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Bowling for Columbine
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Michael Moore
Written by
Michael Moore
Produced by
Michael Moore Kathleen Glynn Jim Czarnecki Charles Bishop Michael Donovan[1] Kurt Engfehr
Starring
Michael Moore
Narrated by
Michael Moore
Edited by
Kurt Engfehr
Music by
Jeff Gibbs
Production companies
United Artists Alliance Atlantis Salter Street Films Dog Eat Dog Films
Distributed by
MGM Distribution Co. (United States) Alliance Atlantis (International)[2]
Release dates
May 16, 2002 (2002-05-16) (Cannes)
October 11, 2002 (2002-10-11) (United States)
October 18, 2002 (2002-10-18) (Canada)
Running time
120 minutes
Countries
United States Canada[3] Germany[3]
Language
English
Budget
$4 million
Box office
$58 million
Part of a series of articles on the
Columbine High School massacre
Location: Columbine High School (Columbine, Colorado)
Perpetrators: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
Victims
Cassie Bernall
Austin Eubanks
Rachel Scott
Weaponry
Intratec TEC-9 Mini
Hi-Point 995 Carbine
Savage 67H pump-action shotgun
Stevens 311D double barreled sawed-off shotgun
Related persons
Dave Cullen
Sue Klebold
Danny Ledonne
Sol Pais
Bill White
Media
A Mother's Reckoning (2016)
April Showers (2009)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Columbine (2009)
columbinus (2005)
Dawn Anna (2005)
Duck! The Carbine High Massacre (1999)
Elephant (2003)
Home Room (2002)
I'm Not Ashamed (2016)
"Lullaby for Columbine"
Nobody Left to Hate (2001)
Pico's School (1999)
Playing Columbine (2008)
Rachel's Tears (2000)
She Said Yes (1999)
Super Columbine Massacre RPG! (2005)
The Library (2014)
"The Nobodies"
The Only Way (2004)
"The Way I Am"
"Youth of the Nation"
Zero Day (2003)
Zero Hour (2004)
Cultural impact and aftermath
Columbine copycats
Columbine effect
Columbine Memorial
Immediate action rapid deployment
Mass shooting contagion
Rachel's Challenge
Entertainment affected
Diablo II (2000)
"Earshot"
"Graduation Day"
Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
Controversies
Doom
Marilyn Manson
Natural Born Killers copycat crime
Related topics
Adios (1999)
Blackjack Pizza
KMFDM
Natural Born Killers (1994)
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Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 documentary film written, produced, directed, and narrated by Michael Moore. The film explores what Moore suggests are the primary causes for the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 and other acts of gun violence. He focuses on the background and environment in which the massacre took place and some common public opinions and assumptions about related issues. The film also looks into the nature of violence in the United States, and American violence abroad.[4]
A critical and commercial success, the film brought Moore international attention as a rising filmmaker and won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature, a special 55th Anniversary Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival,[5] and the César Award for Best Foreign Film.[6] The film is widely considered one of the greatest documentary films of all time.[7][8][9][10]
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