Bowling for Columbine

Name: Bowling for Columbine
Director: Michael Moore
Released: 2002
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Marilyn Manson, Mike Bradley, Arthur A. Busch

2002 · 120 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 150,434 VOTES · DIR. Michael Moore

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 2,383 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:53 The National Rifle Association has produced a film

00:06:03 that people can commit crimes that animals

00:10:46 I felt it was important to be able to protect myself

00:15:22 I went to school with him and it shocked me to hear it

00:19:44 Ah! Ah, so you do believe in some restrictions.

00:25:26 What's the difference between that mass destruction

00:32:24 Do we need to leave? Okay, hold on.

00:38:18 secure in our land of the free and home of the brave.

00:42:45 a plaid kilt, a feathered hat and a traditional knife

00:47:13 'Cause then you're watching television

00:52:15 How about a British soccer riot? Those aren't Quakers there

00:57:07 They will follow you for half a mile.

01:01:29 I'm scared. I'm really worried.

01:06:04 which is the stuff we're breathing.

01:10:25 being chased down the street with his shirt off

01:15:06 and 13% of the country is non-white.

01:19:32 but you don't just make war just 'cause someone says so.

01:24:28 enough horror and tragedy

01:29:29 Before he came to Flint, Heston was interviewed

01:34:00 We drove the one parent out.

01:38:34 None of us knew if we too would die

01:43:47 but somebody who has some authority and can answer

01:48:33 And I'm a member of the NRA.

01:53:16 We know we have the highest murder rate with guns.

Cast & Characters

Michael Moore Self - Narrator Charlton Heston Self Marilyn Manson Self Mike Bradley Self - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Arthur A. Busch Self - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan Michael Caldwell Self - Police Detective Richard Castaldo Self - Columbine Victim

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed2,383

Dialogue density19.9 lines / min

First line00:00:53

Final line01:53:16

Production Record

DirectorMichael Moore

LanguageEnglish

Budget$4,000,000

Revenue$35,564,473

IMDb votes150,434