Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Product Information
Product Details: Bowling for Columbine (2002)
- Edition:
- DVD Canadian. See other editions
- MPAA Rating:
- R
- Release Date:
- 01/22/2008
- UPC:
- 883904102274
- Directed by:
- Michael Moore
- Featuring:
- Michael Moore, Marilyn Manson, George W. Bush. See all cast
Synopsis: Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Synopis: With his trademark charm and wit, Michael Moore sets off on a journey to the heart of the country hoping to discover why the American pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of 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, this is an alternately humorous and horrifying look at firearms abuse, destined to leave audiences dreading - but expecting - the next breaking news report about a homegrown assassin with a constitutionally-protected Uzi.Features: Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Features: DVD Features:Keep Case
Audio:
(unspecified) - English
Awards: Bowling for Columbine (2002)
- Academy Awards
- Best Documentary Feature
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User Reviews: Bowling for Columbine
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Once again Moore bends the truth
, March 29, 2003Reviewer: lion_mane_1 - See all lion_mane_1's reviews -
Not a documentary
, May 13, 2003Reviewer: Surehands - See all Surehands's reviews10 of 15 Yahoo! Users found this Bowling for Columbine review helpful It is a shame that Michael Moore needs to maipulate media to make his point. If what he says is true, why not present it naturally? Ive read some disconcerting things about this movie. It all started with an article I found here:
http:// www.hardylaw.net/ Truth_About_Bowling.htm l
Want some examples? Ok, try these...
1) Forbes Magazine (obviously a reputable and major magazine) uncovered this one. In "Bowling" Moore demonstrates how easy it is to obtain guns in America by going to a small bank in Traverse City, Mich., that offers various inducements to open an account and claims "I put $1,000 in a long-term account, they did the background check, and, within an hour, I walked out with my new Weatherby," a rifle.
HOWEVER...Jan Jacobson, the bank employee who actually worked with Moore on his account, says that only happened because Moore's film company worked with the bank for a month to STAGE the entire scene. "What happened at the bank was a pre-arranged thing," Ms. Jacobson later stated. In fact, the gun was actually brought from a gun dealer in another city. "Typically, you're looking at a week to 10 days waiting period," she said. Ms. Jacobson also felt used. "He just portrayed us as backward hicks."
2) In the movie Moore claims that a Michigan program where welfare recipients are required to work was responsible for an incident where a six-year-old Flint boy shot a girl to death at school.
HOWEVER...Moore doesn't mention that the boy's mother had actually sent him to live in a CRACK HOUSE where her brother and a friend kept both drugs and guns--a frequently lethal combination.
3) Moore also ALTERED footage of an 1988 ad by the Bush/Quayle campaign to buttress his claim that racial symbolism is misused in American politics. His example was Willie Horton, a murderer who became a major issue in the 1988 presidential campaign. Moore shows the Bush ad that attacked a prison furlough program in Michael Dukakis's Massachusetts.
HOWEVER...superimposed over the footage of prisoners entering and exiting a prison are the words "Willie Horton released. Then kills again." So if you ...