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	{{blockquote\|I guess I don't see that specific connection because the missiles that you're talking about were built and designed to defend us from somebody else who would be aggressors against us.}}		{{blockquote\|I guess I don't see that specific connection because the missiles that you're talking about were built and designed to defend us from somebody else who would be aggressors against us.}}

	Additionally, Moore shows footage of rockets/missiles being transported under the cover of darkness so locals won't realize what is being made in their community. Actually, they were transported in the late night or early morning so as to cause the least disruption to traffic.		Additionally, Moore shows footage of rockets/missiles being transported under the cover of darkness so locals won't realize what is being made in their community. Actually, they were transported in the late night or early morning so as to cause the least disruption to traffic.

	After the release of the film, McCollum clarified that the plant no longer produces missiles (the plant manufactured parts for [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]s with a [[Nuclear weapons of the United States\|nuclear warhead]] in the mid-1980s), but rockets used for launching [[satellite]]s:		After the release of the film, McCollum clarified that the plant no longer produces missiles (the plant manufactured parts for [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]s with a [[Nuclear weapons of the United States\|nuclear warhead]] in the mid-1980s), but rockets used for launching [[satellite]]s:
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Also made in Germany.

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	* [[United Artists]] (United States; through [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer\|MGM Distribution Co.]])		* [[United Artists]] (United States; through [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer\|MGM Distribution Co.]])
			* Prokino Filmverleih (Germany)
	* Alliance Atlantis (International)<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hunter \|first=Allan \|date=17 May 2002 \|title=Review: Bowling for Columbine \|url=https://www.screendaily.com/review-bowling-for-columbine/409284.article \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809091004/https://www.screendaily.com/review-bowling-for-columbine/409284.article \|archive-date=9 August 2021 \|access-date=9 August 2021 \|website=[[Screen Daily]]}}</ref>		* Alliance Atlantis (International)<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hunter \|first=Allan \|date=17 May 2002 \|title=Review: Bowling for Columbine \|url=https://www.screendaily.com/review-bowling-for-columbine/409284.article \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809091004/https://www.screendaily.com/review-bowling-for-columbine/409284.article \|archive-date=9 August 2021 \|access-date=9 August 2021 \|website=[[Screen Daily]]}}</ref>
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	{{blockquote\|I guess I don't see that specific connection because the missiles that you're talking about were built and designed to defend us from somebody else who would be aggressors against us.}}		{{blockquote\|I guess I don't see that specific connection because the missiles that you're talking about were built and designed to defend us from somebody else who would be aggressors against us.}}

			Additionally, Moore shows footage of rockets/missiles being transported under the cover of darkness so locals won't realize what is being made in their community. Actually, they were transported in the late night or early morning so as to cause the least disruption to traffic.

	After the release of the film, McCollum clarified that the plant no longer produces missiles (the plant manufactured parts for [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]s with a [[Nuclear weapons of the United States\|nuclear warhead]] in the mid-1980s), but rockets used for launching [[satellite]]s:		After the release of the film, McCollum clarified that the plant no longer produces missiles (the plant manufactured parts for [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]s with a [[Nuclear weapons of the United States\|nuclear warhead]] in the mid-1980s), but rockets used for launching [[satellite]]s:

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	The film's title refers to the story that [[Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold]]—the two students responsible for the [[Columbine High School massacre]]—attended a school [[bowling]] class at 6:00 AM on the day they committed the attacks at school, that commenced at 11:17 AM. Later investigations showed that this was based on mistaken recollections, and Glenn Moore of the Golden Police Department concluded that they were absent from school on the day the attack took place.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Cullen \|first=Dave \|date=April 16, 2005 \|title=A Little Unfinished Business on Bowling and Columbine \|url=http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/2005/04/16.html#a1561 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715233749/http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/2005/04/16.html \|archive-date=2011-07-15 \|website=[[Salon (website)\|Salon]] \|via=Boulder Daily Camera}}</ref>		The film's title refers to the story that [[Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold]]—the two students responsible for the [[Columbine High School massacre]]—attended a school [[bowling]] class at 6:00 AM on the day they committed the attacks at school, that commenced at 11:17 AM. Later investigations showed that this was based on mistaken recollections, and Glenn Moore of the Golden Police Department concluded that they were absent from school on the day the attack took place.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Cullen \|first=Dave \|date=April 16, 2005 \|title=A Little Unfinished Business on Bowling and Columbine \|url=http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/2005/04/16.html#a1561 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715233749/http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/2005/04/16.html \|archive-date=2011-07-15 \|website=[[Salon (website)\|Salon]] \|via=Boulder Daily Camera}}</ref>

