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.
- Director
- Michael Moore
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $36M
Who's in it
Cast
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25 billed performers
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Movie DNA
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What It's About
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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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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Bowling for Columbine returned 8.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $36M
- Release date
- Oct 9, 2002
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada, Germany
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