"Alex Gibney" Filmography
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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
2008, USA
- Actors: Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp, Joe Cairo, David Carlo, Victor Ortiz, Gilleon Smith, Alex Ziwak, Melissa Otero, Pierre Adeli, Angela Berliner, Eugenia Care, Brian Kimmet, Oscar Acosta, Muhammad Ali, Sonny Barger, Warren Beatty, Bob Braudis, Douglas Brinkley, Pat Buchanan, Jimmy Buffett, George W. Bush, Patrick Caddell, Jimmy Carter, Tim Crouse, Richard J. Daley, Thomas Eagleton, Gary Hart, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jefferson Airplane, John F. Kennedy
- Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music
- Director(s): Alex Gibney
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Available languages:
- English English.
Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.
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Taxi to the Dark Side
2007, USA
- Actors: Alex Gibney, Brian Keith Allen, Moazzam Begg, Christopher Beiring, Willie Brand, George W. Bush, Jack Cafferty, Brian Cammack, William Cassara, Doug Cassel, Dick Cheney, Jack Cloonan, Damien Corsetti, Thomas Curtis, Greg D'Agostino, Lynndie England, Tommy Franks, Carlotta Gall, John Galligan, Frank Gibney, Tim Golden, Alberto Gonzales, Charles A. Graner, Gita Gutierrez, David Hayden, Donald O. Hebb, Scott Hennen, Jay Hood, Scott Horton, John Hutson
- Genre: Documentary, Crime, War
- Director(s): Alex Gibney
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Available languages:
- English English.
Using the torture and death in 2002 of an innocent Afghan taxi driver as the touchstone, this film examines changes after 9/11 in U.S. policy toward suspects in the war on terror. Soldiers, their attorneys, one released detainee, U.S. Attorney John Yoo, news footage and photos tell a story of abuse at Bagram Air Base, Abu Ghraib, and Guantanamo Bay. From Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Gonzalez came unwritten orders to use any means necessary. The CIA and soldiers with little training used sleep deprivation, sexual assault, stress positions, waterboarding, dogs and other terror tactics to seek information from detainees. Many speakers lament the loss of American ideals in pursuit of security.