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Movie

Bowling for Columbine

2002R2h7.5 / 10

Are we a nation of gun nuts or are we just nuts?

This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old. Bowling for Columbine is a journey through the US, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.

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Synopsis

This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old. Bowling for Columbine is a journey through the US, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.

More about Bowling for Columbine

Cast

Michael MooreSelf
George H. W. BushSelf
George W. BushSelf
Charlton HestonSelf - NRA President
Jacobo ÁrbenzSelf - President of Guatemala
Mike BradleySelf - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Dick ClarkSelf
Arthur A. BuschSelf - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan

Credits

Directed by
Michael Moore
Written by
Michael Moore

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Budget
$4M
Box office
$35.6M

Production

  • Vif Babelsberger FilmproduktionGermany
  • Alliance AtlantisCanada
  • Dog Eat Dog FilmsUnited States
  • Salter Street FilmsCanada
  • United ArtistsUnited States

Themes

american cultureamusedcanadacommandingempatheticforcefulgungun violence