Bowling for Columbine

Oct 9, 2002

2h 0m

★ 7.5

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

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.

Genres

Documentary

Drama

Production Companies

Vif Babelsberger Filmproduktion

Alliance Atlantis

Dog Eat Dog Films

Salter Street Films

United Artists

Bowling for Columbine Trailers

Cast

Self

Michael Moore

Self

George H. W. Bush

Self

George W. Bush

Self - NRA President

Charlton Heston

Self - President of Guatemala

Jacobo Árbenz

Self - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Mike Bradley

Self

Dick Clark

Self - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan

Arthur A. Busch

Self - Police Detective

Michael Caldwell

Self - Columbine Victim

Richard Castaldo

Self

Bill Clinton

Self - Deputy Sheriff

Steve Davis

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