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Production Year: 2002 - Documentaries & Biographies - Director: Michael Moore - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over

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An Oscar-winning documentary based around a 1999 massacre at an American High School in ... more
Colorado, Bowling for Columbine is filmmaker
Michael Moore's take on the culture of firearms
violence that is, apparently, peculiar to the USA.
Significantly, this is no detective investigation
into the psychology and motives of the two
students who randomly opened fire on their
classmates, killing 12 of them--Moore regards such
particulars as practically irrelevant--rather,
it's an attempt to counter the moral panic and
right-wing diagnoses that followed the massacre,
with the likes of rock star Marilyn Manson blamed
by some.  Using a mixture of roving interviews,
statistics, historical documentary footage,
cartoon animation and the set-ups familiar to fans
of his TV Nation series, Moore teases out
appalling truths about gun proliferation in
America. He's able to obtain a rifle by opening a
bank account and shows that the bullets used in
the Columbine massacre were still available at
KMart--until he confronts their management with
victims of the shootings. But it's not just gun
proliferation that's the problem. Canada, Moore
discovers, is similarly rife with firearms yet has
a far lower murder rate. The problem with the US,
Moore believes, is an irrational climate of fear
that has driven the country to reactionary
extremes since the days of the pioneers,
persuading citizens that they need to be armed to
the teeth.  In a film short on lowlights, the
highlight is Moore's confrontation with NRA
President Charlton Heston. Moore's deceptively
genial, shambling, regular American dude
appearance (as well as his NRA membership) wins
Heston's confidence and Moore teases from the
actor an inadvertently racist slip of the tongue,
before turning up the heat, at which point Heston
terminates the interview. In this moment, the sort
of anger Moore demonstrated at the 2003 Academy
Awards ceremony surfaces briefly as he brandishes
a picture of a gunshot victim to the retreating
Heston. Funny, shrewd, righteous, hard to deny,
Bowling for Columbine is uncomfortable and
irresistible filmmaking. --David Stubbs
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Bowling For Columbine [2002] Bowling For Columbine [2002]
An Oscar-winning documentary based around a 1999 massacre at an American High School in ... more
Colorado, Bowling for Columbine is filmmaker
Michael Moore's take on the culture of firearms
violence that is, apparently, peculiar to the USA.
Significantly, this is no detective investigation
into the psychology and motives of the two
students who randomly opened fire on their
classmates, killing 12 of them--Moore regards such
particulars as practically irrelevant--rather,
it's an attempt to counter the moral panic and
right-wing diagnoses that followed the massacre,
with the likes of rock star Marilyn Manson blamed
by some.  Using a mixture of roving interviews,
statistics, historical documentary footage,
cartoon animation and the set-ups familiar to fans
of his TV Nation series, Moore teases out
appalling truths about gun proliferation in
America. He's able to obtain a rifle by opening a
bank account and shows that the bullets used in
the Columbine massacre were still available at
KMart--until he confronts their management with
victims of the shootings. But it's not just gun
proliferation that's the problem. Canada, Moore
discovers, is similarly rife with firearms yet has
a far lower murder rate. The problem with the US,
Moore believes, is an irrational climate of fear
that has driven the country to reactionary
extremes since the days of the pioneers,
persuading citizens that they need to be armed to
the teeth.  In a film short on lowlights, the
highlight is Moore's confrontation with NRA
President Charlton Heston. Moore's deceptively
genial, shambling, regular American dude
appearance (as well as his NRA membership) wins
Heston's confidence and Moore teases from the
actor an inadvertently racist slip of the tongue,
before turning up the heat, at which point Heston
terminates the interview. In this moment, the sort
of anger Moore demonstrated at the 2003 Academy
Awards ceremony surfaces briefly as he brandishes
a picture of a gunshot victim to the retreating
Heston. Funny, shrewd, righteous, hard to deny,
Bowling for Columbine is uncomfortable and
irresistible filmmaking. --David Stubbs
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Bowling For Columbine : Special Edition (Two Disc Set) [2002] Bowling For Columbine : Special Edition (Two Disc Set) [2002]
An Oscar-winning documentary based on a 1999 massacre at an American High School in ... more
Colorado, Bowling for Columbine is film-maker
Michael Moore's take on the culture of firearms
violence that is, apparently, peculiar to the USA.
Significantly, this is no detective investigation
into the psychology and motives of the two
students who randomly opened fire on their
classmates, killing 12 of them; Moore regards such
particulars as practically irrelevant. Rather,
it's an attempt to counter the moral panic and
