
The player declaring to use the least amount of time possible may win the round, but before he needs to take his taxi and drive his way through streets and traffic lights in order to prove he really is the fastest.
www.davincigames.com /page_eng.cfm?sez=03&gioco=taxidriver   (144 words)

  
 Taxi Insider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Until recently it was not uncommon for a new taxi driver to receive his license six months after he passed the test.
But first you must all endure the "Taxi Test." Arriving at 8:00am at the testing facility, just two days after our five-borough bus tour, I found dozens of anxious taxi students ready for what they hoped would be their final day before acquiring their hack license.
Taxi drivers in New York should be respected as professionals because they are trained to be the most knowledgeable and safest class of drivers in the country.
www.taxisafety.com /OLDSITE/ti1002.html   (2121 words)

  
 Taxi driver Funny Joke
A taxi passenger tapped the driver on the shoulder to ask him a question.The driver screamed, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went up on the footpath, and stopped centimetres from a shop window.
For a second everything went quiet in the cab, then the driver said, "Look mate, don't ever do that again.
Today is my first day as a cab driver - I've been driving a funeral van for the last 25 years.
www.funnypart.com /funny_jokes/taxi_driver.shtml   (104 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Taxi Driver (Special Edition): Video: Diahnne Abbott,Frank Adu,Gino Ardito,Victor Argo,Garth Avery,Peter ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Taxi Driver is the definitive cinematic portrait of loneliness and alienation manifested as violence.
The ending of Taxi Driver has generated a lot of controversy and confusion because most people tend to assume that it's a simple continuation of the narrative of the film.
In Taxi Driver, there is no happy ending, but it is a very clever one that explores the mind of a lonely and trampled soul.
www.amazon.com /Taxi-Driver-Special-Robert-Niro/dp/0767830520   (3233 words)

  
 Taxi Driver (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A taxi driver or cabbie is a person who drives a taxicab for income.
Taxi Driver is a 1976 film written by Paul Schrader, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro.
Taxi Driver is a song by Gym Class Heroes, known for its lyrical tribute to other bands.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taxi_driver   (140 words)

  
 Driver Genius Professional,driver backup,driver restore,driver install,driver upgrade,driver update   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Driver Genius Professional is a professional driver management tool features both driver management and hardware diagnostics.
Device drivers are files that tell a device like a printer, modem, scanner and so on, how to work.
Driver Genius Professional Edition 2005 is designed to do a task and to do it well, and I'd say it succeeds.
www.driver-soft.com   (982 words)

  
 Beppe Grillo's Blog: Taxi driver
I understand that to see Mussi at the mercy of robust taxi drivers could be a pleasure and could be better than a red light film.
The difference is that taxi drivers offer a service you can't live without, and that they own a car.
Taxi drivers have to earn a living like everyone else and I am sorry for those who thought they would be able to take an early retirement by flogging their licences...but these corporative interests must be gradually broken down.
www.beppegrillo.it /eng/2006/07/taxi_driver.html   (1555 words)

  
 :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Taxi Driver (xhtml)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
"Taxi Driver" shouldn't be taken as a New York film; it's not about a city but about the weathers of a man's soul, and out of all New York he selects just those elements that feed and reinforce his obsessions.
"Taxi Driver" is a brilliant nightmare and like all nightmares it doesn't tell us half of what we want to know.
"Taxi Driver" is a hell, from the opening shot of a cab emerging from stygian clouds of steam to the climactic killing scene in which the camera finally looks straight down.
rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19760101/REVIEWS/601010312/1023   (937 words)

  
 Taxi Driver (1976)
One of the greatest works of modern fiction is Martin Scorsese’s film “Taxi Driver”.
Taxi Driver is a cautionary tale, a film awakening in us a recognization of our own inner fears and desires, and our darker capabilities.
Taxi Driver: The Deer Hunter Part II Essay
www.geocities.com /jnyby83/TaxiDriver.html   (684 words)

  
 Taxi Driver
It is hardly surprising that Columbia Home Video decided to release the film in its restored version from 1996 on DVD, together with a number of stunning supplements, to satisfy the demand for one of the hardest hitting films of the 70s.
To pass the time he takes on a job as a cab driver in New York, covering some of the darkest suburbs and areas the city has to offer.
Although the film shows the most gruesome carnage of all his films, it is a slowly developing film that makes the character development the main focus and gives viewers time to explore the psyche of the character we are observing.
www.dvdreview.com /html/taxi_driver.html   (1126 words)

  
 Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver is one of the best films ever made.
Taxi Driver (1976) is director Martin Scorsese's and screenwriter Paul Schrader's gritty, disturbing, nightmarish modern film classic that examines alienation
You may want to argue with Taxi Driver at the end, and with good reason, but it won't be a waste of time.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/1020915-taxi_driver   (970 words)

  
 CanadianDriver: A brief history of the London taxi
The operators of these taxis are legendary for their encyclopedic knowledge of the British capital but the fascinating history of the vehicles they drive is less apparent to the casual observer.
A London taxi must undergo rigorous periodic inspections and is retired after 10 to 12 years and hundreds of thousands of miles of service.
Many private owners are members of the London Vintage Taxi Association, founded in 1978 and dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of London taxis of all ages.
www.canadiandriver.com /articles/mj/taxi.htm   (1242 words)

