The Big Lebowski

Image Not Available Director: Joel Coen Dvd Release: 1st October, 1999 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Full Screen, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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The Big Lebowski is a 1998 film written & directed by Joel & Ethan Coen starring Jeff Bridges as the The Dude, or Jeff Lebowski. Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliott & Coen regulars John Goodman, John Turturro & Steve Buscemi are also featured. The Dude, Jeff Lebowski, has his home invaded & his rug urinated upon by thugs looking to collect a debt incurred by the wife of multi-millionaire Jeff Lebowski who is wheelchair-bound and, as the Dude points out, probably keeps a tidier house. At the insistence of his bowling buddy Walter, the Dude attempts to obtain a replacement rug from Lebowski & quickly becomes entangled in a kidnapping scheme involving Lebowskis wife. The Dude - cannabis-smoking anti-hero, whose ambition is limited to bowling & drinking White Russians. He is unemployed. Walter Sobchak - a Jewish convert & Vietnam War vet whose mental instability provides much of the comedy of the film; he is paranoid & his constant interference in the events of the story are the impetus for much of the action. Posters Of The Big Lebowski

Joel & Ethan Coen, commonly called The Coen Brothers in the film business, are United States directors best known for their quirky comedies like Fargo & Raising Arizona ; the brothers write their own scripts & alternate top billing for the screenplay. Joel gets credit for directing the films, but the two brothers work so closely together & share such a strong vision of what their film is to be that actors report that they can approach either brother with a question & get the same answer. The brothers are known in the film business as the two-headed director. Joel Coen was born November 29, 1954 & has been married to actress Frances McDormand since 1984 ; they have an adopted baby named Pedro. Ethan Coen was born September 21, 1957 & is married to film editor Tricia Cooke. Both are frequently credited in their own films as editor under the name Roderick Jaynes. The Coen Brothers grew up in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. Their parents were both professors, with their fathers specialty in Economics & their mothers in Art History. Posters Of The Big Lebowski

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