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The Big Lebowski
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Directed by	Joel Coen Ethan Coen (Uncredited)
Produced by	Ethan Coen Joel Coen (uncredited)
Written by	Ethan Coen Joel Coen
Starring	Jeff Bridges John Goodman Steve Buscemi Julianne Moore David Huddleston Philip Seymour Hoffman
Music by	Carter Burwell
Cinematography	Roger Deakins
Editing by	Tricia Cooke Roderick Jaynes
Studio	Working Title Films
Distributed by	PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Gramercy Pictures
Release date(s)	March 6, 1998
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	US$15,000,000
Gross revenue	US$46,498,804 (worldwide)

Plot

Cast and characters

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Left to right:
The Dude (Jeff Bridges), Donny (Steve Buscemi) and Walter (John Goodman).

• Jeff Bridges as Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, a single, unemployed slacker living in Venice, California, who enjoys marijuana, Creedence Clearwater Revival, White Russians, and bowling.^ Jeff Bridges and John Goodman both great in this.
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  ^ Walter to Donny (Steve Buscemi), upon realizing he's scheduled to bowl on the Jewish Sabbath .
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  ^ Donny : Who's got your undies Walter?
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  .He has a very laid-back approach to life and seems unconcerned with money, but he is not without intelligence, as he ultimately proves able to solve the mystery of Bunny Lebowski's disappearance.^ In 1991, unemployed 60s refugee Jeff The Dude Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) grooves into his laid-back Los Angeles lifestyle.
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  ^ But back to the two Lebowski’s - the wheelchair bound Lebowski is a very angry, aggressive and hateful man, which is again the opposite of The Dude.
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  ^ Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski is a real laid-back kind of guy.
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  .Jeff Bridges had heard or was told by the Coen brothers that they had written a screenplay for him.^ After the critical and commercial failure of The Hudsucker Proxy , the Coen brothers wrote The Big Lebowski and decided Jeff Bridges was the perfect actor for the main role.
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  ^ The ultimate fans guide to the Coen Brothers cult classic The Big Lebowski, with a Foreword by the Dude himself, Jeff Bridges.
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  ^ Am I also to believe that Jeff Bridges and the Coen brothers were too busy to even spend a day recording commentary tracks and drinking some oat sodas?
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  ^[3] .The Dude is mostly inspired by Jeff Dowd, a member of the anti-war radical group the Seattle Seven (The Dude actually mentions during the film that he was one of the Seattle Seven), and a friend of the Coen brothers, Pete Exline, a Vietnam War veteran, who actually found a twelve-year old's homework in his stolen car.^ He called himself the Pope of Dope and had been a member of an activist group known as the Seattle Seven during the Vietnam War years.
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  ^ WALTER Eight-year-olds, Dude.
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  ^ The best Coen brothers film by a mile.
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• John Goodman as Walter Sobchak, a Vietnam War veteran, and the Dude's best friend and bowling teammate.^ Walter Sobchak : Dude, please?
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  ^ Walter Sobchak : I'm perfectly calm Dude.
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  ^ Walter Sobchak : That's right dude.
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  .Walter runs his own security firm, Sobchak Security, and places the rules of bowling second in reverence only to the rules of his adopted religion, Judaism, as evidenced by his strict stance against 'rolling' on Shabbos.^ Walter runs his own security firm, Sobchak Security, and places bowling second to only his reverence to his religion, as evidenced by the memorable line "I'm as Jewish as the fucking Tevye " and his strict rule against bowling on Shabbos .
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  ^ One of the laziest men in LA, he enjoys hanging with his bowling buddies, pompous security-store owner Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) and mild-mannered ex-surfer Donny (Steve Buscemi).
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  ^ Walter Sobchak : I told those fucks down at the league office a thousand times that I don't roll on Shabbos!
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  .He seems to have been quite dominated by his now ex-wife (for whom he converted), and still quickly does whatever she commands him to do.^ DUDE: I'm saying if he knows I'm a fuck- up, then why does he still leave me in charge of getting back his wife?
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  ^ DUDE I'm saying if he knows I'm a fuck- up, then why does he still leave me in charge of getting back his wife?
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  He is unstable, has a violent temper, and is given to pulling out a handgun (or crowbar) in order to settle disputes. .He says the Gulf War was all about oil and claims to have dabbled in pacifism.^ I'd say you need to see it about 5 times just to get all the jokes but its hilarious on the 1st watch too.
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  He constantly mentions Vietnam in conversations. .He is based on screenwriter John Milius, who is a friend of the Coen Brothers, and Lew Abernathy, a friend of Peter Exline.
