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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.

One nation under the gun.

Genres: Documentary

Starring: Michael Moore, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush

Released: October 9, 2002

Runtime: 120.0

Popularity Rating: 11.394

Alliance Atlantis Communications, Dog Eat Dog Films, Iconolatry Productions Inc., Salter Street Films International, TiMe Film- und TV-Produktions GmbH, United Broadcasting Inc., Vif Babelsberger Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. Zweite KG

United States of America

Himself Michael Moore
Himself George H. W. Bush
Himself George W. Bush
Himself Dick Clark
Himself - NRA President Charlton Heston
Himself - President of Guatemala Jacobo Arbenz
Himself - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Mike Bradley
Himself - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan Arthur A. Busch
Himself - Police Detective Michael Caldwell
Himself - Columbine Victim Richard Castaldo
Himself Bill Clinton
Himself - Deputy Sheriff Steve Davis
Himself - President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem
Himself - Shopper in Mall Mike Epstein
Himself - Superintendent of Schools Joe Farmer
Himself Matt Stone
Himself Brooks Brown
Himself Dick Herlan
Himself Marilyn Manson
Himself Chris Rock
Himself - President of Chile (archive footage) Salvador Allende

Camera — Additional Camera: Chris Bell
Camera — Additional Camera: Craig Hymson
Camera — Additional Camera: Edward C. Kukla
Camera — Additional Camera: Mike Casey
Camera — Additional Camera: Mike Desjarlais
Camera — Camera Operator: Brian Danitz
Camera — Camera Operator: Michael McDonough
Crew — Thanks: Chris Rock
Crew — Thanks: Yoko Ono
Directing — Director: Michael Moore
Editing — Assistant Editor: Luis Ortiz Guillen
Editing — Editor: Kurt Engfehr
Production — Co-Producer: Kurt Engfehr
Production — Executive Producer: Wolfram Tichy
Production — Line Producer: Siobhan Oldham
Production — Producer: Charles Bishop
Production — Producer: Jim Czarnecki
Production — Producer: Kathleen Glynn
Production — Producer: Michael Donovan
Production — Producer: Michael Moore
Production — Supervising Producer: Tia Lessin
Sound — Original Music Composer: Jeff Gibbs
Writing — Writer: Michael Moore