• StatusReleased
  • Release Date2002-10-09
  • Runtime120 minutes
  • TaglineAre we a nation of gun nuts or are we just nuts?
  • Revenue35,564,473$
  • GenreDocumentary, Drama, Crime
  • Production
    CompaniesVif Babelsberger Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. Zweite KG, Alliance Atlantis, Dog Eat Dog Films, Salter Street Films, United Artists
  • Budget4,000,000$

Movie 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.

Casts

Michael Moore

George H. W. Bush

George W. Bush

Charlton Heston

Jacobo Árbenz

Mike Bradley

Dick Clark

Bill Clinton

Matt Stone

Marilyn Manson

Chris Rock

Salvador Allende

Prince Andrew, Duke of York

King Charles III of the United Kingdom

Keanu Reeves

Adolf Hitler

R. Budd Dwyer

Ngô Đình Diệm

Jessica Savitch

Trey Parker

Matt Stone

Fritz Hollings

Byron Dorgan

Joe Lieberman