	Moore also incorporates the concept of recreational bowling into the film in other ways. For example, the [[Michigan Militia]] use bowling pins for their target practice. When interviewing former classmates of the two boys, Moore notes that the students took a bowling class instead of [[Physical education class\|physical education]]. He suggests that this might have very little educational value and the people he interviews generally agree, noting how Harris and Klebold led introverted lifestyles and had careless attitudes towards the game, and that nobody thought twice about it. Moore questions whether the school system is responding to the real needs of students or if they are reinforcing fear. Moore also interviews two young residents of [[Oscoda, ~~Michigan\|Oscoda]], [[~~Michigan]]. Moore suggests a [[culture of fear]] created by the government and the media leads Americans to arm themselves, to the advantage of gun-making companies. Moore suggests that bowling could have been just as responsible for the attacks on the school as Marilyn Manson, or even President [[Bill Clinton]], who launched [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia\|bombing attacks]] on [[Serbia and Montenegro\|Serbia]] at the time.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hastings \|first=Michael \|date=January 21, 2004 \|title=Wesley & Me \|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/hey_wait_a_minute/2004/01/wesley_me.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113074533/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/hey_wait_a_minute/2004/01/wesley_me.html \|archive-date=2012-01-13 \|access-date=2011-10-14 \|website=[[Slate (magazine)\|Slate]]}}</ref>		Moore also incorporates the concept of recreational bowling into the film in other ways. For example, the [[Michigan Militia]] use bowling pins for their target practice. When interviewing former classmates of the two boys, Moore notes that the students took a bowling class instead of [[Physical education class\|physical education]]. He suggests that this might have very little educational value and the people he interviews generally agree, noting how Harris and Klebold led introverted lifestyles and had careless attitudes towards the game, and that nobody thought twice about it. Moore questions whether the school system is responding to the real needs of students or if they are reinforcing fear. Moore also interviews two young residents of [[Oscoda, Michigan]]. Moore suggests a [[culture of fear]] created by the government and the media leads Americans to arm themselves, to the advantage of gun-making companies. Moore suggests that bowling could have been just as responsible for the attacks on the school as Marilyn Manson, or even President [[Bill Clinton]], who launched [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia\|bombing attacks]] on [[Serbia and Montenegro\|Serbia]] at the time.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hastings \|first=Michael \|date=January 21, 2004 \|title=Wesley & Me \|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/hey_wait_a_minute/2004/01/wesley_me.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113074533/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/hey_wait_a_minute/2004/01/wesley_me.html \|archive-date=2012-01-13 \|access-date=2011-10-14 \|website=[[Slate (magazine)\|Slate]]}}</ref>

