The Big Lebowski is an American film carried out by Joel Coen, left the April 22nd 1998.

Synopsis

Jeffrey Lebowski known as the Duke ( The Dude in original version, which means the guy , in English) is Slacker spending its time playing Bowling with his/her friends Walter Sobchak (a veteran of the Vietnam of Polish origin and catholic converted with the Judaism by his ex woman) and Donny. But one day, two hooligans unload at his place, threaten it, summon it to return the money which his wife owes in Jackie Treehorn, and especially urinate on its carpet. The only trouble, it is that Jeff does not have a woman and was confused with another Lebowski, which is to him millionaire. The Duke thus decides to go to see the Lebowski rich person to be made compensate, and thus puts the finger in gears which will carry out it adventure in adventure…

Data sheet

• Title: The Big Lebowski
• original Title: The Big Lebowski
• Realization: Joel Coen
• Scenario: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
• Production: Ethan Coen
• Music: Casing Burwell
• Country of origin: the United States
• Coming out date: April 22nd 1998
• Format: Colors - 1,85:1 - its SDR - 35 mm
• Kind: Comedy, thriller
• Lasted: 117 minutes

Distribution

• Jeff Bridges: Jeff Lebowski (Dude)
• John Goodman: Walter Sobchak
• Julianne Moore: Maude Lebowski
• Steve Buscemi : Donny
• David Huddleston: Jeffrey Lebowski (The Big Lebowski)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman: Brandt
• Tared Reid: Bunny Lebowski
• John Turturro: Jesus Quintana
• Peter Stormare: Karl Hungus
• Sam Elliott: The foreigner
• Ben Gazzara: Jackie Treehorn
• David Thewlis: Knox Harrington
• Jon Polito : Da Fino
• Jack Kehler: Marty
• Jimmie Paves Gilmore: Smokey
• Aimee Mann: The nihilist, been engaged of Franz
• Carlos Leon: One of the hooligans of Maude
• Dom Irrera: Tony, the driver
• Flea: A nihilist

Around film

• the song My Mood Swings was composed by Elvis Costello, and Dead Flowers is a song of the Rolling Stones magnificiently taken again by Townes van Zandt.

• In the original version, the nickname of Jeff Lebowski is The Dude which would be translatable by the Guy in a familiar way and nonchalante. The choice of the translation was made in French on the Duke by homophony and irony.
• Certaines songs of film is group Creedence Clearwater Revival: for example Run through the Jungle and Lookin' out my backdoor ; because Jeffrey Lebowski is a fan of the Creedence!
• the group Autobahn , supposedly a group of " techno-pop" founded by the German nihilists of film exists almost in truth… Indeed, Autobahn is the title of an album of the group Kraftwerk (left in 1974), a group of German musicians considered as precursors of the Techno and the current Electronic music… Moreover graphics of the small pocket of the vinyl which appears in film is inspired by the small pocket of another album of the same group, Die Mensch-Machine (1977), where the members of the group are photographed wearing a red shirt and a black tie, as on the small pocket of false vinyl of film! But Kraftwerk does not count to former actors of porns nor nihilists among its rows…
• One of the nihilists is interpreted by Flea, bass player of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
• the scene where Bunny Lebowski puts red at nails at the edge of its swimming pool is a reference to the film Lolita of Stanley Kubrick.
• the favorite drink of Dude is the White russian, cocktail containing vodka, of milk and coffee liquor.
• Above its bar, in its apartment, one can see a poster of Richard Nixon playing bowling.

See too

in Wikipédia

• Lebowski Fest, annual Festival having for topic The Big Lebowski .

on the Fabric

• Card IMDb