Synopsis
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.
Cast
Michael Moore
Self
George H. W. Bush
Self
George W. Bush
Self
Charlton Heston
Self - NRA President
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
Matt Stone
Self
Brooks Brown
Self
Dick Herlan
Self
Marilyn Manson
Self
Chris Rock
Self
Salvador Allende
Self - President of Chile (archive footage)
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
Self (archive footage)
King Charles III of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Keanu Reeves
Neo (archive footage)
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