Bowling for Columbine


2h 5m 2002

Brief Synopsis

A look at America's love affair with firearms and the pathology of violence in the United States, which as a country, has the highest gun-murder rate in the world. The question of why Canada--with 7 million guns for its total of 10 million households--doesn't suffer from the same horrific gun viole

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Crime
Documentary
Drama
Release Date
2002
Production Company
United Artists Films
Distribution Company
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC. (MGM ); 20th Century Fox International; A-Film Distribution; Alta Films; CinTart; Diaphana Distribution; Diaphana Distribution; Diaphana Films; Distribution Company; Edko Films; Filmladen Gmbh; Gussi Films; Icon; Icon Uk Group; MGM Distribution Company; MGM Home Entertainment; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.; Mikado Film; Momentum Pictures Limited; Monopole Pathe Films Ag; Myndform; Norsk Filmdistribusjon; Prokino Filmverleih Gmbh; Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy; Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige Ab (Sweden); Shaw Organization; Ster-Kinekor

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 5m

Synopsis

A look at America's love affair with firearms and the pathology of violence in the United States, which as a country, has the highest gun-murder rate in the world. The question of why Canada--with 7 million guns for its total of 10 million households--doesn't suffer from the same horrific gun violence, that its large neighbor to the south experiences, is examined.

Crew

Chris Aldred

Field Producer

Gillian Aldrich

Field Producer

Chris Bell

Additional Camera

Charles Bishop

Producer

Charles Bishop

Producer

Matthew Bookbinder

Animator

Jon Budine

Additional On-Line Editor

George W. Bush

Other

Mike Casey

Additional Camera

Joe Caterini

Supervising Sound Editor

Dick Clark

Other

David Concepcion

Animator

David Coole

Post-Production Supervisor

Gaia Cornwall

Animator

Jim Czarnecki

Producer

Rob Daly

Sound Effects Editor

Rob Daly

Dialogue Editor

Brian Danitz

Other

Brian Danitz

Cinematographer

Carl Deal

Chief Archivist

James Demer

Sound

Michael Desjarlais

Additional Camera

Patrick Donahue

Dialogue Editor

Patrick Donahue

Sound Effects Editor

Michael Donovan

Producer

Kurt Engfehr

Co-Producer

Kurt Engfehr

Editor

Bryan Foley

Additional Sound

Lloyd Forcellini

Supervisor

Lana Garland

Archival Staff

Jeff Gibbs

Music

Jeff Gibbs

Field Producer

Barry Glassner

Other

Bob Gleason

On-Line Editor

Kathleen Glynn

Producer

Matt Haasch

Sound Effects Editor

Matt Haasch

Dialogue Editor

Miguel Hernandez

Animator

Charlton Heston

Other

Craig Hymson

Additional Camera

Markus Janner

Digital Supervisor

Catherine Johnston

Research

Gina Kim

Archival Staff

Francisco Latorre

Sound

Nicky Lazar

Research

Donna Lee

Archival Staff

Tia Lessin

Supervising Producer

Tom Lino

Animation Sound

Marilyn Manson

Other

Elizabeth Marcus

Additional Sound Editing

Elizabeth Marcus

Research

Amy Mccampbell

Archival Researcher

Maureen Mccarron

Production Officer Manager

Michael Mcdonough

Cinematographer

Michael Mcdonough

Other

Joe Monge

Video Supervisor

Michael Moore

Producer

Michael Moore

Screenwriter

Michael Moore

Other

Harold Moss

Animation Supervisor (Flickerlab)

Katy Mostoller

Archival Staff

James Nichols

Other

Meghan O'hara

Field Producer

Siobhan Oldham

Line Producer

Aneetha Rajan

Archival Researcher

Todd Woody Richman

Associate Editor

David Schankula

Research

Ryan Sias

Character Design

Charlie Siskel

Field Producer

Reilly Steele

Rerecording Mixer

Jason Stoff

Technical Finishing Supervisor

Matt Stone

Other

Charles Suydam

Engineer

Nancy Swartz

Archival Staff

Kareem Thompson

Animator

Wolfram Tichy

Executive Producer

Peter Waggoner

Rerecording Mixer

David Wilson

Music Recording

David Wilson

Music Editor

Aneurin Wright

Animator

Rehya Young

Coordinating Producer

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Crime
Documentary
Drama
Release Date
2002
Production Company
United Artists Films
Distribution Company
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC. (MGM ); 20th Century Fox International; A-Film Distribution; Alta Films; CinTart; Diaphana Distribution; Diaphana Distribution; Diaphana Films; Distribution Company; Edko Films; Filmladen Gmbh; Gussi Films; Icon; Icon Uk Group; MGM Distribution Company; MGM Home Entertainment; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.; Mikado Film; Momentum Pictures Limited; Monopole Pathe Films Ag; Myndform; Norsk Filmdistribusjon; Prokino Filmverleih Gmbh; Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy; Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige Ab (Sweden); Shaw Organization; Ster-Kinekor

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 5m

Award Wins

Best Documentary

2003
Michael Moore

Best Documentary Feature

2002

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the 2002 award for Best Documentary by the Toronto Film Critics Association.

Winner of the 2002 award for Best Documentary from the Chicago Film Critics Association.

Winner of the 2002 award for Best Documentary from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.

Winner of the 2002 award for Best Original Screenplay by the Writer's Guild of America (WGA).

Winner of the 2002 Cesar award for Best Foreign FIlm.

Winner of the 55th Anniversary Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

Released in United States Fall October 11, 2002

Expanded Release in United States October 18, 2002

Released in United States on Video August 18, 2003

Released in United States on Video August 19, 2003

Released in United States 2002

Released in United States Fall October 11, 2002

Expanded Release in United States October 18, 2002

Released in United States on Video August 18, 2003

Released in United States on Video August 19, 2003

Released in United States 2002 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 30 - September 2, 2002.)

Nominated for the 2002 award for Film of the Year by the London Film Critics Circle.