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Are we a nation of gun nuts or are we just nuts? - Bowling for Columbine
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Title: Bowling for Columbine

Release Date: 9 Oct 2002

Runtime: 2h

Genre: Documentary, Drama

Director: Vif Babelsberger Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. Zweite KG, Alliance Atlantis, Dog Eat Dog Films, Iconolatry Productions Inc., Salter Street Films, TiMe Film- und TV-Produktions GmbH, United Broadcasting Inc.

Production Companies: Vif Babelsberger Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. Zweite KG, Alliance Atlantis, Dog Eat Dog Films, Iconolatry Productions Inc., Salter Street Films, TiMe Film- und TV-Produktions GmbH, United Broadcasting Inc.

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.

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Average Vote: 7.518 (1548 votes)

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
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