Bowling For Columbine

In 2003, Michael Moore received a mixed response after his documentary on guns, "Bowling for Columbine," won for best documentary. The filmmaker ascended the stage to a standing ovation, but the mood soon shifted as he attacked George W. Bush as a "fictitious president" and charged him with ...

In 2003, Michael Moore received a mixed response after his documentary on guns, “Bowling for Columbine,” won for best documentary. The filmmaker ascended the stage to a standing ovation, but the mood soon shifted as he attacked George W. Bush as a “fictitious president” and charged him with ...

Kmart in 2001 stopped selling ammunition for handguns after the Michael Moore film "Bowling for Columbine" put pressure on the company over bullets that were bought at Kmart and used in a 1999 school shooting in Columbine Colo. Kmart's decision didn't put ammunition out of reach, just as the latest ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – The State Theatre of Ithaca will host a free screening of the 2002 Academy Award-winning documentary Bowling for Columbine this Thursday, March 1st at 7:00 p.m. Bowling for Columbine was one of the first films to explore gun violence in America, examining the issue through the events ...

The show's producer, Gil Cates, banned them as presenters, but the injunction didn't stick. Michael Moore Takes On George W. Bush and Gets Booed in 2003. In his acceptance speech for Best Documentary, the maker of Bowling for Columbine dropped a bomb on then-President George W. Bush, just days ...

In an interview last April, political activist and movie maker said of Bowling for Columbine, “We could release this film again this Friday and it sadly would probably be every bit as relevant.” Sadly, that same statement can be said today. The movie, about what led up to the Columbine school shooting and the ...

This month, Tribeca Shortlist is delivering the still-relevant documentary Bowling for Columbine, as well as the classic 1956 adaptation of Moby Dick. Also streaming is the star-studded 1999 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, featuring Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, and Julianne ...

... but was met with stern defiance from NRA President Charlton Heston (yes, THAT Charlton Heston). The convention was met with a protest where distraught parents of slain students gave speeches. One of these speeches was featured in Michael Moore's 2002 documentary “Bowling for Columbine”: ...

Attacks would end!”. Trump's declaration got people thinking, and discussing, about the real measures and solutions to gun violence in the country. In this debate, the short cartoon titled A brief history of the United States of America – from Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine documentary – inevitably ...