Editing Michael Moore (section)

====''Bowling for Columbine''====
His documentary ''[[Bowling for Columbine]]'', released in 2002, probes the culture of [[Gun violence in the United States|guns and violence in the United States]], taking, as a starting point, the [[Columbine High School massacre]] of 1999. ''Bowling for Columbine'' won the Anniversary Prize at the [[2002 Cannes Film Festival]]<ref name="cannes-2002.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3137379/year/2002.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Bowling for Columbine |access-date=October 24, 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710235222/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3137379/year/2002.html |archive-date=July 10, 2011}}</ref> and France's [[César Award]] as the Best Foreign Film. In the United States, it won the 2002 [[Academy Award for Documentary Feature]]. It also enjoyed great commercial and critical success for a film of its type, and has since gone on to be considered one of the [[list of films considered the best|greatest documentary films of all-time]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.cwu.edu/media/intnationaldoc20.htm |title=International Documentary Association Top Twenty Documentaries of All-Time |access-date=September 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213002531/http://www.lib.cwu.edu/media/intnationaldoc20.htm |archive-date=February 13, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aabowlingawardnews.htm |title="Bowling for Columbine" Named Best Documentary Film |date=December 12, 2002 |publisher=About.com |access-date=September 18, 2009 |archive-date=August 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830151715/http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aabowlingawardnews.htm }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 Documentary Movies |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/top_100_documentary_movies/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 7, 2018 |archive-date=March 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321083209/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/top_100_documentary_movies/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The 25 Greatest Documentaries of All Time |url=https://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/news/2012/12/the-25-greatest-documentaries-of-all-time/22/ |publisher=[[PBS]] |access-date=October 7, 2018 |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035613/https://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/news/2012/12/the-25-greatest-documentaries-of-all-time/22/ }}</ref> At the time of ''Columbine''{{'}}s release, it was the highest-grossing mainstream-released documentary (a record now held by Moore's ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]'').<ref name=mojorank />

Shortly after winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ''[[Bowling for Columbine]]'', Moore spoke out against U.S. President George W. Bush and the [[Iraq War]], which had just started three days prior. He further criticized the president by stating, "We live in a time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pond |first1=Steve |title=The Big Show: High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards |date=2005 |publisher=Faber and Faber, Inc. |location=New York |isbn=978-0-571-21193-7 |page=345}}</ref> The speech was received with a cacophony of boos, applause, and standing ovations from the audience at the theater.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Effron |first1=Eric |title=The World: Acting Out; At the Oscars, a Cause and Effect |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/30/weekinreview/the-world-acting-out-at-the-oscars-a-cause-and-effect.html |access-date=April 10, 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 30, 2003}}</ref> Moments after the speech concluded, to lighten the mood, host [[Steve Martin]] joked, "The [[Teamsters]] are helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his limo."<ref>{{cite news|last=Jicha |first=Tom |title=A Night Rules By Decorum. Mostly |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2003-03-24/lifestyle/0303240203_1_oscar-night-jennifer-lopez-michael-moore |access-date=April 10, 2014 |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]]  |date=March 24, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125433/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2003-03-24/lifestyle/0303240203_1_oscar-night-jennifer-lopez-michael-moore |archive-date=April 13, 2014}}</ref>