]Taxi Driverhas been acknowledged as consciously influenced by John Ford""sThe Searchers (1956)- he story of another angry war veteran and social outcast who becomes obsessed during a search and rescue of his young niece from a long-haired Comanche chief named Scar.When Pharaoh Seti discovered and confronted his traitorous high priest who was engaged in an affair with her, she plunged a dagger into his back, and Imhotep finished the monarch off with a sword.I mean, if he""s supposed to be throwing it, how do you explain the fact that he hit.375 for the Series and didn""t commit one error, huh?...Twelve hits, including the Series"" only home run, and they said he""s tryin"" to lose?....The commissioner of baseball suspended eight of the players, including he great Shoeless Joe Jackson, for life.the harrowing, sensational, and violent war-time experiences of the Americans in the steamy jungles of Vietnam - he psychologically-destructive scarring of life.