2007 (80th) ACADEMY AWARDS
Award Category:  Documentary (Feature)
Film Title:  Taxi to the Dark Side
Winner(s):  Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
Acceptor note:  accompanied on stage by producer Susannah Shipman
Award Presenter(s):  Tom Hanks

ALEX GIBNEY:
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.

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