Travis Bickle

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    Is The Ending Of Taxi Driver Totally Different From What You Thought?

    The upbeat conclusion of Martin Scorsese’s 1976 classic is actually Travis Bickle’s delusion as he lies bleeding out on a sofa in Harvey Keitel’s brothel having been shot multiple times in a gun battle with child prostitute Iris’s (Jodie Foster) pimp and his accomplices. How likely is it a film as bleak as ‘Taxi Driver’ would have a happy ending?