This book celebrates one of the most acclaimed, enduring and powerful films of the past fifty years, Martin Scorsese's 1976 masterpiece, Taxi Driver, an undisputed movie staple which seems to grow in popularity as the decades go by. Though a condensed, personal, ""small"" film about one man in a big city, it has en epic feel about it. It is an odyssey, a journey into the mind of Travis Bickle, the darkest depths of his soul and, whether we like it or not, ours too. Chris Wade explores the making of Taxi Driver, as well as the film's themes, the subtext, the way it has often crossed over into our real world, and its long lasting legacy. There is also an interview with the man who played Doughboy in the film, Harry Northup, an acclaimed actor and poet who takes us inside life on the set of a classic.