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Bowling for Columbine
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Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 documentary film directed, written, and produced by Michael Moore. The cast includes Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Marilyn Manson, and Matt Stone. The film was produced by Alliance Atlantis, Vif Babelsberger Filmproduktion, Dog Eat Dog Films, and Salter Street Films. It was distributed by United Artists, Netflix, and Fandango at Home. The original language is English, and the film is presented in black-and-white.
The film has a runtime of 120 minutes. It was filmed in New York City and Colorado. The countries of origin are the United States, Germany, and Canada. The composer is Jeff Gibbs. The film received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film and the César Award for Best Foreign Film.
Review scores include 8.2/10, 72/100, and 95%. The IMDb rating is 7.9 based on 152,329 votes. The TMDb vote average is 7.513 based on 1,687 votes. The budget was 4,000,000, and the revenue was 35,564,473.
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7.5This 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
- Michael Moore as Self
- George H. W. Bush as Self
- George W. Bush as Self
- Charlton Heston as Self - NRA President
- Jacobo Árbenz as Self - President of Guatemala
- Mike Bradley as Self - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Themes
- canada
- gun
- homicide
- mass murder
- oklahoma city bombing
- american culture
- gun violence
- shocking
- satirical
- mass shooting
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Michael Moore
- Written by
- Michael Moore
- Based on
- Causes of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999
- Produced by
- Michael Moore Kathleen Glynn Jim Czarnecki Charles Bishop Michael Donovan Kurt Engfehr
- Starring
- Michael Moore
- Narrated by
- Michael Moore
- Edited by
- Kurt Engfehr
- Music by
- Jeff Gibbs
- Production companies
- Alliance Atlantis Salter Street Films Dog Eat Dog Films
- Distributed by
- United Artists (United States; through MGM Distribution Co. ) Prokino Filmverleih (Germany) Alliance Atlantis (International)
- Release dates
- May 16, 2002 ( 2002-05-16 ) ( Cannes ) October 11, 2002 ( 2002-10-11 ) (United States) October 18, 2002 ( 2002-10-18 ) (Canada)
- Running time
- 120 minutes
- Countries
- United States Canada Germany
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $4 million
- Box office
- $58 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Michael Moore
- Screenwriter
- Michael Moore
- Cast member
- Dick Clark
- Composer
- Jeff Gibbs
- Producer
- Michael Moore
- Filming location
- Colorado
- Duration
- 120
- FilmAffinity ID
- 272340
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- publication date
- 2002-00-00
- title
- Bowling for Columbine
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- color
- black-and-white
- review score
- 95%
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Encyclopedic overview
Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 documentary film written, produced, directed, and narrated by Michael Moore. The documentary film explores what Moore suggests are the primary causes for the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 and other acts of gun violence. He focuses on the background and environment in which the massacre took place and some common public opinions and assumptions about related issues. The film also looks into the nature of violence in the United States, and American violence abroad.
A critical and commercial success, the film brought Moore international attention as a rising filmmaker and won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature, a special 55th Anniversary Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, and the César Award for Best Foreign Film. The film is widely considered one of the greatest documentary films of all time.
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