The Big Lebowski is a 1998 crime comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. He is assaulted as a result of mistaken identity, after which The Dude learns that a millionaire (also named Jeffrey Lebowski) was the intended victim.
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. Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, and John Turturro also appear, in supporting roles.
- Starring : Jeff Bridges / John Goodman
- Genre : Comedy / Crime / Sport
- Country : United States / United Kingdom
- Language : English / German / Hebrew / Spanish
- Director : Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
- Production : Polygram Filmed Entertainment / Working Title Films
- Distributor : Gramercy Pictures (I) / Ascot Elite Entertainment Group / Bontonfilm-Beta / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Distribution / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / REP Distribution / SF Norge A/S / Scanbox Entertainment / Vitória Filmes / Cecchi Gori Home Video / Image Entertainment / PolyGram Video / PolyGram / Lider Films / Svensk Filmindustri (SF) / Gativideo / Universal Pictures Home Entertainment / USA Network / Warner Home Vídeo / Universal Studios Home Video / Universal Pictures / Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) / Universal Pictures do Brasil / Komplett Media GmbH / Universal Pictures Finland / Sub / MTV3 / Universal Home Entertainment / De Volkskrant / Film1 / Mission / PolyGram Film Distribution / Columbia TriStar Home Video / Kutonen / NBC Universal Television Distribution / TV5 / Universal Home Video / VideoVisa
The Big Lebowski movie
The Big Lebowski release date
- February 15, 1998 : Germany (Berlin International Film Festival)
- February 26, 1998 : USA (New York City, New York) (premiere)
- March 6, 1998 : Canada
- March 6, 1998 : USA
- March 19, 1998 : Germany
- March 20, 1998 : Switzerland (German speaking region)
- April 9, 1998 : Australia
- April 22, 1998 : Switzerland (French speaking region)
- April 22, 1998 : France
- April 24, 1998 : Spain
- April 24, 1998 : UK
- April 24, 1998 : Ireland
- August 27, 1998 : Singapore
- September 18, 1998 : Sweden
- September 19, 1998 : Japan
- March 24, 1999 : Philippines
- July 2, 2006 : USA (Moonlit Matines Film Festival)
- February 3, 2012 : Canada (Digital Film Festival)
- November 13, 2014 : Spain (Madrid) (re-release)
- April 29, 2015 : France (re-release)
The Big Lebowski cast
- Jeff Bridges as The Dude
- John Goodman as Walter Sobchak
- Julianne Moore as Maude Lebowski
- Steve Buscemi as Theodore Donald ‘Donny’ Kerabatsos
- David Huddleston as The Big Lebowski
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Brandt
- Tara Reid as Bunny Lebowski
- Philip Moon as Woo, Treehorn Thug
- Mark Pellegrino as Blond Treehorn Thug
- Peter Stormare as Nihilist #1, Uli Kunkel / ‘Karl Hungus’
- Flea as Nihilist #2, Kieffer
- Torsten Voges as Nihilist #3, Franz
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore as Smokey
- Jack Kehler as Marty
- John Turturro as Jesus Quintana
The Big Lebowski is a 1998 crime comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. He is assaulted as a result of mistaken identity, after which The Dude learns that a millionaire (also named Jeffrey Lebowski) was the intended victim. 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. Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, and John Turturro also appear, in supporting roles. [ref]
The film is loosely inspired by the work of Raymond Chandler. 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 Big Lebowski was a disappointment at the U.S. box office and received mixed reviews at the time of its release. 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. In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. A spin-off based on John Turturro’s character, titled The Jesus Rolls, is scheduled for a 2020 release, with Turturro also acting as writer and director.
In 1991 Los Angeles, Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, a middle-aged bachelor with a penchant for cannabis and bowling, is assaulted by two goons hired by pornographer Jackie Treehorn, demanding money owed by the wife of another Jeffrey Lebowski (the eponymous “Big Lebowski”). Realizing they have the wrong man, they leave after one of them urinates on the Dude’s rug.
On the advice of his bowling partners Donny Kerabatsos and Vietnam veteran Walter Sobchak, the Dude seeks compensation from the other Lebowski, a wealthy philanthropist who refuses his request. Leaving Lebowski’s mansion, the Dude takes a valuable rug and meets Bunny, Lebowski’s young trophy wife.
Days later, the Dude is told that Bunny has been kidnapped, and Lebowski wants the Dude to deliver the ransom money. That night, another pair of thugs knock the Dude unconscious and take his new rug.
The kidnappers arrange a meeting, and Walter accompanies the Dude with a plan to give them another briefcase, containing Walter’s “dirty undies”, so he and the Dude can keep the ransom money. Taking the briefcase, the kidnappers escape on motorcycles. After another game of bowling, the Dude’s car is stolen with the real briefcase inside.
Lebowski’s daughter Maude calls the Dude, explaining that she took the rug and inviting him to visit her. She plays him a pornographic video revealing Bunny was one of Treehorn’s actresses. Believing Bunny staged her own abduction, Maude asks the Dude to recover the ransom which her father withdrew from the family’s personal foundation. Lebowski confronts the Dude, angry that he failed to deliver the ransom, and shows him a severed toe presumed to be Bunny’s. Three German nihilists threaten the Dude, identifying themselves as the kidnappers; Maude says they are friends of Bunny.
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