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Paul Schrader - news / articles
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Schrader dreamed up Taxi Driver predicament in hospital -
12 March 2011
-Hollywood screenwriter Paul Schrader came up with the inspiration for Martin Scorsese's 1976 classic Taxi Driver as he lay in a hospital bed suffering from a painful ulcer.-
-Schrader was 26 and homeless when he began work on the project and admits his own desperate a
Paul Schrader - what members say
review by Northernsky from Halifax, West Yorks
"Gods lonely man" 20 August 2007
review by danieljparsons from Ashford
"The city doesn't discriminate. It gets everybody." 2 January 2010
review by from England
Dated but good 28 July 2004
Paul Schrader - filmography
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The Jesuit
(2012)
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Ron Jeremy, Paz Vega
Director: Paul Schrader
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A man nicknamed "the Jesuit," is first imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. Then following the murder of his wife and kidnapping of his son who is then taken to Mexico, he devises a plan to not only rescue his son - but also take out vengeance on those responsible.
 
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Adam Resurrected
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, William Dafoe, Willem Dafoe
Director: Paul Schrader
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Drama following the journey of a Jewish comedian who survives the holocaust only to find himself confined in a mental institution. Adam Stein (Jeff Goldblum) is one of the foremost entertainers of 1930s Germany. Unfortunately for Stein, historical events overtake him and he finds himself in a ..read more »
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Auto Focus
(2002)
Starring: Kurt Fuller, Michael Rodgers, Maria Bello
Director: Paul Schrader
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From the writer of Raging Bull and Taxi Driver, Paul Schrader directs Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe in a provocative drama about the colourful life and mysterious death of legendary television actor Bob Crane. Crane (Kinnear) became well known as the star of the hit comedy series Hogan's Heroes. ..read more »
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Forever Mine
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Vincent Laresca, Gretchen Mol, Joseph Fiennes
Director: Paul Schrader
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When pool-boy Alan Ripley starts up an affair with Ella (Gretchen Mo) in a Miami resort he becomes so obsessive that Ella finally confesses to her husband Mark Brice (Ray Liotta), a hard nosed tycoon. Brice decides to remove Alan from Ella's life altogether and after an unsuccessful attempt at ..read more »
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Bringing Out the Dead
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Marc Anthony, Cliff Curtis, Patricia Arquette
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Nicolas Cage plays EMS paramedic Frank Pierce. It is the early 1990's and New York has not yet undergone its renaissance of recent years. Surrounded by the injured and the dying, Frank is dwelling in an urban night-world, crumbling under the accumulated weight of too many years of saving and losing ..read more »
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Affliction
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Nick Nolte
Director: Paul Schrader
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James Coburn won an Academy Award for his performance as an abusive father in this high-tension thriller. Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is a small-town cop struggling to scrape together a living with a series of menial jobs, trying to provide a solid moral ground for his daughter and attempting to ..read more »
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Touch
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Tom Arnold, Gina Gershon, Christopher Walken
Director: Paul Schrader
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Religious satire, based on the novel by Elmore Leonard. The Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Centre in Los Angeles contains one very special resident: Juvenal (Skeet Ulrich), a Brazilian ex-monk with the gift of healing hands. Money-grabbing preacher Bill Hill (Christopher Walken) hears about his God ..read more »
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Light Sleeper
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Victor Garber, Jane Adams, Robert Cicchini
Director: Paul Schrader
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Willem Dafoe plays John La Tour, a drugs delivery man working for Ann, an up-market dealer (Susan Sarandon). An ex-junkie now in his mid-forties and suffering from insomnia, John begins to see the importance of changing his life and making a fresh start. At the same time, he begins to recognise his ..read more »
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The Comfort Of Strangers
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson, Helen Mirren
Director: Paul Schrader
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In this erotic thriller, a young English couple on vacation in Venice find themselves seduced by a mysterious older couple. Mary (Natasha Richardson) and Colin (Rupert Everett) have come to Italy to chart the future of their troubled relationship. They soon meet Robert (Christopher Walken), the ..read more »
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from 1,386 member
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Patty Hearst
(1988)
Starring: Natasha Richardson, Frances Fisher, William Forsythe
Director: Paul Schrader
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The true story of Patty Hearst, the millionaire's daughter kidnapped and brainwashed by the Symbionese Liberation Army. She subsequently took part in terrorist action before being captured by the FBI and put on trial.
