Bowling for Columbine

October. 11,2002      R
Rating:
8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Michael Moore as  Self
George H. W. Bush as  Self
George W. Bush as  Self
Charlton Heston as  Self - NRA President
Jacobo Árbenz as  Self - President of Guatemala
Mike Bradley as  Self - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Dick Clark as  Self
Bill Clinton as  Self
Matt Stone as  Self
Marilyn Manson as  Self

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