Diahnne Abbott

Taxi Driver 1976

Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a cesspool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palantine. He becomes obsessed with her. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew.

Category: Crime, Drama

Stars: Diahnne Abbott,Frank Adu,Victor Argo,Gino Ardito,Garth Avery,Peter Boyle,Albert Brooks,Harry Cohn,Copper Cunningham,Robert De Niro,Brenda Dickson,Harry Fischler,Jodie Foster,Nat Grant,Leonard Harris

8.4 IMDB Rating 9,431 Views
The King of Comedy 1982

Rupert Pupkin is obsessed with becoming a comedy great. However, when he confronts his idol, talk show host Jerry Langford, with a plea to perform on the Jerry's show, he is only given the run-around. He does not give up, however, but persists in stalking Jerry until he gets what he wants. Eventually he must team up with his psychotic Langford-obsessed friend Masha to kidnap the talk show host in hopes of finally getting to perform his stand-up routine.

Category: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Stars: Robert De Niro,Jerry Lewis,Diahnne Abbott,Sandra Bernhard

7.8 IMDB Rating 4,778 Views