Bowling for Columbine
Why do 11,000 people die in America each year at the hands of gun violence? Talking heads yelling from every TV camera blame everything from Satan to video games. But are we that much different from many other countries? What sets us apart? How have we become both the master and victim of such enormous amounts of violence? 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 America, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.
Documentary
Alliance Atlantis Communications, TiMe Film- und TV-Produktions GmbH, Vif Babelsberger Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. Zweite KG, Dog Eat Dog Films, Iconolatry Productions Inc., Salter Street Films International, United Broadcasting Inc.
Michael Moore as Himself, George H. W. Bush as Himself, George W. Bush as Himself, Dick Clark as Himself, Charlton Heston as Himself - NRA President, Jacobo Arbenz as Himself - President of Guatemala, Mike Bradley as Himself - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, Arthur A. Busch as Himself - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan, Michael Caldwell as Himself - Police Detective, Richard Castaldo as Himself - Columbine Victim, Bill Clinton as Himself, Steve Davis as Himself - Deputy Sheriff, Ngo Dinh Diem as Himself - President of South Vietnam, Mike Epstein as Himself - Shopper in Mall, Joe Farmer as Himself - Superintendent of Schools, Matt Stone as Himself, Brooks Brown as Himself, Dick Herlan as Himself, Marilyn Manson as Himself, Chris Rock as Himself, Salvador Allende as Himself - President of Chile (archive footage)