• Steve Buscemi as Theodore Donald "Donny" Kerabatsos, a member of Walter and the Dude's bowling team.^ A talented surfer, Donny Kerabatsos is also the delightfully nave member of Walter and The Dude's bowling team.
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  ^ A talented surfer, Donny Kerabatsos is also the delightfully naïve member of Walter and The Dude's bowling team.
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  ^ Donny : Who's got your undies Walter?
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  Charmingly naïve, Donny is an avid bowler and frequently interrupts Walter's diatribes to inquire about the parts of the story he missed or did not understand, provoking Walter's abusive and frequently repeated response, "Shut the fuck up, Donny!" This line is a reference to Fargo, the Coen Brothers' previous film, in which Buscemi's character was constantly talking.^[5] .Donny bowls only strikes the entire movie, the only exception being the scene before he dies of a heart attack.
• David Huddleston as Jeffrey Lebowski, the "Big" Lebowski referred to in the movie's title, is a wheelchair-bound multi-millionaire who is married to Bunny and is Maude's father by his late wife.^ Donny, who loved bowling.
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  ^ Jeffrey Lebowski ( David Huddleston ), "The Big Lebowski" to which the movie's title refers, is a wheelchair-bound multi-millionare.
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  ^ However, during the fight, Donny suffers a heart attack, and dies.
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  .He lost the use of his legs in Korea and seems to despise the Dude, whom he calls "a bum".
• Julianne Moore as Maude Lebowski, the Big Lebowski's daughter.^ Dude: Nobody calls me Lebowski.
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  ^ DUDE Look, nobody calls me Lebowski.
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  ^ DUDE: Look, nobody calls me Lebowski.
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  .She is a feminist and an avant-garde artist whose work "has been commended as being strongly vaginal". She is good friends with video artist Knox Harrington (David Thewlis), and is possibly the person who introduced Bunny to Uli Kunkel (Peter Stormare), the nihilist, porn star, new wave musician and would-be kidnapper.
• Tara Reid as Bunny Lebowski; born Fawn Knutsen, she is the Big Lebowski's "trophy wife". She ran away from her family's farm outside Moorhead, Minnesota and soon found herself making pornographic videos (such as Logjammin') under the name "Bunny LaJoya". According to Reid, Charlize Theron tried out for the role of Bunny.^ She ran away from her family in Moorhead, Minnesota and soon found herself making pornographic videos under the name Bunny LaJoya .
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  ^ Knox Harrington : So you're Lebowski.
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  ^ She is a feminist as well as an avant-garde artist whose work "has been commended as strongly vaginal."
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• Philip Seymour Hoffman as Brandt, a sycophant and loyal assistant to the Big Lebowski, who tries to please everyone.
• Sam Elliott as The Stranger, the film's narrator, who sees this story unfold from a removed, third-party perspective.^ THE BIG LEBOWSKI. First of all, I've been dying to see this film.
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  ^ Philip Seymour Hoffman (yes, you read that right) as Jeffrey Lebowski - The Big Lebowski .
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  ^ Brandt ( Philip Seymour Hoffman ), loyal assistant to Mr. Lebowski, is a man who tries to please everyone.
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  .His narration is marked by a thick, laid-back Western accent.
• Ben Gazzara as Jackie Treehorn, a wealthy pornographer and loan shark who lives in Malibu.^ Jackie Treehorn ( Ben Gazzara ) is a bigtime pornographic film producer who lives in Malibu , California .
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  ^ Why Because Jackie Treehorn (Ben Gazzara) is owed money by the wife of a certain Jeff Lebowski.
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  ^ Following The Dude's failed attempt to safeguard his abode, the thugs from the opening scene invade and retrieve The Dude by request of Jackie Treehorn ( Ben Gazzara ), a pornographic movie director, who cast Bunny Lebowski and Karl Hungus in "Log Jammin'".
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  .He employs the two thugs who assault the Dude in his home at the beginning of the movie.
• Peter Stormare, Torsten Voges and Flea play The Nihilists, composed of Uli Kunkel (aka "Karl Hungus"), Franz and Dieter respectively.^ Uli Kunkel aka Karl Hungus (Peter Stormare), nihilist, porn star, techno-pop musician, and bad guy.
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  ^ It was he who employed the two thugs who ambushed The Dude in his home at the beginning of the movie.
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  ^ The group, composed of leader Uli Kunkle, known in the "beaver picture", Logjammin', as Karl Hungus, ( Peter Stormare ), Franz (Torsten Voges), and Dieter ( Flea ) was a Kraftwerk ian techno-pop band called "Autobahn" in the mid-'70s.
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  .They are Germans who claim to be nihilists, along with Kunkel's ex-girlfriend (Aimee Mann), and they pretend to be the ones who kidnapped Bunny.^ The group, along with Kunkle's ex-girlfriend, Lu Ahkrugns (played by Aimee Mann ), are the supposed kidnappers of Bunny Lebowski.
