Film

The Big Lebowski 1998

Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

  • Comedy, Crime
  • 117 min
  • R

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.

ComedyCrimevietnam veteranwhite russianbowlingcarpetnihilismheart attackkidnappinglsdmarijuanalos angeles, californiamillionairecowboy

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