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Big Lebowski (1998)

Big Lebowski
Big Lebowski
R
Comedy
Crime

Release Date
March 6, 1998
Director
Joel Coen , Ethan Coen
Runtime
117
Main Genre
Comedy
Studio
Gramercy Pictures
Writers
Ethan Coen , Joel Coen
Tagline
They figured he was a lazy time wasting slacker. They were right.

Summary

Joel and Ethan Coen's THE BIG LEBOWSKI finds Jeff Lebowski (JEFF BRIDGES) the victim of mistaken identity. Two thugs break into his apartment in the errant belief that they are accosting Jeff Lebowski, the Pasadena millionaire--not the laid-back, unemployed, `stuck in the 70s' Jeff Lebowski who calls himself the Dude. The Dude's first mistake is paying a visit to his wealthy namesake in the hopes of getting a replacement for his soiled carpet. But instead of a Persian loaner, our reluctant hero and his buddy Walter (JOHN GOODMAN) are swept up in a Coenesque comedy/thriller of extortion, double-cross, deception, embezzlement, sex and dope. It takes guys as simple as the Dude and Walter to make a story this complicated...and they'd really rather be bowling.

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