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Bowling for Columbine
“Are we a nation of gun nuts or are we just nuts?”
7.5 / 10• 2002• 2h 0m•R• English
DocumentaryDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Michael Moore
Self
Lead
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
AA
Arthur A. Busch
Self - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Moore's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Bowling for Columbine is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
