The Big Lebowski in 4K

The Big Lebowski in 4K

The Coen Brothers’s follow-up to their smash hit Fargo (1996) did not have great commercial or critical success in its initial release but went on to develop a devoted following, even spawning an annual festival in honor of the film. Jeff Bridges’s now-iconic stoner character, The Dude, is an avid bowler mixed up in a comedy of errors, kidnapping caper, involving mistaken identity, missing money, and a host of colorful characters scheming to come out on top. Watch as he journeys throughout Los Angeles in hopes of finding answers to this ever-changing mystery—if there even is a mystery at all.

DIRECTED BY: Joel Coen. WRITTEN BY: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. WITH: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore. 1998. 117 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 4K DCP.

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