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  ^ The nihilists claim to “believe in nothing” , yet complain that it is “not fair” that one of their girlfriends gave up her toe in order to acquire the ransom money.
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  ^ The only two pieces of information we’re offered that Dude is denied is A) The nihilists sitting in the café with one of their girlfriends missing a toe, and B) Bunny speeding down the motor way in her corvette with all her toes intact.
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  .The character of Uli originated on the set of Fargo between Ethan Coen and Stormare, who would often speak in a mock German accent.^ The original score is composed by Carter Burwell , who has scored all the Coen brothers' films.
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  ^ Coens coax the very best , 24th August, 2004 enfor from London Probably the best set of characters for a Coen bros movie - high praise indeed.
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  ^ Peter Stormare's character, Uli Kunkel, is seen ordering pancakes at a diner.
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• John Turturro as Jesus Quintana, an opponent of the Dude's and Walter's team in the bowling league semifinals match.^ The Dude, Donny and Walter listen to Jesus' bowling-related braggadocio.
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  ^ Jesus Quintana ( John Turturro ) is one of The Dude and Walter's opponents in the bowling league semifinals match.
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  ^ John Turturro does a richly bizarre, mercifully brief turn as Jesus, a twisted toreador bowler who dances flamenco to the Eagles' "Hotel California."
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  .This eccentric, Latino, trash-talking North Hollywood resident speaks with a thick Cuban-American accent, and often refers to himself in the third person, insisting on the English pronunciation of his name rather than the Spanish.^ This eccentric, Latino trash-talk ing West Hollywood resident is a convicted pederast according to Walter.
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  ^ He speaks in a thick Mexican accent, color-coordinates his bowling uniform with his bowling ball (purple), and refers to himself as "The Jesus".
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  ^ It’s also interesting that Dude often refers to himself in the third person, which implies an ongoing self-reflection that perhaps is lacking in other characters of the story, with the exception of Jesus Quintana: “you can’t fool the Jesus” .
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  ."The Jesus", as he refers to himself, is a pederast and generally creepy pervert who, according to Walter, did six months in Chino for exposing himself to an 8-year old.^ He did six months in Chino for exposing himself to an eight-year-old.
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  ^ WALTER Eight-year-olds, Dude.
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  ^ Spent six months in Chino for exposing himself to an eight- year-old.
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  .Turturro originally thought that he was going to have a bigger role in the film but when he read the script, he realized that it was much smaller.^ Really funny, and John Goodman steals the lead role in that film.
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  ^ In fact, there aren't really any characters of note except for Jesus (John Turturro), the aforementioned psychotic bowler who you wish was the star of the film.
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  ^ Maybe he read the script, thought, "Well this is rubbish but the money's good," and took matters on from there.
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  .However, the Coen brothers let him come up with a lot of his own ideas for the character, like shining the bowling ball and the scene where he dances backwards, which he says was inspired by Muhammad Ali.^ The Coens shine in this wacky, deep, character-driven comedy, complete with dream sequences, a dance number, and a guy named Jesus.
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  ^ I can see why other people like it as Jeff Bridges is his usual cool self and as always there is the Cohen brothers mix of oddball characters.
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  ^ February, 2007 A Customer from London, England if you like the Coen brothers, this is an absolute must-see.
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• Jon Polito as Da Fino, a private investigator hired by Bunny Lebowski's parents, the Knutsens, to entice their daughter back to their farm in Moorhead, Minnesota.^ She ran away from her family in Moorhead, Minnesota and soon found herself making pornographic videos under the name Bunny LaJoya .
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  ^ Da Fino ( Jon Polito ) is a private investigator who spends most of his time mysteriously following the Dude around in a battered blue Volkswagen Beetle , during which he gains the mistaken impression that the Dude is a "brother seamus" (a private detective like himself).
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  ^ It transpires that he was hired by Bunny's parents to entice their daughter back to their Midwestern farm, and has played no other part in the entangled web of intrigue that has been playing around The Dude.
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  Da Fino, who drives a battered blue Volkswagen Beetle (in reference to the Coen Brothers' first film, Blood Simple), mistakes the Dude for a "brother Seamus" (a fellow P.I.), and offends the Dude by referring to Maude as his "special lady" and not the Dude's preferred term, "my lady friend".

