Harris, left, and Klebold made their final tape on the same day they carried out the shooting rampage

December 14, 1999
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LITTLETON, Colorado (CNN) -- In home videos made in the final weeks before their deadly attack on Columbine High School, two teen-age gunmen said they hoped to kill hundreds in the assault and speculated about which Hollywood director might make a movie about it, Time magazine reports.

Both Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold expressed concern about the effect their murderous assault would have on their parents.

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"I hope we will kill 250 of you," Klebold said on one tape Time reviewed for a cover story in the issue appearing on newsstands Monday. CNN Interactive and Time Magazine are both business units of Time-Warner Inc.

Harris said the moment of the attack would be the most "nerve-wracking of my life. ... Seconds will be like hours. I can't wait."

Time said authorities allowed a reporter access to five videos found in Harris' bedroom after the shootings. They were recorded in the weeks before the April 20 massacre, in which the two seniors killed 12 students and a teacher at the Littleton school before committing suicide.

Klebold: My parents were 'great'

While they showed little or no remorse toward their future victims, both Harris and Klebold came close to apologizing to their parents in the videos.

"They're going to be put through hell once we do this," Harris, 18, said at one point. He then addressed his parents directly, saying, "There's nothing you guys could do about this."

Klebold, 17, told his mother and father they were "great parents" and that he appreciated their teaching him "self- awareness, self-reliance." He told them, "I'm sorry I have so much rage."

After the shootings, there was much public debate about whether the gunmen's parents, Wayne and Katherine Harris and Thomas and Susan Klebold, should be held responsible for their sons' actions.

Jefferson County District Attorney Dave Thomas told Time he has not ruled out charges against the parents but said he lacks sufficient evidence and is not sure it would do any good.

"Could I really do anything to punish them any more?" Thomas asked.

The carnage might not have happened had a phone call been handled differently. An employee of Green Mountain Guns called Harris' house and told his father, "Hey, your clips are in."

Harris' father said he had not ordered any clips, as recounted by Eric Harris on one tape. Had either party on the phone checked further, the massacre plans would have been ruined, the younger Harris said on tape.

Gunmen: Will Spielberg or Tarantino direct?

While the videos reinforce the idea that Harris and Klebold were motivated in part by a desire for what they saw as revenge, they also indicate that the two wanted notoriety.

"Directors will be fighting over this story," Time quotes Klebold as saying in one video. He and Harris then discussed which director could be trusted with the script, mentioning Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino, the report said.

The killers made their final tape on the morning of the massacre, Time reports.

"It's a half-hour before judgment day," Klebold said into the camera. "I didn't like life very much. Just know I'm going to a better place than here."

Injured student critical of police

Columbine High student Evan Todd, 16, was critical of the way the police responded to the massacre. After he was wounded in the library, he waited until the killers had passed him, then fled outside.

Todd said he told police officers what kinds of arms and ammunition the gunmen had.

"I told them they could save lives (of the wounded in the library if the police moved in immediately). They told me to calm down and take my frustrations elsewhere," he told Time.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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