Columbine
Genre: Drama
Director: Harmony Korine
Writer: Alex Conn
Cast:
Charlie Plummer .... Dylan Klebold
Logan Miller .... Eric Harris
Willow Shields .... Rachel Scott
Bella Thorne .... Devon Adams
Laurie Metcalf .... Susan Klebold
Plot: We hear bombs and gunshots juxtaposed with video of a little kid that his mom calls the golden boy.
We see a young man, Dylan Klebold (Charlie Plummer). He has long hair and has a Metallica T shirt. He looks at a group of girls that he likes and look at him in disgust. He does theater and no one talks to him. It is revealed that it is Columbine High School when Dylan is at theater.
He has a crush on a girl named Rachel (Willow Shields) who is in his theater class and she is the lead in the play and he is just an ensemble member. Dylan, after theater, goes home to his parents. He goes home and cries and writes in his diary. He writes love notes and poetry. He goes to school and things happen the same as they did yesterday and we see basically the same shots over and over again.
Dylan goes to school the next day and sees a kid named Eric Harris (Logan Miller) who is in a fight with a kid. Eric Harris is in his English class but he is almost always ditching class. Today he decides to go to class. Dylan asks Eric if he wants to hang out and Dylan agrees. Eric goes to Dylan’s house. After Eric leaves Dylan continues to write poetry we hear the voice over of him writing to the girl he has a crush on Rachel.
Because of his friendship with Dylan, Eric starts attending class more often. Eric introduces Dylan to his favorite book which is Mein Kamf. Dylan is disturbed by it as he is a bit Jewish. Dylan is reading Mein Kemf and it is snatched by his mother who says it’s disgusting.
Dylan starts making friends with a girl named Devon Adams (Bella Thorne) which Eric Harris doesn’t like. Eric Harris starts telling Dylan that he disapproves of his relationship with Devon Adams.
Dylan talks to Eric they both share a blunt. Rachel and her new boyfriend look at them and Dylan overreacts and yells at them. Dylan has an idea of starting to make videos to creep out their classmates.
Dylan and Eric start making videos including one called Hitman for Hire for their economics class. The video involves Dylan and Eric protecting a kid from bullying. In one scene Dylan goes on a profane rant on a kid who is in the video bullying the child. Dylan and Eric are asked to go to the principals who lets him off with a slap on the wrist.
Dylan out of nowhere has a fantasy of killing his classmates. Dylan says to Eric that he feels like he wants to commit suicide and Eric says that he does too but Eric wants to shoot up Columbine High School first.
Dylan and Eric start studying the Oklahoma City bombing and they want to start a revolution. They start videotaping their plans. Dylan for the first time seems excited. Dylan and his mom (Laurie Metcalf) start having arguments. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris start planning their shootings. Eric starts writing blogs.
On April 20th 1999 the two teens arrive late and drop bombs and they don’t go off. They then shoot their first victim Rachel Scott and her boyfriend outside they then go to the cafeteria. But most of their carnage happens in the library where they eventually kill themselves.
Director: Harmony Korine
Writer: Alex Conn
Cast:
Charlie Plummer .... Dylan Klebold
Logan Miller .... Eric Harris
Willow Shields .... Rachel Scott
Bella Thorne .... Devon Adams
Laurie Metcalf .... Susan Klebold
Plot: We hear bombs and gunshots juxtaposed with video of a little kid that his mom calls the golden boy.
We see a young man, Dylan Klebold (Charlie Plummer). He has long hair and has a Metallica T shirt. He looks at a group of girls that he likes and look at him in disgust. He does theater and no one talks to him. It is revealed that it is Columbine High School when Dylan is at theater.
He has a crush on a girl named Rachel (Willow Shields) who is in his theater class and she is the lead in the play and he is just an ensemble member. Dylan, after theater, goes home to his parents. He goes home and cries and writes in his diary. He writes love notes and poetry. He goes to school and things happen the same as they did yesterday and we see basically the same shots over and over again.