Minor characters

• David Thewlis as Knox Harrington, the Video Artist
• Mark Pellegrino as Blond Treehorn Thug
• Jimmie Dale Gilmore as Smokey
• Jack Kehler as Marty
• Leon Russom as Kohl the Malibu Police Chief
• Aimee Mann as Nihilist Woman, Franz' Girlfriend
• Asia Carrera (Uncredited) as the pornographic actress that co-starred with Bunny Lebowski in a pornographic movie.

Production

Origins

Screenplay

Pre-production

Principal photography

Architecture

Soundtrack

The Big Lebowski: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack by Various artists
Released	February 24, 1998
Genre	Rock, classical, jazz, country, folk, pop
Length	117 min
Label	Mercury
Producer	T-Bone Burnett, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Professional reviews
Allmusic [38]
Coen Brothers film soundtracks chronology
Fargo (1996) The Big Lebowski (1998) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Soundtrack album track listing

1. "The Man in Me" – written and performed by Bob Dylan
2. "Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles" – written and performed by Captain Beefheart
3. "My Mood Swings" – written by Elvis Costello and Cait O'Riordan; performed by Costello
4. "Ataypura" – written by Moises Vivanco; performed by Yma Sumac
5. "Traffic Boom" – written and performed by Piero Piccioni
6. "I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good" – written by Duke Ellington and Paul Francis Webster; performed by Nina Simone
7. "Stamping Ground" – written by Louis T. Hardin; performed by Moondog with orchestra
8. "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" – written by Mickey Newbury; performed by Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
9. "Walking Song" – written and performed by Meredith Monk
10. "Glück das mir verblieb" from Die tote Stadt – written and conducted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold; performed by Ilona Steingruber, Anton Dermota and the Austrian State Radio Orchestra
11. "Lujon" – written and performed by Henry Mancini.
12. "Hotel California" – written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Don Felder; performed by The Gipsy Kings
13. "Technopop (Wie Glauben)" – written and performed by Carter Burwell.^ Unsettling to watch and you're just not sure if Bridges or Viet-obsessed sidekick are the good or bad buys.
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    ^ Don Henley's voice and incredible lyrics with Don Felder's musicality produced the "Eagles" most distinctive song.
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    ^ When Harry Met Sally Yma Sumac Dies in Los Angeles Yma Sumac, the "Peruvian Songbird," a movie and music sensation in the 1950's, leaves a legacy of distinctive performances.
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    The character Uli Kunkel was in the German electronic band Autobahn, a homage to the 1970s band Kraftwerk. .The album cover of their record Nagelbett (nail bed) is a parody of the Kraftwerk album cover for The Man-Machine and the group name Autobahn shares the name of a Kraftwerk song and album.^ On it is the group's name, Autobahn, the album name, Nagelbett, and a picture OF THREE YOUNG GERMANS, THEIR FOREHEADS LOOMING BELOW SLICKED- back hair, gazing upward in thin-lipped epiphany.
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    ^ A particular clue as to their psychological dilemma is that their Autobahn album is called Nagelbett , which is German for nailbed , and the cover art shows the three men standing in a vast bed of nails.
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14. "Dead Flowers" – written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards; performed by Townes van Zandt

