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The Big Lebowski

- They figured he was a lazy, time-wasting slacker. They were right.

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.

Release Date : 1998-03-06

Language :EnglishHebrewSpanishGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : PolyGram Filmed EntertainmentWorking Title Films

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : The Dude

Original Name : Jeff Bridges

Gender : Male

Character Name : Walter Sobchak

Original Name : John Goodman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maude Lebowski

Original Name : Julianne Moore

Gender : Female

Character Name : Donny

Original Name : Steve Buscemi

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Big Lebowski

Original Name : David Huddleston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brandt

Original Name : Philip Seymour Hoffman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bunny Lebowski

Original Name : Tara Reid

Gender : Female

Character Name : Treehorn Thug

Original Name : Philip Moon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Treehorn Thug

Original Name : Mark Pellegrino

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nihilist

Original Name : Peter Stormare

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nihilist

Original Name : Flea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nihilist

Original Name : Torsten Voges

Gender : Male

Character Name : Smokey

Original Name : Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dude's Landlord

Original Name : Jack Kehler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesus Quintana

Original Name : John Turturro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Quintana's Partner

Original Name : James G. Hoosier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maude's Thug

Original Name : Carlos Leon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maude's Thug

Original Name : Terrence Burton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Older Cop

Original Name : Richard Gant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Younger Cop

Original Name : Christian Clemenson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony the Chauffeur

Original Name : Dom Irrera

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lebowski's Chauffeur

Original Name : Gérard L'Heureux

Gender : Male

Character Name : Knox Harrington

Original Name : David Thewlis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coffee Shop Waitress

Original Name : Lu Elrod

Gender : Female

Character Name : Auto Circus Cop

Original Name : Mike Gomez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gary the Bartender

Original Name : Peter Siragusa

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Stranger

Original Name : Sam Elliott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Marshall Manesh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arthur Digby Sellers

Original Name : Harry Bugin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Larry Sellers

Original Name : Jesse Flanagan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pilar

Original Name : Irene Olga López

Gender : Female

Character Name : Corvette Owner

Original Name : Luis Colina

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jackie Treehorn

Original Name : Ben Gazzara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Malibu Police Chief

Original Name : Leon Russom

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cab Driver

Original Name : Ajgie Kirkland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Private Snoop

Original Name : Jon Polito

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nihilist Woman

Original Name : Aimee Mann

Gender : Female

Character Name : Saddam

Original Name : Jerry Haleva

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pancake Waitress

Original Name : Jennifer Lamb

Gender : Female

Character Name : Funeral Director

Original Name : Warren Keith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chorine Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Wendy Braun

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sherry in 'Logjammin' (uncredited)

Original Name : Asia Carrera

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Kiva Dawson

Gender : Female

Reviews

Film.Viewer.999

@Film.Viewer.999

2021-06-23

Fun, clever and engaging. Joel & Eitan Cohen's most iconic creation

r96sk

@r96sk

2023-06-24

'The Big Lebowski' is entertaining. Jeff Bridges and John Goodman are a fun duo, I even would've enjoyed this 1998 flick more if it was just those two for the whole near 2 hours. Everyone else on the cast is good too, amusing seeing Peter Stormare in a role like this - as opposed to one like John Abruzzi. Speaking of 'Prison Break', Jonathan Krantz is also in this! The film starts like a house on the fire, I did find the rest of it - particularly the middle portion - a little (emphasis on 'little') less as the story is stretched out a tad, though all in all it gave me a good time and I'd happily rewatch it no doubt.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2025-03-13

The “Dude” (Jeff Bridges) just wants to go through life drinking and bowling so is a bit narked when two thugs break into his apartment demanding cash! They’ve got the wrong “Lebowski” but only discover that after they’ve micturated on his rug! Determined to get some recompense, he goes to the correct one (David Huddleston) where he is given short shrift but decides to help himself to one of the many rugs that dot the man’s mansion and he also takes a bit of a shine to his young trophy wife! Days later, he is summoned back by the butler “Brandt” (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and told that she has been kidnapped and that he is to help them deliver $1,000,000 to the felons. He reckons she’s probably behind the crime herself, but agrees - for a fee, and recruits his loud mouthed mate “Walter” (John Goodman) to help out. That’s not all, though! It turns out that there’s yet another “Lebowski” and she’s his daughter “Maude” (Julianne Moore). She’s an energetically enigmatic, quite ruthless, woman who points out that the cash they are proposing to use is actually not her dad’s - and she needs it back. With the scene now set, the capers quickly escalate and no rug is safe! Bridges leads this ensemble cast really well here as the story lurches from one disastrous escapade to another, marrying some witty dialogue with some borderline slapstick and all held together via White Russians and the bowling alley. Moore is also on good form as is the less-is-more performance from an underused but amiable Steve Buscemi as the third wheel on their wagon “Donny”. The plot itself doesn’t really matter, it’s largely incidental to the engaging efforts of all except, maybe, for a Goodman whose constant expletives lose their potency quite quickly as his character becomes a bit too boorish. It is laugh out loud funny at times and as a semi-satirical look at layabout life, wealth and drug crime it’s well worth a look.