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Originally Posted by chuck
holy crap.
on grady's mention - have just watched Taxi to the Dark Side.
i'm stunned. just stunned.
it's out there to torrent - grab it.
Is it true that Discovery Channel bought the US rights to this - and are now refusing to air it?
Version I watched was from BBC Storyville screening. |
I wasn't aware of the situation with the discovery channel and after doing some cursory searching I found this on the film's wiki site:
In June 2007, the Discovery Channel bought the rights to broadcast Taxi to the Dark Side. However, in February 2008, they made public their intention never to broadcast the documentary due to its controversial nature. HBO then bought rights to the film and announced that it would be broadcast in September 2008, after which the Discovery Channel announced it would broadcast
Taxi to the Dark Side in 2009. Many left-wing pundits and bloggers derided the decision, claiming that the Discovery Channel didn't want to risk Gibney criticizing the network at the Academy Awards should his movie win the Best Documentary Oscar, and also pointed out that the Discovery Channel's projected 2009 broadcast date would occur after President George W Bush left office.