  
 Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976) is director Martin Scorsese's and screenwriter Paul Schrader's gritty, disturbing, nightmarish modern film classic, that examines alienation in urban society.
Taxi Driver has been acknowledged as consciously influenced by John Ford's The Searchers (1956) - the story of another angry war veteran and social outcast who becomes obsessed during a search and rescue of his young niece from a long-haired Comanche chief named Scar.
He applies as a hack in a taxi company to drive the taxi night shift, because he is an insomniac: "I can't sleep nights" and he finds nothing meaningful to do during the days.
www.filmsite.org /taxi.html   (2796 words)

  
 Taxi Driver: Its Influence on John Hinckley, Jr.
Hinckley Jr.'s attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, he became obsessed with the movie "Taxi Driver." Hinckley saw the movie at least fifteen times, read and re-read the book it was based upon, and bought the soundtrack to the film, listening to it for hours on end.
Hinckley's mother JoAnn, came to feel such a warmth and connection with Lynn after several years of corresponding about her with John, (obviously John never brought her home to meet the folks), that she felt an emptiness when she was told by the FBI that Lynn Collins did not exist.
Feeling the loss as though it were a close personal friend, JoAnn Hinckley was most devastated by the fact that without Lynn in his life, she could not think of a single person with whom her son had had a relationship in several years.
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/hinckley/taxidriver.htm   (770 words)

  
 TAXI DRIVER - COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD
Let's face it, the Littleton tragedy is not an isolated incident, and Taxi Driver is still a film of raw power and savage beauty, dated only by its costume design and the presence of checkered cabs, ripe for rediscovery by the wrong element.
I'd hate to see Taxi Driver, which was already blamed for the attempt on President Reagan's life, excerpted for the six o'clock news again because a copycat delinquint couldn't get a grip on reality.
At under $30, Taxi Driver is a quarter of the cost of the Criterion CAV release and as wonderful in so many ways.
filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/taxidriver.htm   (1275 words)

  
 Spin City: Taxi Driver - TV.com
James inadvertently causes a taxi driver strike, which interferes with Arthur getting to the airport.
Taxi Driver is the name of a famous 1976 movie starring Robert De Niro and directed by Martin Scorsese.
Taxi Driver is the name of a famous 1976 film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro.
www.tv.com /spin-city/taxi-driver/episode/3014/summary.html   (243 words)

  
 George the Famous Taxi Driver of Greece
Being a taxi driver in Athens is difficult.
You hear many stories about the Greek taxi drivers and not to trust them because they will cheat you and though this may be true of some, it is not all of them or even the majority.
But I realized that I did not want to be just another taxi driver in Athens, struggling to feed my family.
www.greecetravel.com /taxi   (1068 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Taxi Driver (Widescreen): DVD: Martin Scorsese,Robert De Niro,Jodie Foster,Albert Brooks,Harvey ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
"Taxi Driver" is such a raw, visceral experience that after viewing its nightmarish terrain one must decompress.
"Taxi Driver" unbelievably ends with the prostitute having been returned to her parents and Bickle becoming an inner-city folk hero.
It's clear Bickle wishes to be a cowboy hero in "Taxi Driver," as seen by the boots he wears and the guns he straps on like an inner-city John Wayne.
www.amazon.ca /Taxi-Driver-Widescreen-Martin-Scorsese/dp/0767830555   (2872 words)

  
 DVD Review - Taxi Driver   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
"Taxi Driver" has radically changed Robert DeNiro’s career back in 1976, establishing him as a first class character actor.
The movie is presented in a 16x9 enhanced widescreen transfer that restores the film’s original aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1.
"Taxi Driver" contains a large number of high quality extras, like a "Making Of" documentary, photo gallery, filmographies and liner notes.
www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/taxi_driver.shtml   (1184 words)

  
 Taxi Driver - Help Abu to pass TAXI CORP's impossible entrance exam and become a full fledged Taxi Driver in New York!
Taxi Driver - Help Abu to pass TAXI CORP's impossible entrance exam and become a full fledged Taxi Driver in New York!
Looking to continue the family legacy, you've traveled to the taxi center of the world...
But the path to greatness is a rough road, and your journey begins with a grueling test of faith and perseverance.
taxi-driver.freeonlinegames.com   (183 words)

  
 Taxi Driver: Collector's Edition (1976)
Produced by Michael and Julia Phillips and directed by maverick filmmaker Martin Scorsese, 1976's Taxi Driver ushered in a new era of graphic moviemaking as social criticism.
However, it has to be remembered that Taxi Driver was a very low budget film made well over a decade ago; from that perspective, the movie looks surprisingly good.
Finally, the Taxi Driver Collector's Edition DVD includes a couple of old standbys: we get four theatrical trailers (one for Taxi Driver itself, and three from other films involving either De Niro or Scorsese), and we also receive some decent but unexceptional cast and director biographies.
www.dvdmg.com /taxidriver.shtml   (1825 words)

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