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Bowling for Columbine

Bowling for Columbine

Oct 9, 2002
120 min
DocumentaryDrama
7.5/ 10
1,624 votes

Overview

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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TMDB
7.5/10
1,624 votes
IMDB
8.0/10
151,563 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
72/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$4,000,000Production cost
Box Office$35,564,473Worldwide gross
Profit$31,564,473Profitable
ROI
+789.1%Return on investment
US Box Office$21,576,018Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

Won 1 Oscar. 39 wins & 13 nominations total

Details

Production information

"Are we a nation of gun nuts or are we just nuts?"

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$35,564,473

Production Companies

Vif Babelsberger Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. Zweite KGAlliance AtlantisDog Eat Dog FilmsSalter Street FilmsUnited Artists

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