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The Big Lebowski (15-Feb-1998)

Director: Joel Coen

Writers: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen

Original Music by: Carter Burwell

Producer: Ethan Coen

Keywords: Comedy, Bowling, Kidnapping, Marijuana, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills

The Dude's apartment is broken into and his rug, the one that ties the room together, urinated upon by thugs. But they weren't looking for The Dude (amateur bowler, real name Jeff Lebowski), but the other Jeff Lebowski whose wife owes too many people too much money. That Lebowski, the Big one, refuses to compensate for the rug's loss from untimely micturation. Smart comedy, brilliant Busby Berkeleian fantasy sequences, and more quotable lines than perhaps any other film.

The character of The Dude was inspired by Hollywood backstage player Jeff Dowd.

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jeff Bridges
Actor
4-Dec-1949   The Dude abides
Steve Buscemi
Actor
13-Dec-1957   Reservoir Dogs
Christian Clemenson
Actor
17-Mar-1958   Dr. Tom Loman on CSI: Miami
Sam Elliott
Actor
9-Aug-1944   Rush, The Hulk
Flea
Bassist
16-Oct-1962   Bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ben Gazzara
Actor
28-Aug-1930 3-Feb-2012 The Thomas Crown Affair
John Goodman
Actor
20-Jun-1952   King Ralph
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Actor
23-Jul-1967 2-Feb-2014 Capote
David Huddleston
Actor
17-Sep-1930 2-Aug-2016 The Big Lebowski
Aimee Mann
Musician
8-Sep-1960   'Til Tuesday
Julianne Moore
Actor
3-Dec-1960   Boogie Nights, Short Cuts
Mark Pellegrino
Actor
9-Apr-1965   Lucifer on Supernatural
Jon Polito
Actor
29-Dec-1950 1-Sep-2016 Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing
Tara Reid
Actor
8-Nov-1975   Bunny in The Big Lebowski
Peter Stormare
Actor
27-Aug-1953   Ran the woodchipper in Fargo
David Thewlis
Actor
20-Mar-1963   Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
John Turturro
Actor
28-Feb-1957   Barton Fink, Five Corners

CAST

Jeff Bridges   ...   The Dude
John Goodman   ...   Walter Sobchak
Julianne Moore   ...   Maude Lebowski
Steve Buscemi   ...   Donny
Peter Stormare   ...   Nihilist
David Huddleston   ...   The Big Lebowski
Philip Seymour Hoffman   ...   Brandt
Flea   ...   Nihilist
Leon Russom   ...   Malibu Police Chief
and
Sam Elliott   ...   The Stranger
With
John Turturro   ...   Jesus Quintana (bowler)
Ben Gazzara   ...   Jackie Treehorn
David Thewlis   ...   Knox Harrington
Tara Reid   ...   Bunny Lebowski
Philip Moon   ...   Treehorn Thug
Mark Pellegrino   ...   Treehorn Thug
Torsten Voges   ...   Nihilist
Jimmie Dale Gilmore   ...   Smokey
Jack Kehler   ...   Dude's Landlord
James G. Hoosier   ...   Quintana's Partner (bowler)
Carlos Leon   ...   Maude's Thug
Terrence Burton   ...   Maude's Thug
Richard Gant   ...   Older Cop
Christian Clemenson   ...   Younger Cop
Dom Irrera   ...   Tony the Chauffeur
Gerard L'Heureux   ...   Lebowski's Chauffeur
Lu Elrod   ...   Coffee Shop Waitress
Michael Gomez   ...   Auto-Circus Cop
Peter Siragusa   ...   Gary the Bartender
Marshall Manesh   ...   Doctor
Harry Bugin   ...   Arthur Digby Sellers
Jesse Flanagan   ...   Little Larry Sellers
Irene Olga Lopez   ...   Pilar
Luis Colina   ...   Corvette Owner
Ajgie Kirkland   ...   Cab Driver
Jon Polito   ...   Private Snoop
Aimee Mann   ...   Nihilist Woman
Jerry Haleva   ...   Saddam Hussein
Jennifer Lamb   ...   Pancake Waitress
Warren David Keith   ...   Funeral Director

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