Taxi (2004 film)
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Taxi is a 2004 action comedy film directed by Tim Story and starring Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Gisele Bündchen, Jennifer Esposito, and Ann-Margret. An incompetent New York City police officer is banned from driving and comes to rely on a talented taxi driver to help him solve a series of bank robberies. The film is a remake of the 1998 French film of the same name and was panned by critics.
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Directed by | Tim Story |
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Based on | Taxi by Luc Besson |
Produced by | Luc Besson |
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Cinematography | Vance Burberry |
Edited by | Stuart Levy |
Music by | Christophe Beck |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
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Language | English |
Budget | $25 million[1] |
Box office | $71.3 million[1] |
The film is set in New York City. In the film, a demoted police detective convinces a taxicab driver to help him track down a Brazilian gang of bank robbers, and to find out how the gang transports the stolen money. The detective is soon fired for insubordination, but the duo proceed in confronting the gang.