25-02-2008
Taxi wins Oscar

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Gibney's speech:

"Wow. Thank you very much, Academy. Here's to all doc filmmakers. And, truth is, I think my dear wife Anne was kind of hoping I'd make a romantic comedy, but honestly, after Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, extraordinary rendition that simply wasn't possible.

This is dedicated to two people who are no longer with us, Dilawar, the young Afghan taxi driver, and my father, a navy interrogator who urged me to make this film because of his fury about what was being done to the rule of law.

Let's hope we can turn this country around, move away from the dark side and back to the light. Thank you very much."

A selection of articles, interviews, etc.:

• Politics, money and ideology hold up US TV broadcasts
  
• Alex Gibney audio interview with Democracy Now
• Producer Eva Orner (an Aussie) talks to The Australian and the Melbourne Herald Sun

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