Other music in the film

• "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" – written by Bob Nolan; performed by Sons of the Pioneers
• "Requiem in D Minor: Introitus and Lacrimosa" – written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; performed by The Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
• "Run Through the Jungle" – written by John Fogerty; performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Lookin' Out My Back Door" – written by John Fogerty; performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Behave Yourself" – written by Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr. and Lewie Steinberg; performed by Booker T. & the MG's
• "I Hate You" – written by Gary Burger, David Havlicek, Roger Johnston, Thomas E. Shaw and Larry Spangler; performed by The Monks
• "Gnomus" – composed by Modest Mussorgsky; from Pictures at an Exhibition. Arranged for orchestra by Maurice Ravel.
• "Mucha Muchacha" – written and performed by Juan García Esquivel
• "Piacere Sequence" – written and performed by Teo Usuelli
• "Standing on the Corner" – written by Frank Loesser; performed by Dean Martin
• "Tammy" – written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans; performed by Debbie Reynolds
• "Sounds of the Whale"
• "Oye Como Va" – written by Tito Puente; performed by Santana
• "Peaceful Easy Feeling" – written by Jack Tempchin; performed by Eagles
• "Branded Theme Song" – written by Alan Alch and Dominic Frontiere
• "Viva Las Vegas" – written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman; performed by Big Johnson (with Bunny Lebowski) and by Shawn Colvin (closing credits).
• "Dick on a Case" – written and performed by Carter Burwell

Critical reception

.The Big Lebowski received its world premiere at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 1998 at the 1,300 capacity Eccles Theater.^ The Big Lebowski collectible film merchandise .

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^ Not that good i'm afraid - too oddball and goofy , 22nd January, 2009 A Customer from Kettering The Big Lebowski is a great film if you like goofy oddball comedies with wacky characters, plenty of swearing and one-liners reminiscent of Derek and Clive.

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^ February, 2004 Claud from OXON In ten years from now, when we're looking back at films which defined the nineties, "The Big Lebowski" will be one of those films.

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.Reportedly, there were a few walkouts and Peter Howell, in his review for the Toronto Star, wrote, "It's hard to believe that this is the work of a team that won an Oscar last year for the original screenplay of Fargo.^ Lewis Carroll Burn After Reading A look at the latest movie from the makers of last year's Best Picture Oscar winner, "No Country For Old Men."

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There's a large amount of profanity in the movie, which seems a weak attempt to paper over dialogue gaps."^[42] .The film was also screened at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival^[43] before opening in North America on March 6, 1998 in 1,207 theaters.^ OK , 12th March, 2005 Andrew Peacock from Glasgow, UK I've not seen a coen brothers film before, but some friends recommended this.

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It grossed USD $5.5 million on its opening weekend, grossing US$17 million in the United States, just above its US$15 million budget.^[44]

Reviews have been mostly positive, however. .The Big Lebowski currently has a rating of 78% on Rotten Tomatoes (71% for their "Cream of the Crop" designation).^ If you are an Big Lebowski T-Shirt fan, check back often for some of our newer Big Lebowski T-Shirt designs we offer.

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Todd McCarthy in Variety magazine wrote, "One of the film's indisputable triumphs is its soundtrack, which mixes Carter Burwell's original score with classic pop tunes and some fabulous covers."^[45] USA Today gave the film three out of four stars and felt that the Dude was "too passive a hero to sustain interest", but that there was "enough startling brilliance here to suggest that, just like the Dude, those smarty-pants Coens will abide."^[46] In his review for the Washington Post, Desson Howe praised the Coens and "their inspired, absurdist taste for weird, peculiar Americana – but a sort of neo-Americana that is entirely invented – the Coens have defined and mastered their own bizarre subgenre. .No one does it like them and, it almost goes without saying, no one does it better."^ Vagina … they don’t like hearing it and find it difficult to say, whereas without batting an eye, a man will refer to his ‘dick’ or his ‘rod’ or his ‘johnson’.” .

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^ The Dude : No, I'm saying, if he knows I'm a fuck-up, why does he leave me in charge of getting his wife back?

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^[47] Janet Maslin praised Bridges' performance in her review for The New York Times: "Mr. Bridges finds a role so right for him that he seems never to have been anywhere else. .Watch this performance to see shambling executed with nonchalant grace and a seemingly out-to-lunch character played with fine comic flair."^ Other characters in the film seem to be playing out different ideological conflicts that permeate human civilization.

