Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada, Germany, United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
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.
- canada
- gun
- homicide
- mass murder
- oklahoma city bombing
- american culture
- gun violence
- shocking
- satirical
- mass shooting
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jacobo Árbenz — Self - President of Guatemala
- Mike Bradley — Self - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
- Dick Clark — Self
- Arthur A. Busch — Self - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan
- Michael Caldwell — Self - Police Detective
- Richard Castaldo — Self - Columbine Victim
- Bill Clinton — Self
- Steve Davis — Self - Deputy Sheriff
- Ngo Dinh Diem — Self - President of South Vietnam
- Mike Epstein — Self - Shopper in Mall
- Joe Farmer — Self - Superintendent of Schools
- Directed
- Michael Moore
- Written
- Michael Moore
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 1,730 ratings
- Studio
- Vif Babelsberger Filmproduktion, Alliance Atlantis, Dog Eat Dog Films, Salter Street Films, United Artists
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
