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Bowling for Columbine

Bowling for Columbine

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

20027.52h 0m

Overview

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.

Directed by Michael Moore
Written by Michael Moore
Produced by Jim Czarnecki, Michael Donovan, Charles Bishop
Box OfficeBudget: $4.0MRevenue: $35.6M

Top Cast

Michael Moore

Michael Moore

Self

George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

Self

George W. Bush

George W. Bush

Self

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Self - NRA President

Jacobo Árbenz

Jacobo Árbenz

Self - President of Guatemala

Mike Bradley

Mike Bradley

Self - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Dick Clark

Dick Clark

Self

A

Arthur A. Busch

Self - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan

M

Michael Caldwell

Self - Police Detective

R

Richard Castaldo

Self - Columbine Victim

Themes & Keywords

canadagunhomicidemass murderoklahoma city bombingamerican culturegun violenceshockingsatiricalmass shootingwittyamusedcommandingempatheticforcefulinflammatory

About Bowling for Columbine

Bowling for Columbine is a documentary, drama film released in 2002 exploring themes of canada, gun, homicide, mass murder, oklahoma city bombing, american culture. Directed by Michael Moore, it stars Michael Moore, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush. 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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