right-wing diagnoses that followed the massacre,
with people such as rock star Marilyn Manson
blamed by some.  Using a mixture of roving
interviews, statistics, historical documentary
footage, cartoon animation and the set-ups
familiar to fans of his TV Nation series, Moore
teases out appalling truths about gun
proliferation in America. He's able to obtain a
rifle by opening a bank account and shows that the
bullets used in the Columbine massacre were still
available at K-Mart--until he confronts their
management with victims of the shootings. But it's
not just gun proliferation that's the problem.
Canada, Moore discovers, is similarly rife with
firearms yet has a far lower murder rate. The
problem with the US, Moore believes, is an
irrational climate of fear that has driven the
country to reactionary extremes since the days of
the pioneers, persuading citizens that they need
to be armed to the teeth.  In a film short on
lowlights, the highlight is Moore's confrontation
with NRA President Charlton Heston. Moore's
deceptively genial, shambling, regular American
dude appearance (as well as his NRA membership)
wins Heston's confidence and Moore teases from the
actor an inadvertently racist slip of the tongue,
before turning up the heat, at which point Heston
terminates the interview. In this moment, the sort
of anger Moore demonstrated at the 2003 Academy
Awards ceremony surfaces briefly as he brandishes
a picture of a gunshot victim to the retreating
Heston. Funny, shrewd, righteous, hard to deny,
Bowling for Columbine is uncomfortable and
irresistible film-making. --David Stubbs  On the
DVD: This two-disc special edition of Bowling for
Columbine contains an updated voice-over
introduction from Michael Moore on the first disc,
as well as a direct-to-camera talk on the second
disc in which he discusses reactions to the film
and his reaction to winning an Oscar. (He has to
recite his celebrated acceptance speech because
the Academy refused permission for him to show a
clip.) Other extras are good, thoughtful, funny
and provocative interviews with ex-Clinton press
secretary Joe Lockhart and with film critic
Charlie Rose, plus a moving return to Littleton,
Colorado--home of Columbine High School--to find
out what local people thought of the documentary.
--Mark Walker
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An Oscar-winning documentary based on a 1999 massacre at an American High School in ... more
Colorado, Bowling for Columbine is film-maker
Michael Moore's take on the culture of firearms
violence that is, apparently, peculiar to the USA.
Significantly, this is no detective investigation
into the psychology and motives of the two
students who randomly opened fire on their
classmates, killing 12 of them; Moore regards such
particulars as practically irrelevant. Rather,
it's an attempt to counter the moral panic and
right-wing diagnoses that followed the massacre,
with people such as rock star Marilyn Manson
blamed by some.  Using a mixture of roving
interviews, statistics, historical documentary
footage, cartoon animation and the set-ups
familiar to fans of his TV Nation series, Moore
teases out appalling truths about gun
proliferation in America. He's able to obtain a
rifle by opening a bank account and shows that the
bullets used in the Columbine massacre were still
available at K-Mart--until he confronts their
management with victims of the shootings. But it's
not just gun proliferation that's the problem.
Canada, Moore discovers, is similarly rife with
firearms yet has a far lower murder rate. The
problem with the US, Moore believes, is an
irrational climate of fear that has driven the
country to reactionary extremes since the days of
the pioneers, persuading citizens that they need
to be armed to the teeth.  In a film short on
lowlights, the highlight is Moore's confrontation
with NRA President Charlton Heston. Moore's
deceptively genial, shambling, regular American
dude appearance (as well as his NRA membership)
wins Heston's confidence and Moore teases from the
actor an inadvertently racist slip of the tongue,
before turning up the heat, at which point Heston
terminates the interview. In this moment, the sort
of anger Moore demonstrated at the 2003 Academy
Awards ceremony surfaces briefly as he brandishes
a picture of a gunshot victim to the retreating
Heston. Funny, shrewd, righteous, hard to deny,
Bowling for Columbine is uncomfortable and
irresistible film-making. --David Stubbs  On the
DVD: This two-disc special edition of Bowling for
Columbine contains an updated voice-over
introduction from Michael Moore on the first disc,
as well as a direct-to-camera talk on the second
disc in which he discusses reactions to the film
and his reaction to winning an Oscar. (He has to
recite his celebrated acceptance speech because
the Academy refused permission for him to show a
clip.) Other extras are good, thoughtful, funny
and provocative interviews with ex-Clinton press
secretary Joe Lockhart and with film critic
Charlie Rose, plus a moving return to Littleton,
Colorado--home of Columbine High School--to find
out what local people thought of the documentary.
--Mark Walker
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Michael Moore Gets A Perfect Score
Review of Bowling For Columbine (Special Edition) by SurveyMasterNico