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^[48] Andrew Sarris, in his review for the New York Observer, wrote, "The result is a lot of laughs and a feeling of awe toward the craftsmanship involved. I doubt that there'll be anything else like it the rest of this year."^[49] In a five star review for Empire Magazine, Ian Nathan wrote, "For those who delight in the Coens' divinely abstract take on reality, this is pure nirvana" and "In a perfect world all movies would be made by the Coen brothers."^[50]

.However, Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote in the Chicago Reader, "To be sure, The Big Lebowski is packed with show-offy filmmaking and as a result is pretty entertaining.^ Be sure to check out our SIZE CHART to get an idea of the average size and dimensions of this Big Lebowski tshirt style.

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^ Shut the hell up Donny , 26th August, 2009 A Customer from Belfast The Big Lebowski was a great show.

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.But insofar as it represents a moral position–and the Coens' relative styling of their figures invariably does–it's an elitist one, elevating salt-of-the-earth types like Bridges and Goodman ...^ Several actors I don't normally like - Goodman and Bridges for example - absolutely excel in this movie.

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^ June, 2004 A customer from SOUTHAMPTON Typically strange Coen effort, highly enjoyable and brilliant performances from John Goodman and Jeff Bridges.

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^ DO NOT BOTHER WITH THIS ONE! , 9th August, 2005 A Customer from BASINGSTOKE ENGLAND I like the Coen brothers, I like Jeff bridges, I even like comedies with a strong US feel to them, but this was a real disappoinment.

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over everyone else in the movie."^[51] Dave Kehr, in his review for the Daily News, criticized the film's premise as a "tired idea, and it produces an episodic, unstrung film."^[52] The Guardian criticized the film as "a bunch of ideas shoveled into a bag and allowed to spill out at random. The film is infuriating, and will win no prizes. But it does have some terrific jokes."^[53]

Legacy

Walter: "And so, Theodore Donald Kerabatsos..."

.The Big Lebowski has become a cult classic over the years and has been called "the first cult film of the Internet era".^[54] Steve Palopoli wrote about the film's emerging cult status in July 2002.^[55] He first realized that the film had a cult following when he attended a midnight screening in 2000 at the New Beverly Cinema in L.A. Palopoli and witnessed people quoting dialogue from the film to each other.^ The Big Lebowski flails about on the floor.

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^ The Eagles The Big Lebowski and the Online People Search: More Connected Than You May Think After spending about two hours laughing hysterically, I was left with one surprising, yet probing, question, "Why didn't anyone in this film use an online people search?

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^ I can see it now: ten best actors, ten best actressess, ten best films with funny hats, and ten best era-defining, genuinely funny and touching films of the decade, and there it will be with awe-inspiring performances and a killer script - "The Big Lebowski".

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^[56] .Soon after the article appeared, the programmer for local midnight film series in Santa Cruz decided to screen The Big Lebowski and on the first weekend they had to turn away several hundred people.^ February, 2004 Claud from OXON In ten years from now, when we're looking back at films which defined the nineties, "The Big Lebowski" will be one of those films.

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^ The Big Lebowski , 21st October, 2003 Maxx from London Another quality offering from the Coen brothers, but not nearly as cryptic as some of their other films.

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^ The Big Lebowski : They did not receive the money, you nitwit!

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The theater held the film over for six weeks which had never happened before.^[57]

.An annual festival, the Lebowski Fest, began in Louisville, Kentucky, United States in 2002 with 150 fans showing up, and has since expanded to several other cities.^ Shut the hell up Donny , 26th August, 2009 A Customer from Belfast The Big Lebowski was a great show.

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^ Martin Scorsese The Dude Abides An article on the upcoming Lebowski Fest in Louisville, KY. By Chas Andrews   |  Published 7/9/2008 More topics: Pacifism .

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^[58] .The Festival's main event each year is a night of unlimited bowling with various contests including costume, trivia, hardest- and farthest-traveled contests.^ They would create a festival, these dudes, to bring together fellow celebrants who would dress in bathrobes and purple jumpsuits, drink White Russians, compete in trivia contests and do lots of bowling.

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^ Bowling party: Bowling, costumes, trivia, other contests; 7 p.m.

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.Held over a weekend, events typically include a pre-fest party with bands the night before the bowling event as well as a day-long outdoor party with bands, vendor booths and games.^ The fest kicks off July 22 with a screening party at the Aladdin Theatre and concludes July 23 with a bowling party at the Hollywood Bowl .

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^ Thursday; Hollywood Bowl , 4030 N.E. Halsey St.; $25 advance, $30 day of party (tickets include bowling and shoe rental), Ticketweb.com ; all ages.