Dylan goes to school the next day and sees a kid named Eric Harris (Logan Miller) who is in a fight with a kid. Eric Harris is in his English class but he is almost always ditching class. Today he decides to go to class. Dylan asks Eric if he wants to hang out and Dylan agrees. Eric goes to Dylan’s house. After Eric leaves Dylan continues to write poetry we hear the voice over of him writing to the girl he has a crush on Rachel.
Because of his friendship with Dylan, Eric starts attending class more often. Eric introduces Dylan to his favorite book which is Mein Kamf. Dylan is disturbed by it as he is a bit Jewish. Dylan is reading Mein Kemf and it is snatched by his mother who says it’s disgusting.
Dylan starts making friends with a girl named Devon Adams (Bella Thorne) which Eric Harris doesn’t like. Eric Harris starts telling Dylan that he disapproves of his relationship with Devon Adams.
Dylan talks to Eric they both share a blunt. Rachel and her new boyfriend look at them and Dylan overreacts and yells at them. Dylan has an idea of starting to make videos to creep out their classmates.
Dylan and Eric start making videos including one called Hitman for Hire for their economics class. The video involves Dylan and Eric protecting a kid from bullying. In one scene Dylan goes on a profane rant on a kid who is in the video bullying the child. Dylan and Eric are asked to go to the principals who lets him off with a slap on the wrist.
Dylan out of nowhere has a fantasy of killing his classmates. Dylan says to Eric that he feels like he wants to commit suicide and Eric says that he does too but Eric wants to shoot up Columbine High School first.
Dylan and Eric start studying the Oklahoma City bombing and they want to start a revolution. They start videotaping their plans. Dylan for the first time seems excited. Dylan and his mom (Laurie Metcalf) start having arguments. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris start planning their shootings. Eric starts writing blogs.
On April 20th 1999 the two teens arrive late and drop bombs and they don’t go off. They then shoot their first victim Rachel Scott and her boyfriend outside they then go to the cafeteria. But most of their carnage happens in the library where they eventually kill themselves.
BOX OFFICE
Budget: $10,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $5,129,069
Foreign Box Office: $4,571,124
Total Profit: -$14,800,456
Domestic Box Office: $5,129,069
Foreign Box Office: $4,571,124
Total Profit: -$14,800,456
REVIEWS
"I have to give Director Korine and Writer Conn at least some credit for attempting to turn in a human portrait of the figures behind the true tragic events. Their attempt, however, does not leave much of a mark. It's neither entertaining nor insightful. At the end of the day this is a movie that probably should not have been made as it lacked the careful touch required to make a film about such a tricky and sensitive subject." - Michael Wilmington, Rolling Stone
"Columbine is a film that has nothing working in its favor. The film not only feels exploitative, but it also doesn't appear to know anything about its subject matter. With how little attention to detail there is, writer Alex Conn could have easily written something unrelated to the Columbine massacre rather than drag the families of those involved through something so half-hearted. I see no artistic reason for this film being specifically about the Columbine massacre, only exploitative reasons." - Charles Yost, Oregonian
"Why did the filmmakers choose to make this film? They don't seem particularly committed to telling this story with accuracy. Sometimes us critics complain about true story films feeling like a Wikipedia summary, but that would have been welcome in this case. By the time the end credits rolled, I had no sense of the characters or their glossed over actions." - Dave Manning, The Ridgefield Press
Rated R for language, violence and drug use - all involving minors
Filming Locations:
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Timothee Chalamet, Lucas Hedges and Elle Fanning all turned down offers to appear in the film.
- Luca Guadagnino, Ari Aster, the Safdie Brothers, Tom Ford, William Friedkin and Derek Cianfrance were all offered the job of director. Guadagnino had a scheduling conflict, while the others all rejected the job due to its subject matter.
- Luca Guadagnino, Ari Aster, the Safdie Brothers, Tom Ford, William Friedkin and Derek Cianfrance were all offered the job of director. Guadagnino had a scheduling conflict, while the others all rejected the job due to its subject matter.