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UPDATE: Slight change of plans for Monday’s tribute to the our beloved Peggy Tapek aka @d3sk Marie just Marie. THE THIN MAN is available on the Internet, do a search or message us & I will get you the link. This was one of her favorites as well (pic 2). See you on 7/21 ^PG
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Tomorrow on
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Tomorrow on
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: Daytime - Directed by Vincent Sherman Primetime - Neo-Noir w/@eddiemuller.bsky.social
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: Daytime - Written by Billy Wilder Primetime - Spotlight: Conspiracy and Political Thrillers
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: Daytime - David Hemmings Birthday Tribute Primetime -
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: Rock Hudson (100th Birthday 11/17) & Directed by Douglas Sirk
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this was quite fun, fiends :)
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"The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners."
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The film’s cult status grew largely after DVD release—it was a commercial disappointment on opening weekend.
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The ashes-at-the-cliff scene wasn’t scripted to blow directly into the Dude’s face.
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The Dude’s sunglasses were vintage Vuarnet 03s—now iconic and extremely sought after by collectors.
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The bowling alley was a functioning 32-lane alley (Hollywood Star Lanes), demolished in 2002. Lebowski Fest bought one of the salvaged lanes.
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Stormare’s German accent is exaggerated on purpose—the Coens told him to make it sound like someone pretending to be German.
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The German nihilists were inspired by a real Berlin art collective the Coens encountered in the early ’90s.
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Turturro proposed a Jesus Quintana spin-off for years. The Coens finally said, “Do whatever you want—just don’t ask for money.”
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"I'm Jewish as fuckin' Tevia!"
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Stormare, different film, same fixation with the pancakes.
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The Coens originally wanted Marlon Brando for a cameo as Lebowski Senior but didn’t think they’d survive the shoot.
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"The original Port Huron statement, not the compromised 2nd draft."
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Walter was right, she all 10 toes!
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BTW, this is sung by Kenny Rogers
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The musical dream sequence (“Just Dropped In”) was designed shot-by-shot as a parody of 1940s Hollywood musicals.
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The Dude’s favorite drink, the White Russian, caused so many continuity issues (melting ice, different glass levels) that the Coens adjusted the script to reduce its screen time.
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Jackie Treehorn’s modernist mansion is the same house used in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and designed by John Lautner, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Ben Gazzara as Jackie Treehorn, the porn mogul.
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at least they got In-n-Out
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The film has no traditional three-act structure; the Coens intentionally let the narrative “float” like the Dude himself.
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The “homework in the briefcase” gag is loosely based on a real unsolved case one of the Coens read about in a police blotter.
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Donny’s constant confusion and interruptions were written because Steve Buscemi had talked too much in Fargo—the Coens wanted the opposite this time.
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The Dude’s car (a 1973 Ford Torino) is destroyed multiple times in the script because the Coens thought it was funnier if the universe hates him.
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Most Credence Clearwater Revival references came from Jeff Bridges, not the Coens.
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Maude has "Whipped Cream and Other Delights" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass!
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The character of The Stranger doesn’t physically interact with anyone except the Dude—fans debate whether he’s meant to be supernatural.
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Sam Elliott’s entire narration was shot in a single day; he wasn’t told exactly what the movie was about, just that he should lean into the mythic Western tone.
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Donny drinking a Slice
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"They got us working in shifts. LOL."
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BTW one of the three nihilists is Flea, bass player from Red Hot Chili Peppers
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The ferret used in the bathtub scene is not actually a ferret; it’s a trained weasel because ferrets were considered too unpredictable.
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"Song of the Whale" I'm dying!!!!
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The severed toe prop was originally more realistic, but test audiences found it “too upsetting,” so it was toned down.
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Dom Irrera as the limo driver.
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Yes, Peter Stormare as one of the nihilists here.
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add a skeleton here at some point
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"You can imagine where it goes from here. // He fixes the cable?"
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Julianne Moore’s voice as Maude is a combination of Yoko Ono and various high-society New York art patrons the Coens met while touring film festivals.
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"I don't roll on Shabbas!"
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4 days ago
The Big Lebowski has a cool soundtrack: Bob Dylan, The Monks, Captain Beefheart, Mozart, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and more.
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The word “dude” is spoken 147 times in the movie; “man” 147 times as well—completely coincidental according to the Coens.
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Walter Sobchak is loosely inspired by screenwriter John Milius (writer of Apocalypse Now)—especially Milius’s real obsession with guns and bowling.
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The “Nobody fucks with the Jesus” scene was shot in one afternoon; John Turturro insisted on licking the bowling ball without prompting.
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The entire plot structure was conceived around Chandler-esque noir detective tropes but with a protagonist who is completely incompetent.
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love the pic of Nixon bowling
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