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Originally posted by sycamore:
I haven't seen the flick yet, but in Bowling for Columbine, there was a bank that apparently offered you a gun if you started an account. Juju saw the movie; he'd know.
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I've read that this scene, among others in the movie, was
staged for effect (or is it "affect?")...
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Forbes reports that an early scene in "Bowling" in which Mr. Moore tries to demonstrate how easy it is to obtain guns in America was staged. He goes 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.
But Jan Jacobson, the bank employee who worked with Mr. Moore on his account, says that only happened because Mr. Moore's film company had worked for a month to stage the scene. "What happened at the bank was a prearranged thing," she says. The gun was brought from a gun dealer in another city, where it would normally have to be picked up. "Typically, you're looking at a week to 10 days waiting period," she says. Ms. Jacobson feels used: "He just portrayed us as backward hicks."
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I haven't seen it either, but after all I've read about it, I'd like to read it so I can make up my own mind. Here's another interesting link about it:
http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html