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Bowling for Columbine

Bowling for Columbine

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

2002•2h 0m•7.5/10
DocumentaryDrama

Ratings

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7.5/10(2K)

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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Production

Vif Babelsberger Filmproduktion, Alliance Atlantis, Dog Eat Dog Films, Salter Street Films, United Artists

Language

EN

Status

Released

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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

Arthur A. Busch

Self - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan

Michael Caldwell

Self - Police Detective

Richard Castaldo

Self - Columbine Victim

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Self

Steve Davis

Self - Deputy Sheriff

Ngo Dinh Diem

Self - President of South Vietnam

Mike Epstein

Self - Shopper in Mall

Joe Farmer

Self - Superintendent of Schools

Matt Stone

Matt Stone

Self

Brooks Brown

Self

Dick Herlan

Self

Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson

Self

Chris Rock

Chris Rock

Self

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