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.Various celebrities from the film have even attended some of the events, including Jeff Bridges who attended the Los Angeles event.^ Jeff Bridges is a coherent centre to the film.

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^ VOICE-OVER: ...and even if he's a lazy man, and the Dude was certainly that--quite possibly the laziest in Los Angeles County.

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^ Courtesy photo Steve Buscemi (from left), John Goodman and Jeff Bridges in "The Big Lebowski" They were two dudes with a dream: to celebrate a movie about an unemployed Los Angeleno, some nihilists, a missing rug, a missing wife and lots of bowling.

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^[58] .The British equivalent, inspired by Lebowski Fest, is known as The Dude Abides and is held in London.^ The Eagles The Big Lebowski - How Has the Dude Held Up After Ten Years?

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^ Martin Scorsese The Dude Abides An article on the upcoming Lebowski Fest in Louisville, KY. By Chas Andrews   |  Published 7/9/2008 More topics: Pacifism .

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^[59]

.Dudeism, an online religion devoted largely to spreading the philosophy and lifestyle of the movie's main character was founded in 2005. Also known as The Church of the Latter-Day Dude, the organization has ordained over 50,000 "Dudeist Priests" all over the world via its website.^ Greating casting of the three main characters who play off each other perfectly and The Dude rocks!

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^ Brilliant Main Characters , 19th July, 2005 RosieGlow from West Sussex Geoff Bridges was awesome - if not a bit hairy!!

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^[60]

Entertainment Weekly ranked it 8th on their Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years list.^[61] .The film was also ranked #34 on their list of "The Top 50 Cult Films"^[62] and ranked #15 on the magazine's "The Cult 25: The Essential Left-Field Movie Hits Since '83" list.^ Jillian Michaels Top 5 Cult Classic Movies A list of cult classics that should not be overlooked on any cult film short-list By Brennan McKinney   |  Published 2/20/2008 More topics: Cult Films .

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^ Maracas The List of 50 In the world of movies there are a lot of lists, but none quite like this.

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^ The Big Lebowski Top 10 Best Cult Movies A list of the best cult movies (not necessarily the most popular, but the best).

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^[63] .The Big Lebowski was voted as the 10th best film set in Los Angeles in the last 25 years by a group of Los Angeles Times writers and editors with two criteria: "The movie had to communicate some inherent truth about the L.A. experience, and only one film per director was allowed on the list".^[64] Empire magazine ranked Walter Sobchak #49 and the Dude #7 in their "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters" poll.^ Walter Sobchak : Dude, please?

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^ The best film I have seen for a long,long time.

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^ It's definitely one of the best films Ive seen for a long long time.

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^[65] Roger Ebert added The Big Lebowski to his list of "Great Movies" in March 2010.^[66]

.In September 2008, Slate Magazine published a revisionist article which viewed The Big Lebowski as a political critique.^ Big Lebowski , 29th October, 2008 A Customer from Bristol This simple yarn made me laugh out loud start to finish a classic that I missed at the time .

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^ The Big Lebowski , 27th November, 2008 A Customer from London I had a good laugh but the quality of this movie can't be compared to the greatness of Fargo...

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^ Simply awesome , 20th December, 2008 A Customer from Sheffield People have always asked me 'How have you never seen The Big Lebowski?

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.The centerpiece of this viewpoint was that Walter Sobchak is "a neocon," citing the movie's references to then US President George H. W. Bush and the first Gulf War.^ Walter Sobchak : So you have no frame of reference here, Donny.

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^ Walter Sobchak : GOD DAMN IT! Look, just because we're bereaved, that doesn't make us saps!

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Home video

Two-disc 10th Anniversary Edition DVD cover artwork

.Universal Studios Home Entertainment released a "Collector's Edition" DVD on October 18, 2005 with extra features that included an "Introduction by Mortimer Young", "Jeff Bridges' Photography", "Making of The Big Lebowski", and "Production Notes". In addition, a limited-edition "Achiever's Edition Gift Set" also included The Big Lebowski Bowling Shammy Towel, four Collectible Coasters that included photographs and quotable lines from the movie, and eight Exclusive Photo Cards from Jeff Bridges’ personal collection.^ Photo Gallery (3:25, Non-Anamorphic) – This is the same collection of photos taken by Jeff Bridges available on the 2005 Collector’s Edition.

