| Bowling for Columbine | |
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| 1 Nomination / 1 Win | |
| Year | 2002 |
| Director | Michael Moore |
| Writer | Michael Moore |
| Starring | Michael Moore |
| 75th Academy Awards | |
Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 American docu-drama film written, directed and narrated by Michael Moore. The film brought Moore international attention as a rising filmmaker and won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature, a special 55th Anniversary Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival] and the César Award for Best Foreign Film. Controversary surrounds the film which came to public attention a few years after the release of staged scenes, people interviewed being misled and lied to, ignoring urban violence, and crime statistics.
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Filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to explore the reason(s) behind the massacre of 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Moore shows how easy it is to acquire guns and munitions. He takes on a deeper examination of America's culture of fear, bigotry and violence in a nation with widespread gun ownership focusing on mainly hunters and militia.
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