Martin Scorsese's Smart Move that Saved 'Taxi Driver' From Being 'Destroyed'

Martin Scorsese threatened to get a gun to protect ‘Taxi Driver’ from studio cuts

Martin Scorsese threatened to get a gun when Columbia Pictures wanted to cut bloody scenes from "Taxi Driver," as revealed in new Apple TV+ documentary.

How Martin Scorsese almost took drastic action to protect 'Taxi Driver': 'I was going to do it'

That time when the director almost went full Travis Bickle on the MPAA.Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Scorsese in 1976, at a press conference for 'Taxi Driver'There's identifying with your lead character, and then there's this!Apple TV+ released a clip promoting their forthcoming five-part documentary series Mr. Scorsese — the one that has every cinephile on the globe salivating. Director Rebecca Miller has gotten her hands on a ton of terrific arc…

Martin Scorsese 'threatened to get gun' after bold Taxi Driver request from bosses - The Mirror

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese has revealed he was that miffed by a request from movie bosses that he threatened to get a gun and destroy a copy of hit film Taxi Driver

Apple TV+'s Martin Scorsese Doc Looks Like a Film Buff's Dream

In the first trailer for the five-part docuseries, Scorsese says that he almost bought a gun during the making of Taxi Driver.

Scorsese thought about ‘getting a gun’ after scenes were nearly cut from Taxi Driver

The director talks about the incident in a new Apple TV documentary series

Martin Scorsese's smart move that saved 'Taxi Driver' from being 'destroyed'

Taxi Driver is an iconic film that almost didn't make it to the screens in its “iconic” form. The 1976 film was almost cut in a way that director Martin Scorsese was ready to take up arms against the studio.The...