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^ The Dude Continues to Abide on The Big Lebowski : Collector's Edition The Coen Brothers deliver a masterful farce that turns the hard-boiled detective story on its ear By El Bicho   |  Published 12/8/2005 More topics: The Big Lebowski .

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^ Release Date: September 9, 2008 Rating : 3 ½ ½ Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, David Huddelston and John Turturro Produced by: Ethan Coen Screenplay by: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen Directed by: Joel Coen The Big Lebowski: 10th Anniversary Edition is the latest DVD presentation of the Coen brothers’ cult classic comedy about bowling, zen and everything in between.

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^[68] .A "10th Anniversary Edition" was released on September 9, 2008 and features all of the extras from the "Collector's Edition" and "The Dude's Life: Strikes and Gutters ...^ VIDEO QUALITY : 3 ½/5 ½ The Big Lebowski: 10th Anniversary Edition has a bright anamorphic 1.85:1 transfer that appears to be the same one as the 2005 Collector’s Edition.

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^ SPECIAL FEATURES : 4/5 The Big Lebowski: 10th Anniversary Edition comes packed with extras spread across 2 discs.

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^ The current edition appears to port over the 2005 video and audio transfers and all the extras on the disc.

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Ups and Downs ... .The Dude Abides", Theatrical Trailer (from the first DVD release), "The Lebowski Fest: An Achiever's Story", "Flying Carpets and Bowling Pin Dreams: The Dream Sequences of the Dude", "Interactive Map", "Jeff Bridges Photo Book",and a "Photo Gallery". Additionally, it contains an exclusive interview with Ethan Coen about one of the most controversial elements of the movie: to whom Walter was speaking when he said "Life does not stop and start at your convenience, you miserable piece of shit". Allegedly, John Goodman directed this line at Joel Coen when the actor thought he heard Coen yell "cut."^ LEBOWSKI Well, you have your story, I have mine.

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^ Jeff Bridges and John Goodman both great in this.

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^ Jeff Bridges and John Goodman hold this piece together with their wonderful character acting.

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.There are both a standard release and a Limited Edition which features "Bowling Ball Packaging" and is individually numbered.^ I understand there is also a limited version of this edition that includes a bowling ball in the packaging for those who wish to spend the extra cash.

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^ Not the bowling ball package though, thats just silly!

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^ The Dude stands behind her and, pressed up against her, helps her with her follow-through as she releases a bowling ball.

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^[69]

.The Big Lebowski was released by Universal on the now defunct HD DVD format on June 26, 2007. The film has not yet been released on the current high definition format, Blu-ray Disc.^ The Big Thumbs UP , 28th August, 2007 A Customer from Scotland Fantastic film, layered, the more times you watch it the more you notice, so so funny.

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^ I can see it now: ten best actors, ten best actressess, ten best films with funny hats, and ten best era-defining, genuinely funny and touching films of the decade, and there it will be with awe-inspiring performances and a killer script - "The Big Lebowski".

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^ Never go out with anyone who thinks Fellini is a type of cheese My Blu-Ray/DVD Collection .

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External links

• The Big Lebowski at the Internet Movie Database
• The Big Lebowski at Allmovie
• The Big Lebowski at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Big Lebowski at Metacritic
• The Big Lebowski at Box Office Mojo
• "The Decade of the Dude": A 10-Year retrospective article on "The Big Lebowski" in Rolling Stone magazine
• "Is The Big Lebowski a cultural milestone?", BBC, October 10, 2008
• "Dissertations on His Dudeness", Dwight Garner, The New York Times, December 29, 2009

Coen brothers Films Blood Simple (1984) · Raising Arizona (1987) · Miller's Crossing (1990) · Barton Fink (1991) · The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) · Fargo (1996) · The Big Lebowski (1998) · O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) · The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) · Intolerable Cruelty (2003) · The Ladykillers (2004) · No Country for Old Men (2007) · Burn After Reading (2008) · A Serious Man (2009) · True Grit (2010) Shorts Tuileries (2006) · World Cinema (2007) Other films Crimewave (1985) · The Naked Man (1998) · Down from the Mountain (2000) · Bad Santa (2003) · Romance & Cigarettes (2006) · Suburbicon (2010) · Gambit (2010) Collaborators Carter Burwell · Roger Deakins · List of frequent Coen Brothers collaborators

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