	===Free gun for opening a bank account===		===Free gun for opening a bank account===
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	# 1954: U.S. [[1954 Guatemalan coup d'état\|overthrows]] democratically elected President [[Jacobo Árbenz]] of [[Guatemala]] [[Guatemalan Civil War\|as part of a conflict]] that resulted in up to 200,000 civilians killed.		# 1954: U.S. [[1954 Guatemalan coup d'état\|overthrows]] democratically elected President [[Jacobo Árbenz]] of [[Guatemala]] [[Guatemalan Civil War\|as part of a conflict]] that resulted in up to 200,000 civilians killed.
	# 1963: U.S. backs [[Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem\|assassination]] of [[South Vietnam]]ese President [[Ngo Dinh Diem]].		# 1963: U.S. backs [[Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem\|assassination]] of [[South Vietnam]]ese President [[Ngo Dinh Diem]].
	# 1963–75: The [[United States Armed Forces\|American military]] kills 4 million people [[Vietnam War casualties\|during the Vietnam War]].~~{{verify source\|date=September 2022}}~~		# 1963–75: The [[United States Armed Forces\|American military]] kills 4 million people [[Vietnam War casualties\|during the Vietnam War]].
	# September 11, 1973: U.S. stages [[1973 Chilean coup d'état]] in Chile. Democratically elected President [[Salvador Allende]] [[Death of Salvador Allende\|assassinated]]. Dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]] installed. [[Chile under Pinochet\|3,000 Chileans murdered]].~~{{Verify source\|date=September 2022}}~~		# September 11, 1973: U.S. stages [[1973 Chilean coup d'état]] in Chile. Democratically elected President [[Salvador Allende]] [[Death of Salvador Allende\|assassinated]]. Dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]] installed. [[Chile under Pinochet\|3,000 Chileans murdered]].
	# 1977: U.S. backs [[Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador\|military Junta]] of [[El Salvador]]. [[Salvadoran Civil War\|70,000 Salvadorans and four American nuns killed]].		# 1977: U.S. backs [[Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador\|military Junta]] of [[El Salvador]]. [[Salvadoran Civil War\|70,000 Salvadorans and four American nuns killed]].
	# 1980s: U.S. trains [[Osama bin Laden]]<ref name="CIAtraining">See ''[[Allegations of CIA assistance to Osama bin Laden]]''.</ref> and fellow [[mujahideen]] to kill [[Soviet Union\|Soviet]]s. CIA gives them $3 billion.		# 1980s: U.S. trains [[Osama bin Laden]]<ref name="CIAtraining">See ''[[Allegations of CIA assistance to Osama bin Laden]]''.</ref> and fellow [[mujahideen]] to kill [[Soviet Union\|Soviet]]s. CIA gives them $3 billion.
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	# 1991 to 2003: American planes [[Iraqi no-fly zones\|bomb Iraq]] on a weekly basis. [[United Nations\|U.N.]] estimates 500,000 Iraqi children die from bombing and sanctions.		# 1991 to 2003: American planes [[Iraqi no-fly zones\|bomb Iraq]] on a weekly basis. [[United Nations\|U.N.]] estimates 500,000 Iraqi children die from bombing and sanctions.
	# 2000–01: U.S. gives [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan\|Taliban-ruled Afghanistan]] $245 million in aid.		# 2000–01: U.S. gives [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan\|Taliban-ruled Afghanistan]] $245 million in aid.
	# [[September 11 attacks\|September 11, 2001]]: [[Osama bin Laden]] uses his expert [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] training to murder 2,~~977~~ people.~~<ref name=CIAtraining/>~~		# [[September 11 attacks\|September 11, 2001]]: [[Osama bin Laden]] uses his expert [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] training to murder 3,000 people.

	The montage ends with handheld-camera footage of [[United Airlines Flight 175]] crashing into the South Tower of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)\|World Trade Center]] on September 11, 2001, the audio consisting solely of the emotional reactions of the witnesses, recorded by the camera's microphone. On the website accompanying the film, Moore provides additional background information for this section.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Bowling for Columbine : Library : What a Wonderful World \|url=http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/bowlingforcolumbine/library/wonderful/index.php \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628131147/http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/bowlingforcolumbine/library/wonderful/index.php \|archive-date=2009-06-28 \|website=MichaelMoore.com}}</ref>		The montage ends with handheld-camera footage of [[United Airlines Flight 175]] crashing into the South Tower of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)\|World Trade Center]] on September 11, 2001, the audio consisting solely of the emotional reactions of the witnesses, recorded by the camera's microphone. On the website accompanying the film, Moore provides additional background information for this section.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Bowling for Columbine : Library : What a Wonderful World \|url=http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/bowlingforcolumbine/library/wonderful/index.php \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628131147/http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/bowlingforcolumbine/library/wonderful/index.php \|archive-date=2009-06-28 \|website=MichaelMoore.com}}</ref>
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	Michael Wilmington of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote, "It's unnerving, stimulating, likely to provoke anger and sorrow on both political sides—and, above all, it's extremely funny."<ref>[http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/reviews/2002-10-18-metromix.php Bowling for Columbine : Reviews & Acclaim : Articles & Press<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021206171943/http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/reviews/2002-10-18-metromix.php \|date=December 6, 2002 }}</ref> A.O. Scott of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "The slippery logic, tendentious grandstanding, and outright [[Demagogy\|demagoguery]] on display in ''Bowling for Columbine'' should be enough to give pause to its most ardent partisans, while its disquieting insights into the culture of violence in America should occasion sober reflection from those who would prefer to stop their ears."<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Scott \|first=A.O. \|date=2002-10-11 \|title=Film Review: Bowling for Columbine \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/11/movies/film-review-seeking-a-smoking-gun-in-us-violence.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612201820/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/11/movies/film-review-seeking-a-smoking-gun-in-us-violence.html \|archive-date=2018-06-12 \|access-date=2018-06-08 \|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>		Michael Wilmington of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote, "It's unnerving, stimulating, likely to provoke anger and sorrow on both political sides—and, above all, it's extremely funny."<ref>[http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/reviews/2002-10-18-metromix.php Bowling for Columbine : Reviews & Acclaim : Articles & Press<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021206171943/http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/reviews/2002-10-18-metromix.php \|date=December 6, 2002 }}</ref> A.O. Scott of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "The slippery logic, tendentious grandstanding, and outright [[Demagogy\|demagoguery]] on display in ''Bowling for Columbine'' should be enough to give pause to its most ardent partisans, while its disquieting insights into the culture of violence in America should occasion sober reflection from those who would prefer to stop their ears."<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Scott \|first=A.O. \|date=2002-10-11 \|title=Film Review: Bowling for Columbine \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/11/movies/film-review-seeking-a-smoking-gun-in-us-violence.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612201820/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/11/movies/film-review-seeking-a-smoking-gun-in-us-violence.html \|archive-date=2018-06-12 \|access-date=2018-06-08 \|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

