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.
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Studio
Vif Babelsberger Filmproduktion
Language
en
Status
Released
How Bowling for Columbine performed
Budget
$4.0M
Worldwide Gross
$35.6M
Gross Profit
$31.6M
Return
8.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$7M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~55/45, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Documentary) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Self
Michael Moore
Self
Self
George H. W. Bush
Self
Self
George W. Bush
Self
Self - NRA President
Charlton Heston
Self - NRA President
Self - President of Guatemala
Jacobo Árbenz
Self - President of Guatemala
Self - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Mike Bradley
Self - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Self
Dick Clark
Self
Self - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan
Arthur A. Busch
Self - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan
Self - Police Detective
Michael Caldwell
Self - Police Detective
Self - Columbine Victim
Richard Castaldo
Self - Columbine Victim
Self
Bill Clinton
Self
Self - Deputy Sheriff
Steve Davis
Self - Deputy Sheriff
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