Bowling for Columbine
“Are we a nation of gun nuts or are we just nuts?”
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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Michael Moore
Self
Known for
Lucky Numbers
George H. W. Bush
Self
Also in
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George W. Bush
Self
Also in
George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview
Flight 149: Hostage of War
Charlton Heston
Self - NRA President
Known for
Planet of the Apes
Ben-Hur
Jacobo Árbenz
Self - President of Guatemala
Mike Bradley
Self - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Dick Clark
Self
Known for
Spy Kids
Fantastic Four
Arthur A. Busch
Self - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan
Michael Caldwell
Self - Police Detective
Richard Castaldo
Self - Columbine Victim
Also in
The Columbine Massacre: In the Killer's Mind
Bill Clinton
Self
Also in
Endgame in Ireland
Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin
Steve Davis
Self - Deputy Sheriff
Michael Moore Director · Jeff Gibbs Composer Kurt Engfehr Editor
Worldwide gross $36M · Budget $4M · United States release October 11, 2002
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$35,564,473
Gross vs. budget
8.9×
Production
Vif Babelsberger Filmproduktion
Production
Alliance Atlantis
Production
Dog Eat Dog Films
Production
Salter Street Films
Production
United Artists
Production
Alliance Atlantis Communications
Production
Iconolatry Productions Inc.
Production
Salter Street Films International
Production
TiMe Film- und TV-Produktions GmbH
Production
United Broadcasting Inc.
Production
Vif Babelsberger Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. Zweite KG
Production
Canada · Germany · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 16, 2002
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · October 11, 2002
Limited theatrical
United States
August 30, 2002 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
October 5, 2002 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
November 15, 2002 · Theatrical
February 14, 2003 · Limited theatrical · Re-release
Argentina
March 10, 2003 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
March 27, 2003 · Theatrical
Australia
October 16, 2002 · Theatrical
Austria
October 21, 2002 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
December 6, 2002 · Theatrical
Belgium
October 9, 2002 · Premiere · Gent International Film Festival
November 13, 2002 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 1, 2002 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
May 16, 2003 · Theatrical
Canada
September 1, 2002 · Premiere · Atlantic Film Festival
September 7, 2002 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
September 22, 2002 · Premiere · Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival
September 27, 2002 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
October 18, 2002 · Limited theatrical
Czechia
October 25, 2002 · Premiere · Jihlava Film Festival
January 27, 2003 · Premiere · Febio Film Festival
March 6, 2003 · Theatrical
Denmark
January 17, 2003 · Theatrical
Finland
January 16, 2003 · Premiere · Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
February 7, 2003 · Theatrical
France
October 9, 2002 · Theatrical
Germany
November 21, 2002 · Theatrical
Greece
November 15, 2002 · Theatrical
March 7, 2003 · Premiere · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
May 29, 2003 · Theatrical
Hungary
June 26, 2003 · Theatrical
December 3, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Iceland
April 10, 2003 · Premiere · 101 Film Festival
Ireland
November 15, 2002 · Theatrical
Israel
January 23, 2003 · Theatrical
Italy
October 17, 2002 · Theatrical
Japan
January 25, 2003 · Theatrical
Mexico
July 18, 2003 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 1, 2002 · Premiere · Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
November 21, 2002 · Premiere · IDFA Festival
December 5, 2002 · Theatrical
April 6, 2005 · TV · RTL 5
November 20, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Norway
October 18, 2002 · Premiere · Bergen International Film Festival
January 31, 2003 · Theatrical
Panama
June 11, 2004 · Theatrical
Peru
September 11, 2003 · Theatrical
Poland
September 12, 2003 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 4, 2003 · Theatrical
Russia
June 25, 2003 · Premiere · Moscow Film Festival
Singapore
April 27, 2003 · Premiere · Singapore International Film Festival
May 15, 2003 · Theatrical
Slovakia
June 23, 2003 · Premiere · Art Film Festival
Slovenia
March 13, 2003 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 24, 2003 · Theatrical
Spain
September 1, 2002 · Premiere · San Sebastián Film Festival
March 21, 2003 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 26, 2003 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
February 7, 2003 · Theatrical
January 12, 2009 · Premiere · Göteborg International Film Festival
Switzerland
October 9, 2002 · Theatrical · French
November 7, 2002 · Theatrical · German
March 21, 2003 · Theatrical · Italian
Türkiye
January 25, 2003 · Premiere · AFM International Independent Film Festival
February 7, 2003 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 15, 2002 · Theatrical
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