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Format: DVD
Sep 2008
Rated R
Recording Mode: (unknown)
118 min.
Color
Extra Info: 10th Anniverary Edition; 2-Disc Set
UPC: 025195046015 |
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Movie Description
The Coen brothers have done it again. Mixing in Leninist philosophy, mistaken identity, crazy characters, a kidnapping plot, and a deep love of bowling, they have unleashed upon an unsuspecting world the many glories of THE BIG LEBOWSKI. Jeff Bridges plays Jeff Lebowski, known as the Dude, a laid-back, easygoing burnout who happens to have the same name as a millionaire whose wife owes a lot of dangerous people a whole bunch of money--resulting in the Dude having his rug soiled, sending him spiraling into the Los Angeles underworld.
The film is beautiful to look at, especially the scenes in the bowling alley, which feature a vast array of bizarre characters--including Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, Sam Elliott, and the movie-stealing, riotously funny John Goodman as the Dude's crazy best buddy. As usual in Coen brothers films (BARTON FINK, RAISING ARIZONA), the dialogue is hysterically warped; the plot is confusing, complicated, and kinetic; the soundtrack is virtually another character; and the acting is weirdly stellar. THE BIG LEBOWSKI is yet another thoroughly entertaining foray into the strange and fascinating world ruled by Joel and Ethan Coen.
Synopsis
When hired goons mistake oafish, amiable bowling enthusiast Jeff "the Dude" Lebowski for their proper shakedown, eccentric millionaire the Big Lebowski, their error sets into motion a wacky chain of events that pull the Dude into a hilariously twisted mystery. The film is a high-key, fanciful farce with the same runaway-train comic sensibility as the Coens' RAISING ARIZONA--and a surreal musical number to boot.
Industry Reviews
"...Smart and silly....A burst of wicked fun..."
Rolling Stone - p.71-2 - Peter Travers (03/19/1998)
"...The range of acting turns is rich....Best of all, in a memorably unctuous cameo, is Philip Seymour Hoffman...the best character-actor find in years..."
Sight and Sound - p.38-42 - Jonathan Romney (05/01/1998)
"...The Coen brothers, those far-out FARGO guys, cover everything with eye-popping panache..." 3 1/2 out of 4 Stars
USA Today - p.5E - Susan Wloszczyna (04/03/1998)
"...Mr. Bridges finds a role so fit for him that he seems never to have been anywhere else. Watch this performance to see shambling executed with nonchalant grace and a seemingly out-to-lunch character played with fine comic flair..."
New York Times - p.E31 - Janet Maslin (03/06/1998)
"...Joel and Ethan Coen have crafted another shrewdly ironic valentine to Americana with this hilarious tale..."
Premiere - Sean M. Smith (03/01/1998)
"...The Coens are able to create wickedly funny eccentrics and possess the ability to energize certain actors to inhabit them completely..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (03/06/1998)
"...Genial....It's weirdly engaging, like its hero..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (03/06/1998)
"...A masterpiece of anti-storytelling..."
Entertainment Weekly - Entertainment Weekly Staff (05/23/2003)
Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "[T]he prize in this Coen Brothers 1998 goodie is still Jeff Bridges..."
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (12/01/2005)
5 stars out of 5 -- "LEBOWSKI sees the Coens embark on a delirious joyride through the great Sin City itself, executing some audacious hair-pin turns through the conventions of noir along the way."
Uncut - Michael Bonner (05/01/2006)
4 stars out of 5 -- "[W]hat makes the Coens' seventh film so inexhaustibly re-watchable is its oddball range of characters so gonzo, so heroically grotesque as to be the stuff of the greatest stoner-comic book never written."
Total Film - Total Film Staff (06/01/2006)
Quotations
"Nobody calls me Lebowski. You got the wrong guy. I'm the Dude, man."--The Dude (Jeff Bridges) to Treehorn's thug
"That rug really tied the room together, did it not?"--Walter (John Goodman)
"Freakin' a..."--The Dude
"I don't roll on Shabbos!"--Walter to Donny (Steve Buscemi), upon realizing he's scheduled to bowl on the Jewish Sabbath
"All the Dude ever wanted was his rug back."--The Dude to Jackie Treehorn (Ben Gazzara)
"You're entering a world of pain."--Walter to a child
"Are these the Nazis, Walter?"--Donny
"No, Donny, these men are Nihilists. Nothing to be afraid of."--Walter
"The Dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that."--The Stranger (Sam Elliott)
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