Advantages: Thought-provoking, fast-moving, funny
Disadvantages: Dull in a few places

...a damn good documentary. Bowling For Columbine is moving, entertaining throughout, surprisingly funny and always speeds along at a good pace so even those amongst you who don't want to watch people talking for 2 hours will be entertained. The film revolves around the shootings at Columbine High School in which several students were killed and many more were wounded, some of whom were disabled. The two shooters apparently got up early that morning ...
...audience amused and entertained. Bowling For Columbine is pretty much flawless, except for the fact that it's a documentary. It'll make you think though, it'll make you really think hard about why America has such bad gun crime... A great documentary film overall, you'd be mad to pass up the chance to see it. ------------------------------ THE EXTRAS ------------------------------ Disc One Theatrical Trailer: Basic stuff, but it's interesting ... Read review

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Moore goes where others don't dare to step
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Advantages: Enlightening and important piece of filmaking
Disadvantages: Shocking and disturbing in areas

...and important films such as Bowling for Columbine and the more recent Fahrenheit 911 he also writes books which are equally important to read (Downsize This, Adventures in a TV Nation, Dude, where's my Country, Stupid White Men etc). I don't agree with everything Mr Moore has to say but I am thankful that someone has finally come along who is willing to stand up for what he believes in at any cost. Finally a small fish (Michael Moore isn't that ...
...along with a big helping of humour. The one this Michael Moore does exceptionally well is keep the balance between entertaining and informing. So often documentaries loose their audience due to lack of stimulation. When I first watched Bowling for Columbine I wanted to watch it over again almost immediately. ... Read review

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Bowling For Columbine (Special Edition)

Main specs

Director(s): Michael Moore

Genre: Documentaries & Biographies - Documentary

Classification: 15 years and over

Production Year: 2002

Running Time: 2 hours 49 minutes

Plot: A profile of how Gun Culture has swept across America.

Release details

DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)

Studio(s): MOMENTUM PICTURES; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES

Release date: 20/10/2003

No of Discs: 2

Catalogue No: MP 291 D

Barcode: 5060049140919

Screenwriter: Matt Stone

Creator: Matt Stone

Narrator: Charlton Heston

Music Performer: Marilyn Manson

Subject: Marilyn Manson

Featured: Matt Stone, Marilyn Manson, Dick Clark, James Nichols, Jeff Rossen, Charlton Heston

Executive Producer: Wolfram Tichy, Jim Czarnecki

Director of Animation: Matt Stone

Music: Marilyn Manson

Producer: Kathleen Glynn, Michael Donovan, Charles Bishop, Jim Czarnecki, Wolfram Tichy

Voice: Dick Clark, Charlton Heston

Art Director: Charles Bishop

Languages

Main Language: English

DVD Description

Filmmaker and leftist activist Michael Moore asks some serious questions as he probes the depths of America's trigger-happy gun culture in the insightful and amusing documentary, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE. Guns in America are used to kill an average of more than 11,000 people per year. This death toll is obscenely out of balance with other first world countries, which generally average a total in double digits. Experts and analysts have pointed to America's bloody history as a reason, but how does that explain the lower murder rate in Germany

Technical information

Special Features: Additional Footage - 1. Introduction by Michael Moore - Director, 2. Teacher's guide, 3. Film festival scrapbook: London, Interviews - 1. On Oscar Win, 3. Michael Moore on The Charlie Ross Show, Bonus Short - 1. Return to Littleton Denver six months after BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE release, Music Video - 1. Marilyn Manson 'Fight Song' music video, Photo gallery

Professional reviews

Review: "...Provocative stuff..." (Entertainment Weekly, p.46, 01/11/2002)

"...Moore's concern about issues is genuine..." (Los Angeles Times, p.C16, 11/10/2002)

"..[A] disturbing, infuriating and often very funny film....The camera collects quite a few odd, touching and unsettling moments..." (New York Times, p.E13, 11/10/2002)

"...Brilliant....One must salute Moore's bravely radical thesis..." (Sight and Sound, p.40, 01/11/2002)

"...BOWLING is a 12-course feast for thought. Listen to Moore for just a few minutes and you can't help but get fired up..." (Total Film, p.103, 01/12/2002)

"...If Moore is constantly grinding axes, he is always sharpening his irony, too..." (USA Today, p.6E, 11/10/2002)

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