Taxi

Taxi (1998)

Timing: 1:26 (86 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1998-04-08

Country

France

Production

StudioCanal, Canal+, TF1 Films Production, EuropaCorp, ARP Sélection, Cofimage 9, Studio Image 4, TF1 International

Genre

Comedy, Action, Crime, Adventure

Budget

$8 700 000

Revenue

$44 218 015

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Director

Gérard Pirès

Actors

Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard, Manuela Gourary, Emma Wiklund, Bernard Farcy, Georges Neri, Guy Quang, Maurice Murcia, Sabine Bail
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Scenario

Producer

Luc Besson, Laurent Pétin, Michèle Pétin

Operator

Jean-Pierre Sauvaire

Composer

Akhenaton

Artist

Audition

Jeanne Biras, Winny Calissoni, Djamel Ouahab

Editing

Véronique Lange
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• For filming the chases, the director invited operators from Formula 1.
• When the enraged Daniel hits the steering wheel with his hand, a horn sound is heard. In fact, in Peugeot cars, the horn button is located at the end of the steering column stalk.
• When Émilien is learning to drive, we see that the driving school is named 'G. Pires'.
• Luc Besson wrote the screenplay in 30 days.
• In the final scene of the film, before the race, Daniel puts on a helmet that, judging by its paintwork and sponsor logos, belongs to Olivier Panis, a well-known French racing driver who competed in the Formula 1 World Championship from 1994 to 2004.
• Daniel says they should have been following the Mercedes trucks, not the cars, although in reality the robbers are using Renault trucks.
• When Émilien places the flashing light on the roof of Daniel's car and gets in, the device's wire is pinched by the door, but in the next shot, this doesn't prevent the hero from calmly removing the flashing light through the window.
• At the 17th minute of the film, Emilien is playing a computer game. It's Grand Prix II (1996), a game dedicated to the 'Formula 1' racing championship. The screen shows Emilien speeding along the virtual Monaco Grand Prix track.