1998 Joel and Ethan Coen film in which The Dude, Jeff Lebowski, has his home invaded and his rug micturated upon by thugs looking for a multi-millionaire Jeff Lebowski who is "disabled," according to his servant Brandt, and keeps a tidier house. Since the thugs were looking to collect a debt incurred by the wife of the multimillionaire Lebowski, The Dude goes to speak to him to get a new rug, and quickly becomes entangled in a kidnapping scheme. The plot is based very loosely on Raymond Chandler's [The Big Sleep]? and the Humphrey Bogart film of that book, but has been modernized and revolves around drugs and [ten pin bowling]?, and makes liberal use of the Gulf War as a backdrop. Stars [Jeff Bridges]?, [John Goodman]?, [Julianne Moore]?, [John Turturro]?, and [Steve Buscemi]?.
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