Taxi Driver Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

10 of the most interesting Taxi Driver easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Taxi Driver movie message.

Taxi Driver poster
Taxi Driver poster
Taxi Driver Plot

A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action by attempting to liberate a presidential campaign worker and an underage prostitute.

Genre Crime, Drama
Director Martin Scorsese
Stars Diahnne Abbott, Frank Adu, Victor Argo, Gino Ardito
IMDB score 8.3

Taxi Driver Movie Trivia

1 - During his scene with Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976), director Martin Scorcese had to sit on phone books to make himself fit in the frame for the camera for his scene

During his scene with Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976), director Martin Scorcese had to sit on phone books to make himself fit in the frame for the camera for his scene

Taxi Driver Movie Easter Eggs

1 - Initially received an X-Rating due to the graphic violence of the final shootout. To attain an R-Rating, Martin Scorsese had the colors de-saturated, making the brightly colored blood less prominent, a change he considered a big improvement on what was originally shot

Initially received an X-Rating due to the graphic violence of the final shootout. To attain an R-Rating, Martin Scorsese had the colors de-saturated, making the brightly colored blood less prominent, a change he considered a big improvement on what was originally shot

1 - Th time, i notice the director, Martin Sorcesse as a background character!

Th time, i notice the director, Martin Sorcesse as a background character!

1 - Travis actually gets that "organizized" poster he joked to Betsy about

Travis actually gets that "organizized" poster he joked to Betsy about

1 - Harvey Keitels character Sport (left) has one long pinky fingernail on his right hand for scooping cocaine and snorting it.

Harvey Keitels character Sport (left) has one long pinky fingernail on his right hand for scooping cocaine and snorting it.

Costume details in Taxi Driver

1 - Robert De Niro is shown dumping sugar into his drink seconds after his voiceover says he had black coffee, underscoring both the narrator's unreliability and penchant for sweets.

Robert De Niro is shown dumping sugar into his drink seconds after his voiceover says he had black coffee, underscoring both the narrator's unreliability and penchant for sweets.

Taxi Driver movie hidden details

1 - A few references are made of Travis Bickle's service in the armed forces: when asking for a job, he says he was a marine; his green M-65 field jacket; but probably the subtlest hint is how he rolls up and packs away his sleeping bag during the day, like any good soldier would.

A few references are made of Travis Bickle's service in the armed forces: when asking for a job, he says he was a marine; his green M-65 field jacket; but probably the subtlest hint is how he rolls up and packs away his sleeping bag during the day, like any good soldier would.

Travis keeps the crumpled $20 bill he receives by Sport to 'forget about' his abuse of Iris, the underage prostitute. He later hands that same bill back to the other pimp at the place where Iris works

Travis takes Betsy to lunch when they talk about signs with goofy puns (Organeziezd, Thimk). Later, when Travis asks her on a second date and Betsy pauses to think, a bus pulls past them with the phrase "Olive It Up", a sign of encouragement for her to take a chance with Travis.

1 - <b></b>a late scene in Taxi Driver (1976), Travis is shown wearing a button that has the "are" in it underlined. This is a mistake from the printing company which Tom argues on the phone about earlier in the movie. According to Tom, the "We" should be underlined and no the "are".

a late scene in Taxi Driver (1976), Travis is shown wearing a button that has the "are" in it underlined. This is a mistake from the printing company which Tom argues on the phone about earlier in the movie. According to Tom, the "We" should be underlined and no the "are".