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Bowling for Columbine (2002) 8.0
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Reviews: 876 user | 214 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence. Director:Michael MooreWriter:Michael Moore |
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The United States of America is notorious for its astronomical number of people killed by firearms for a developed nation without a civil war. With his signature sense of angry humor, activist filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to explore the roots of this bloodshed. In doing so, he learns that the conventional answers of easy availability of guns, violent national history, violent entertainment and even poverty are inadequate to explain this violence when other cultures share those same factors without the equivalent carnage. In order to arrive at a possible explanation, Michael Moore takes on a deeper examination of America's culture of fear, bigotry and violence in a nation with widespread gun ownership. Furthermore, he seeks to investigate and confront the powerful elite political and corporate interests fanning this culture for their own unscrupulous gain. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
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Is America a nation of gun nuts? Or just nuts? See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for some violent images and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 November 2002 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Akiryhtos polemos See more »Box Office
Budget:
$4,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$6,738 (Hong Kong) (6 June 2003)Gross:
$312,914 (Brazil) (20 June 2003)Company Credits
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Alliance Atlantis Communications, Dog Eat Dog Films, Iconolatry Productions Inc. See more »
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(1954)
Music by Charles Albertine, Larry Elgart, Les Elgart, Bob Horn (1954)
Lyrics by Barry Manilow & Bruce Sussman (1978)
Performed by Barry Manilow
Courtesy of Arista Records
Under license from BMG Special Projects
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Because the film didn't fit neatly into any established categories at Cannes, the Jury created a special 55th Anniversary Award just for the film. See more »Goofs
Windsor, Ontario, is described as "a city of millions" in voiceover narration, but the Windsor Metro area has a population of just over 300,000 people. See more »Quotes
Michael Moore: I left the Heston estate atop Beverly Hills and walked back into the real world. To an America living and breathing in fear. Where gun sales are now at an all record high. And where, in the end, it all comes back to 'Bowling for Columbine'.See more »
Crazy Credits
During the opening, archive footage is presented that claims the movie is presented by the National Rifle Association (NRA). See more »Soundtracks
"Bandstand Boogie"(1954)
Music by Charles Albertine, Larry Elgart, Les Elgart, Bob Horn (1954)
Lyrics by Barry Manilow & Bruce Sussman (1978)
Performed by Barry Manilow
Courtesy of Arista Records
Under license from BMG Special Projects
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This movie makes me feel that it is the first time i just remotely understand the American society. Michael Moore explores the darkest side of America - the society built on fear. Fear of terrorists, fear of the coloureds fear of your neighbor. It appears that americans have lost perspective, not noticing the real dangers of life: pollution, traffic, e.t.c. With TV-channels telling stories only about violence and terrorism and populistic politicians scaring people to vote for them Americans trust only in themselves.
Michael Moore tries with this movie to make the Americans consider and think for themselves being rationals, and to tell the rest of the world how the American society works. Really something to think about... See it, its necessary