Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei rārangi - "Taxi Driver" i hanga hei wāhanga o te whakaaro pohehe o John Hinckley Jr. i whakaoho i tana whakamātau whakamomori
o te peresideni a Ronald Reagan i te tau 1981, he mahi i kitea ai e kore ia e hara i runga i te take o te haurangi. I kii a Hinckley ko ana mahi he ngana ki te whakamiharo i a Foster, i aro nui a Hinckley ki a ia, ma te taarua i te ahua mohawked o Travis i te huihuinga Palantine. I whakaotihia e tana roia tana whakapae mā te whakatangi i te pikitia ki te rōia. I te wa i rongo ai a Scorsese mo te hihiri o Hinckley i muri i tana whakamatau whakamate, i whakaaro poto ia ki te whakarere i te mahi kiriata na te mea he kino te whakaaro o te kiriata.