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Bowling for Columbine (2002)

TV_MA  120 min  -  Documentary | History   -  9 October 2002 (France)
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Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.

Director:

Michael Moore

Writer:

Michael Moore
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Cast

Credited cast:
Jacobo Arbenz Jacobo Arbenz ...
Himself - President of Guatemala (archive footage) (as President Arbenz)
Mike Bradley Mike Bradley ...
Himself - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Arthur A. Busch Arthur A. Busch ...
Himself - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan (as Arthur Busch)
George Bush George Bush ...
Himself (archive footage) (as Bush)
George W. Bush ...
Himself - President of the United States (archive footage)
Michael Caldwell Michael Caldwell ...
Himself - Police Detective
Richard Castaldo Richard Castaldo ...
Himself - Columbine Victim
Dick Clark ...
Himself
Steve Davis Steve Davis ...
Himself - Deputy Sheriff (archive footage)
Ngo Dinh Diem Ngo Dinh Diem ...
Himself - President of South Vietnam (archive footage) (as President Diem)
Byron Dorgan Byron Dorgan ...
Himself (archive footage)
Mike Epstein Mike Epstein ...
Himself - Shopper in Mall
Joe Farmer Joe Farmer ...
Himself - Superintendent of Schools (archive footage)
Mike Fasolo Mike Fasolo ...
Corporate Criminal (DVD only) (archive footage)
Denny Fennell Denny Fennell ...
Himself - Home Security Consultant
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Storyline

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)  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Gun | Violence | Firearm | Bank | Columbine  | See more »

Taglines:

What a wonderful world. See more »

Genres:

Documentary | History

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violent images and language See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

Canada | USA | Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

(France) See more »

Also Known As:

Bowling à Columbine See more »

Filming Locations:

Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$209,148 (USA) (13 October 2002) (8 Screens)

Gross:

$35,564,473 (Worldwide) (2002) (except USA)
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Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

In 2003 became the first documentary to be nominated for and then to win a WGA Award for its screenplay. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: The film claims that that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold attended a bowling class on the morning of the massacre. This is incorrect as testified in a judicial review. See more »

Quotes

Michael Moore: The media, the corporations, the politicians... have all done such a good job of scaring the American public, it's come to the point where they don't need to give any reason at all.
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Crazy Credits

There is no cast list, either at the start of the film or at the end.
People are credited either by subtitle, by the narrator or by themselves. See more »

Connections

Featured in Michael Moore Hates America (2004) See more »

Soundtracks

"Symphony No. 9 In D Minor (Choral), Opus 125"
(1826) (uncredited)
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Excerpts from Movement 4 "Presto - Ode to Joy" in the score starting at the bowling alley sequence See more »