	~~However~~, the film ~~had its detractors~~ as [[Desson Thomson]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' thought that the film lacked a coherent message, asking "A lot of this is amusing and somehow telling. There was a parody of this movie called 'Bowling for Midway', a conservative Utah family movie to counter Moore's movie, and this paralleled the Docudrama, '[[This Divided State]]'. But what does it all add up to?"<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Howe \|first=Desson \|date=2002-10-18 \|title=Moore Shoots Himself In the Foot \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/10/18/moore-shoots-himself-in-the-foot/d4ffedd4-378d-4544-a62a-29fac26e4658/ \|access-date=2010-04-26 \|work=[[The Washington Post]]}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref>		In a negative review, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' said the film was "filled with so many inaccuracies and distortions that it ought to be classed as a work of fiction."<ref name="auto1">{{cite news \|last=Fund \|first=John \|title=Unmoored from Reality \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122459994451554213 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008210039/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122459994451554213 \|date=March 21, 2003 \|archive-date=October 8, 2015 \|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] \|access-date=September 19, 2024}}</ref> The ''[[Boston Review]]'' said the film contained "deliberate falsehoods", highlighting the interview with Heston which Moore selectively edited and rearranged to "create the stupid, callous white guy he attacks."<ref name="auto1"/> [[Desson Thomson]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' thought that the film lacked a coherent message, asking "A lot of this is amusing and somehow telling. There was a parody of this movie called 'Bowling for Midway', a conservative Utah family movie to counter Moore's movie, and this paralleled the Docudrama, '[[This Divided State]]'. But what does it all add up to?"<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Howe \|first=Desson \|date=2002-10-18 \|title=Moore Shoots Himself In the Foot \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/10/18/moore-shoots-himself-in-the-foot/d4ffedd4-378d-4544-a62a-29fac26e4658/ \|access-date=2010-04-26 \|work=[[The Washington Post]]}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref>

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	===Gross revenue===		===Gross revenue===
	With a budget of $4 million, ''Bowling for Columbine'' grossed $58,008,423 worldwide, including $21,576,018 in the United States.<ref>In nominal dollars, from 1982 to the present.</ref> The documentary also broke box office records internationally, becoming the [[List of highest-grossing documentary films\|highest-grossing documentary]] ~~highest-grossing documentary~~ in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Austria. These records were later eclipsed by Moore's next documentary, ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]''.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Documentary Movies at the Box Office - Box Office Mojo \|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=documentary.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920112425/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=documentary.htm \|archive-date=2012-09-20 \|access-date=2007-12-27 \|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>		With a budget of $4 million, ''Bowling for Columbine'' grossed $58,008,423 worldwide, including $21,576,018 in the United States.<ref>In nominal dollars, from 1982 to the present.</ref> The documentary also broke box office records internationally, becoming the [[List of highest-grossing documentary films\|highest-grossing documentary]] in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Austria. These records were later eclipsed by Moore's next documentary, ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]''.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Documentary Movies at the Box Office - Box Office Mojo \|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=documentary.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920112425/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=documentary.htm \|archive-date=2012-09-20 \|access-date=2007-12-27 \|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

	==Awards and nominations==		==Awards and nominations==