Big refuses, but the Dude tricks Big's assistant Brandt into letting him take a similar rug from the mansion. One of the goons urinates on the Dude's favorite rug before they realize they have the wrong man and leave.Īdvised by his bowling partners, Vietnam veteran Walter Sobchak and Donny Kerabatsos, the Dude visits wealthy philanthropist Jeffrey ('Big') Lebowski, demanding compensation for the rug. In the early 1990s, Los Angeles slacker Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski is assaulted in his home by two enforcers for porn kingpin Jackie Treehorn, who is owed money by the wife of a different Jeffrey Lebowski. 6.3 Use as social and political analysis.A spin-off, titled The Jesus Rolls, was released in 2020, with Turturro reprising his role and also serving as writer and director. In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'.

Over time, reviews have become largely positive, and the film has become a cult favorite, noted for its eccentric characters, comedic dream sequences, idiosyncratic dialogue, and eclectic soundtrack. The Big Lebowski received mixed reviews at the time of its release. Joel Coen stated, 'We wanted to do a Chandler kind of story – how it moves episodically, and deals with the characters trying to unravel a mystery, as well as having a hopelessly complex plot that's ultimately unimportant.' The original score was composed by Carter Burwell, a longtime collaborator of the Coen brothers. The film is loosely inspired by the work of Raymond Chandler. Sam Elliott, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tara Reid, David Thewlis, Peter Stormare, and Ben Gazzara also appear, in supporting roles. The millionaire Lebowski's trophy wife is kidnapped, and he commissions The Dude to deliver the ransom to secure her release the plan goes awry when the Dude's friend Walter Sobchak ( John Goodman) schemes to keep the ransom money.

He is assaulted as a result of mistaken identity, then learns that a millionaire also named Jeffrey Lebowski ( David Huddleston) was the intended victim. It stars Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. The Big Lebowski ( / l ə ˈ b aʊ s k i/) is a 1998 black comedy crime film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.

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