1998 · Film · Comedy / Crime
The Big Lebowski
Times like these call for a Big Lebowski.
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.
- Directed by
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- Release
- March 6, 1998
- Runtime
- 117 minutes
- TMDB
- 7.8 / 10
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Jeff Bridges as The Dude · John Goodman as Walter Sobchak · Julianne Moore as Maude Lebowski · Steve Buscemi as Donny · David Huddleston as The Big Lebowski · Philip Seymour Hoffman as Brandt · Tara Reid as Bunny Lebowski · Philip Moon as Treehorn Thug