Oscar For BEST DOCUMENTARY Goes To... "Taxi To The Dark Side" [View All]

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Taxi To The Dark Side



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0854678

An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.

http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN2152698420080223

HBO hitches ride to "Dark Side" with documentary

Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:47am EST

Trade with personal dealer service.LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - HBO has acquired Alex Gibney's Oscar-nominated documentary "Taxi to the Dark Side," which probes the death of an innocent taxi driver at the hands of U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan.

The move comes two weeks after Gibney accused Discovery Communications, which bought the rights to the film in June, of dropping it from the schedule because it was deemed "too controversial" by the cable network's management team.

"Taxi" will premiere uncut on HBO in September. Discovery will retain the basic-cable rights, and said Thursday that it plans to air it -- next year.

Gibney, whose credits also include the Oscar-nominated documentary "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," said he "feels great" about the prospect of HBO airing the documentary during the final stage of the presidential campaign.

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