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The Mosquito Coast
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Andre Gregory, River Phoenix
Director: Peter Weir
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Idealistic inventor Allie Fox (Harrison Ford) turns his back on modern America and takes his family to a remote part of Central America, where he carries out a scheme to manufacture ice for the jungle dwellers. While he proves innovative and ingenious in taming the jungle, his obsessive nature ..read more »
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Cat People
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Ed Begley, Malcolm McDowell, Ed Begley Jr.
Director: Paul Schrader
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Irena (Nastassja Kinski) is a beautiful young woman who shares a terrifying secret with her brother (Malcolm McDowell) - when sexually aroused she transforms into a panther. When Irena falls in love for the first time, her secret threatens the relationship. Can she bring herself to tell her new-..read more »
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American Gigolo
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Hector Elizondo, Robert Wightman, Nina Van Pallandt
Director: Paul Schrader
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Armani-clad male escort Julian Kaye (Richard Gere) leads a comfortable life offering his services to the rich women of Los Angeles. Well-paid for his efforts, he buys the best clothes, eats in the finest restaurants and spends his days hob-nobbing with the cream of society. But when one of his ..read more »
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Raging Bull
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Frank Adonis, Nicholas Colasanto, Cathy Moriarty
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese's acclaimed biopic of Jake La Motta, the boxing world champion who rose rapidly to fame but swiftly fell from grace. On the road to success, La Motta (Robert De Niro) marries the beautiful young Vickie (Cathy Moriarty), but the pressures of success soon make him paranoid and he ends ..read more »
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Raging Bull - Blu-ray
(1980)
Starring: Frank Adonis, Nicholas Colasanto, Cathy Moriarty
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese's acclaimed biopic of Jake La Motta, the boxing world champion who rose rapidly to fame but swiftly fell from grace. On the road to success, La Motta (Robert De Niro) marries the beautiful young Vickie (Cathy Moriarty), but the pressures of success soon make him paranoid and he ends ..read more »
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from 2,408 members
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Hardcore
(1979)
Starring: Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, George C. Scott
Director: Paul Schrader
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Paul Schrader's unflinching psychological drama is set in the dark and sordid world of the porn industry. George C. Scott stars as Jake Van Dorn, a deeply religious Midwestern businessman whose daughter Kristen (Ilah Davis) runs away while on a church-sponsored outing. He hires a sleazy private ..read more »
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Blue Collar
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Ed Begley Jr., Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto
Director: Paul Schrader
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Three guys, two African-American and one Polish, work on the production line in a Detroit automobile factory, and they are fed-up with the conditions. It dawns on them that their workers' union is doing them no greater good than their screwed-up bosses. So the trio pulls off a clumsy robbery at ..read more »
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Rolling Thunder
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: James Best, Tommy Lee Jones, Dabney Coleman
Director: John Flynn
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Tense 1970s revenge thriller starring William Devane. After returning home to a hero's welcome, Vietnam veteran Major Charles Rane (Devane) soon finds things going downhill. In a loveless marriage, and with some of the townsfolk quickly turning against him, all Rane has left is a collection of ..read more »
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Rolling Thunder - Blu-ray
(1977)
Starring: James Best, Tommy Lee Jones, Dabney Coleman
Director: John Flynn
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Tense 1970s revenge thriller starring William Devane. After returning home to a hero's welcome, Vietnam veteran Major Charles Rane (Devane) soon finds things going downhill. In a loveless marriage, and with some of the townsfolk quickly turning against him, all Rane has left is a collection of ..read more »
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Taxi Driver - Blu-ray
(1976)
Starring: Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Groundbreaking drama of urban alienation from director Martin Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader. Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) works as a New York City taxi driver, and is consumed with disgust by the 'filth' which surrounds him. His explosive, psychotic loathing eventually drives ..read more »
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from 1,246 member
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Obsession
(1976)
Starring: Cliff Robertson, Sylvia Kuumba Williams, Pat McNamara
Director: Brian De Palma
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1970s mystery thriller starring Cliff Robertson as devoted family man Michael Courtland. Michael is obsessed with the memory of his wife (Genevieve Bujold) and daughter who are presumed dead after a bungled kidnap rescue on his tenth wedding anniversary 16 years ago. On a business trip to Florence ..read more »
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Taxi Driver
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris
Director: Martin Scorsese
Certificate:
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Groundbreaking drama of urban alienation from director Martin Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader. Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) works as a New York City taxi driver, and is consumed with disgust by the 'filth' which surrounds him. His explosive, psychotic loathing eventually drives ..read more »
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Paul Schrader facts
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...d the studios mind. The film is centred on a screenplay written in five days by Paul Schrader and contains elements of autobiography -Schrader suffered from depression and ...
