Monday, February 25, 2008
Posted
12:56 PM
by Gene
Despite a 100 rating at Rotten Tomatoes and some critics virtually begging audiences to see it (The New York Times called it "essential"), Taxi to the Dark Side opened Jan. 18 to mostly empty theaters. The film, which explores the death of an innocent Afghani taxi driver tortured to death by U.S. soldiers, may not even hit TV screens: The Discovery Channel, which purchased the film's broadcast rights, recently informed director Alex Gibney it had decided not to air it. Gibney said he believes the cable station found it too incendiary.But but but...it won an Os-CARĀ®!
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