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In the wake of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, the intrepid filmmaker Michael Moore set out to investigate the long, often volatile love affair between Americans and their firearms, uncovering the pervasive culture of fear that keeps the nation locked and loaded. Equipped with a camera and a microphone, Moore follows the trail of bullets from Littleton, Colorado, and Flint, Michigan, all the way to Kmart’s midwestern headquarters and NRA president Charlton Heston’s Beverly Hills mansion, meeting shooting survivors, militia members, mild-mannered Canadians, and rock provocateur Marilyn Manson along the way. An unprecedented popular success that helped usher in a new era in documentary filmmaking, the Oscar-winning Bowling for Columbine is a raucous, impassioned, and still tragically relevant journey through the American psyche.
Original Release
10/09/2002
US Release
10/11/2002
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Michael Moore | Self - Narrator / Himself |
| George W. Bush | Self / Himself |
| Dick Clark | Himself / Self |
| Charlton Heston | Self / Himself - NRA President |
| Salvador Allende | Himself - President of Chile (archive footage) / Self - President of Chile |
| Jacobo Arbenz | Self - President of Guatemala / Himself - President of Guatemala |
| Mike Bradley | Himself - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada / Self - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
| Arthur A. Busch | Self - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan / Himself - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan |
| Michael Caldwell | Himself - Police Detective / Self - Police Detective |
| Richard Castaldo | Himself - Columbine Victim / Self - Columbine Victim |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Michael Moore | Self - Narrator / Himself |
| George W. Bush | Self / Himself |
| Dick Clark | Himself / Self |
| Charlton Heston | Self / Himself - NRA President |
| Salvador Allende | Himself - President of Chile (archive footage) / Self - President of Chile |
| Jacobo Arbenz | Self - President of Guatemala / Himself - President of Guatemala |
| Mike Bradley | Himself - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada / Self - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
| Arthur A. Busch | Self - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan / Himself - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan |
| Michael Caldwell | Himself - Police Detective / Self - Police Detective |
| Richard Castaldo | Himself - Columbine Victim / Self - Columbine Victim |
| Bill Clinton | Self / Himself |
| Steve Davis | Self - Deputy Sheriff / Himself - Deputy Sheriff |
| Ngo Dinh Diem | Self - President of South Vietnam / Himself - President of South Vietnam |
| Mike Epstein | Himself - Shopper in Mall / Self - Shopper in Mall |
| Joe Farmer | Self - Superintendent of Schools / Himself - Superintendent of Schools |
| Matt Stone | Himself / Self |
| Brooks Brown | Himself |
| Dick Herlan | Self - Former Producer of 'Cops' / Himself |
| Marilyn Manson | Himself / Self |
| Chris Rock | Himself / Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Wolfram Tichy | Executive Producer |
| Charles Bishop | Producer |
| Jim Czarnecki | Producer |
| Kathleen Glynn | Producer |
| Michael Moore | Producer |
| Chris Aldred | Producer |
| Gillian Aldrich | Producer |
| Kurt Engfehr | Producer |
| Jeff Gibbs | Producer |
| Tia Lessin | Producer |
| Meghan O'Hara | Producer |
| Siobhan Oldham | Producer |
| Charlie Siskel | Producer |
| Rehya Young | Producer |
| Michael Donovan | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
Bowling For Columbine
Behind the Scenes
Bowling For Columbine: Epk
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2003 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Won |
