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Taxi to the Dark Side

  • 20072007
  • RR
  • 1h 46m
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7.5/10
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Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
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DocumentaryCrimeHistory
Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan.Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan.Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan.
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    • Alex Gibney
    • Alex Gibney
  • Stars
    • Alex Gibney(voice)
    • Brian Keith Allen
    • Moazzam Begg
    • Alex Gibney
    • Alex Gibney
  • Stars
    • Alex Gibney(voice)
    • Brian Keith Allen
    • Moazzam Begg
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 60User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar

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    Dick Cheney in Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
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    Damien Corsetti in Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
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    Alex Gibney
    Alex Gibney
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Brian Keith Allen
    Brian Keith Allen
    • Soldier - New York Studio Shoot Reenactment
    Moazzam Begg
    • Self - Torture Victim
    • (as Moazzam Beg)
    Christopher Beiring
    • Self - Captain
    Willie Brand
    • Self - Military Police
    George W. Bush
    George W. Bush
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Jack Cafferty
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Brian Cammack
    • Self - Military Police
    William Cassara
    • Self - Attorney
    Doug Cassel
    • Self - Professor
    Dick Cheney
    Dick Cheney
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Jack Cloonan
    Jack Cloonan
    • Self - Former FBI Agent
    Damien Corsetti
    • Self - Military Interrogator
    Thomas Curtis
    • Self - Sergeant: Military Police
    Greg D'Agostino
    Greg D'Agostino
    • Soldier - New York studio shoot reenactment
    Ken Davis
    • Self - US Army Sgt.
    Lynndie England
    Lynndie England
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Tommy Franks
    Tommy Franks
    • Self - General
    • (archive footage)
      • Alex Gibney
      • Alex Gibney
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    • Quotes

      Damien Corsetti - Military Interrogator: You put people into a crazy situation, people will do crazy things.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Vantage Point/Diary of the Dead/Charlie Bartlett/Be Kind Rewind/Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      In My Little Corner of the World
      Words by Bob Hilliard Music by Lee Pockriss

      Published by Better Half Music (Division of Bourne Co.)

      and Emily Music Corporation

      Performed by Yo La Tengo

      Courtesy of Matador Records

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    9/10
    It's a Bitter Pill - Now Take Your Medicine
    With a title like Taxi to the Dark Side, you know it's not going to be a light-and-fluffy film, but it's a film that needed to be made, and should be seen by everyone.

    The measure of a nation is how well it lives up to its ideals in the worst of times. 9/11 was that trial for America, and America failed. If you do not believe that former U.S. president George W. Bush, former vice president Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, White House Council John Yoo, and at least a half dozen other members of the Bush Administration are guilty of war crimes, you must see this documentary.

    Even if you suspect they do, but have lingering doubts – you must see this documentary.

    And especially if you don't know either way, and know nothing about this issue – you must see this documentary.

    This is not some sort of Michael Moore propaganda piece. This transcends partisan politics. It deals with a broader issue. It focuses on the treatment of just one detainee and will probably make you sick to your stomach – if you can stomach it at all. And then reminds you that this happened not to just one guy, but to 83,000 others too.

    Hell yes, its difficult to watch - there is graphic photos of torture – but is that an excuse not to watch it? The fact is they are presented because showing them is necessary to fully understand the extent of what went on. And guess what? If you are an American, you damn well should sit through this, because you are guilty too – this is what your elected officials did.

    Of course when word finally got out, and they got blowback for it, in an outrageous act of cowardice, they left their own subordinates out to dry.

    The film makes the case, clearly, efficiently and thoroughly. Which makes it not only an excellent documentary, but an important one too.
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      • January 23, 2009 (Brazil)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Yakubi, Afghanistan
    • Production companies
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      • Jigsaw Productions
      • Tall Woods
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    • 1 hour 46 minutes
      • Color
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