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Bowling for Columbine
Are we a nation of gun nuts or are we just nuts?
Genres
DocumentaryDrama
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.
Details
Budget
$4000000
Revenue
$35564473
Runtime
120 min
Release Date
2002-10-09
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1634
Vote Average
7.517
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Michael Moore
Self
George H. W. Bush
Self
George W. Bush
Self
Charlton Heston
Self - NRA President
Jacobo Árbenz
Self - President of Guatemala
Mike Bradley
Self - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Dick Clark
Self
Arthur A. Busch
Self - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan
Michael Caldwell
Self - Police Detective
Richard Castaldo
Self - Columbine Victim
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
Self
Brooks Brown
Self
Dick Herlan
Self
Marilyn Manson
Self
Chris Rock
Self
Salvador Allende
Self - President of Chile (archive footage)
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
Self (archive footage)
King Charles III of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Keanu Reeves
Neo (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
R. Budd Dwyer
Self (archive footage)
Eric Harris
Self (archive footage)
Dylan Klebold
Self (archive footage)
Ngô Đình Diệm
Self - President of South Vietnam (archive footage)
Jessica Savitch
Self (archive footage)
Trey Parker
Self
Matt Stone
self
Fritz Hollings
Self (archive footage)
Byron Dorgan
Self (archive footage)
Joe Lieberman
Self (archive footage)
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