Scorsese, De Niro, Jodie Foster to attend Tribeca “Taxi Driver” screeningMarch 19, 2016 - 21:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster will attend a 40-year anniversary screening of “Taxi Driver” at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21, Variety reports. The screening will take place at the Beacon Theatre and will be followed by a conversation with Scorsese, De Niro, Foster cast member Cybill Shepherd and screenwriter Paul Schrader. Kent Jones will moderate. The 1976 film was nominated for four Academy Awards including best picture for Michael and Julia Phillips, best actor for De Niro and supporting actress for Foster. It won the Palme D’or at Cannes; Albert Brooks and Harvey Keitel also starred. “It’s odd to think that four decades have passed since we shot ‘Taxi Driver’ on the streets of a very different New York City,” Scorsese said. “It was made in a surge of energy, starting with Paul’s one-of-a-kind script, and I was working with an extraordinary group of artistic collaborators as anyone could ever hope for — Jodie, who was 13 years old at the time, and Bob gave the picture something precious, dangerous, and altogether remarkable. I’m honored to take part in the celebration of the film’s 40th anniversary at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.” Tickets will be available beginning March 24. “It’s a great honor for TFF to revisit Taxi Driver,” said De Niro. “I’m very proud to have worked on this film with Marty, Jodie, Harvey, Cybill, Paul, Michael and Julia as well as the extraordinary cast and crew. I remain equally proud today.” De Niro is the festival co-founder. Sony Pictures digitally restored and re-mastered “Taxi Driver” to 4K from the original negative in 2011. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |