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MOVIE · 2002

Bowling for Columbine

English original · 120 min

★ 7.5 TMDB · 1,737 votes

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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Original title
Bowling for Columbine
Release date
2002-10-09
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Production countries
Canada, Germany, United States

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