Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te 30 o Poutu-te-rangi, 1981, John Hinckley Jr.
i ngana ki te patu i te Perehitini o Amerika a Ronald Reagan i roto i te ngana ki te whakamīharo i te kaiwhakaari a Jodie Foster, nāna i tākaro a Iris i "Taxi Driver". Ko nga whakaaweawe a Hinckley mo tana whakamatau i hono tika ki te whakamatau a Travis Bickle ki a Charles Palantine i roto i te kiriata, me Hinckley e hanga ana i tona ahua kia rite ki te mohawk me te koti hoia a Bickle. Ko te mea whakamiharo, ko te ahua o Bickle i whakaaweahia e Arthur Bremer, nana nei i whakamatau te kaitono perehitini a George Wallace i te Mei 15, 1972. I te rongonga o te whakamātau whakamomori a Hinckley, ka whakaaro a Martin Scorsese, kaiwhakahaere o "Taxi Driver" ki te whakarere i te umanga kiriata.