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Taxi to the Dark Side

  • 20072007
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  • 1h 46m
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7.5/10
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Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
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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.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Alex Gibney
  • Writer
    • Alex Gibney
  • Stars
    • Alex Gibney(voice)
    • Brian Keith Allen
    • Moazzam Begg
  • Director
    • Alex Gibney
  • Writer
    • Alex Gibney
  • Stars
    • Alex Gibney(voice)
    • Brian Keith Allen
    • Moazzam Begg
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 60User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 11 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Top cast

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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)
    • Director
      • Alex Gibney
    • Writer
      • Alex Gibney
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Quotes

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

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: 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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    10/10
    The award-winning documentary you're not going to see
    ... at least not on Discovery Channel.

    Said director Alex Gibney recently (on DemocracyNow): "Well, it turns out that the Discovery Channel isn't so interested in discovery. I mean, I heard that — I was told a little bit before my Academy Award nomination that they had no intention of airing the film..."

    Discovery Channel has bought the exclusive TV rights for the next 3 years, but Gibney hopes they can be persuaded to sell them "for a profit".

    And it is a powerful film. Although it reveals nothing new about the torture and degrading techniques we've become accustomed to over the last three years, it puts politician's faces and statements in context with a "real" victim and a name: young Afghan Taxi driver Dilawar, who was arrested at a checkpoint for alleged involvement in a rocket attack. Five days later he died at Bagram, after two days of continuous beatings, standing up in chains inside his solitary confinement cell. The American coroner checked "homicide" on his death certificate and handed it with the body to his family, who couldn't read English.

    The film then takes us along the ride from Afghanistan to the present day. Dilawar was only the beginning, and one of two detainees who died from torture roughly at the same time. Today, about 180 people have died in custody, 38 with "homicide" on their death certificates. Dilawar's torturers tell their story. They took the rap, they repent, but is this justice? What's the bigger picture, the one that's usually glossed over, and the reason Discovery deems this documentary "controversial"?

    Alex Gibney dismantles "Torture the American way" just like he did the Enron scandal in "Enron: The smartest guys in the room", from the inside to the bigger inside, like a Russian doll. You will hear the words "war crimes", see the infamous torture memo, Abu Ghraib photos and film, Kiefer Sutherland torturing with electric wires, Guantanamo, Cheney, Rumsfield, Bush and their lawyers wriggling around the t-word and egging on that "we must take our gloves off". "We have to work the dark side, if you will. We're going to spend time in the shadows", says Cheney.

    "But... is the dark side stronger?"

    "No. Quicker, easier, more seductive. Anger, fear, aggression, the dark side are they.

    "Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny."
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    • Mar 3, 2008

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 23, 2009 (Brazil)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Таксі на темну сторону
    • Filming locations
      • Yakubi, Afghanistan
    • Production companies
      • Discovery Channel
      • Jigsaw Productions
      • Tall Woods
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $274,661
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $10,930
      • Jan 20, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $294,309
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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