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The Big Lebowski

#987. The Big Lebowski

  • Year: 1998
  • Country: USA/Great Britain
  • Production: Working Title, Bitter Creek, PolyGram, Gramercy, 119m
  • Director: Joel Coen
  • Producer: Ethan Coen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
  • Screenplay: Joel & Ethan Coen, from book by Raymond Chandler
  • Photography: Roger Deakins
  • Music: Carter Burwell
  • Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro

Abridged Book Description[]

Along with the Chandler essentials of mistaken identity, crime lords, femme fatales, sexual deviants, and ransom demands, The Big Lebowski also features numerous Coen Brothers eccentricities, including a "pee-stained rug," bathtub-bound ferrets, and a Busby Berkeley-inspired sequence.

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