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The Big Lebowski (Widescreen Collector's Edition) (1998)

Jeff Bridges , John Goodman , Joel Coen  |  R |  DVD
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  • Actors: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, Peter Stormare
  • Directors: Joel Coen
  • Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
  • Producers: Ethan Coen
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Gramercy Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: October 18, 2005
  • Run Time: 119 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,055 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000A7DVR2
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,913 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "The Big Lebowski (Widescreen Collector's Edition)" on IMDb

Special Features

  • Introduction by Mortimer Young
  • Jeff Bridges' Photography
  • Making of The Big Lebowski
  • Production Notes

Editorial Reviews

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After the tight plotting and quirky intensity of Fargo, this casually amusing follow-up from the prolifically inventive Coen (Ethan and Joel) brothers seems like a bit of a lark, and the result was a box-office disappointment. The good news is, The Big Lebowski is every bit a Coen movie, and its lazy plot is part of its laidback charm. After all, how many movies can claim as their hero a pot-bellied, pot-smoking loser named Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) who spends most of his time bowling and getting stoned? And where else could you find a hairnetted Latino bowler named Jesus (John Turturro) who sports dazzling purple footgear, or an erotic artist (Julianne Moore) whose creativity consists of covering her naked body in paint, flying through the air in a leather harness, and splatting herself against a giant canvas? Who else but the Coens would think of showing you a camera view from inside the holes of a bowling ball, or an elaborate Busby Berkely-styled musical dream sequence involving a Viking goddess and giant bowling pins? The plot--which finds Lebowski involved in a kidnapping scheme after he's mistaken for a rich guy with the same name--is almost beside the point. What counts here is a steady cascade of hilarious dialogue, great work from Coen regulars John Goodman and Steve Buscemi, and the kind of cinematic ingenuity that puts the Coens in a class all their own. Be sure to watch with snacks in hand, because The Big Lebowski might give you a giddy case of the munchies. --Jeff Shannon

Product Description

Widescreen Collector's Edition. Jeff ''The Dude'' Lebowski (Bridges) is the victim of mistaken identity. Thugs break into his apartment in the errant belief that they are accosting Jeff Lebowski, the eccentric millionaire philanthropist, not the laid-back, unemployed Jeff Lebowski. In the aftermath, The Dude seeks restitution from his wealthy namesake. He and his buddies (Goodman and Buscemi) are swept up in a kidnapping plot that quickly spins out of control. Cast: John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Peter Stormare, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Flea, Leon Russom, Sam Elliott, Tara Reid, David Thewlis, Ben Gazzara. Directed by the Coen Brothers.

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This for me, is one of those movies I can watch at any time. sumguy  |  297 reviewers made a similar statement
This is a great and very funny film. S J Buck  |  168 reviewers made a similar statement
It was also one of the best Coen brothers movies that I have ever seen. Steven Adam Renkovish  |  152 reviewers made a similar statement
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585 of 688 people found the following review helpful
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The Big Lebowski is on my top ten list of all time best films. I've seen A LOT of films by the way. I don't need to explain to anyone why this movie is so brilliant, and why it continues to be a cultural phenomenon. I mention these things first because I don't want people to feel like I'm giving the film one star. If I could I would give the movie 100 stars. What I'm giving such a poor review for is my distaste for movie studios pumping out special editon dvd's every few years because they know a film has a huge following. This new "bowling ball" edition of Lebowski is further proof that Universal has nothing but contempt for the fans of Big Lebowski. They wrap it up in a nice big package and make it look slick, but that's as far as the creativity goes into supplying anything new in terms of extras. Does anyone remember the terrible repackage they gave it a few years ago with a towel and coasters? No actual extras existed, but they still put it out as a revamped "deluxe edition". Well, don't expect much more here.
The only new extras to this edition are four very brief featurettes. They feature new interviews with all of the major players (with the exception of the Coen brothers, of course), but they mostly just sit around and say stuff like, "It's a great film! It's hilarious! Coen Brothers are geniuses!". Err, yeah, we know all of that. It also has a featurette that centers around the Lebowski Fest which is vaguely interesting for a few minutes until it turns into the same old "Lebowski is great!" territory. The featurettes are a snooze fest to say the least.
What really annoyed me with this DVD, though, is that they included the SAME "Making of Big Lebowski" documentary that has been on every release of this film!
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185 of 228 people found the following review helpful
By David
Format:DVD
Picture and sound quality is a bit improved, but other than that you are spending money on the exact same DVD. Usually, when a "Collector's Edition" is released, especially after a movie gains such a huge cult following like Lebowski has, people actually go through the effort of including cast commentaries, more bonus features, and...well, more than just repackaging the old DVD with a new name, a new cover, and a higher retail price.

Shame on Universal and Focus Features.
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34 of 39 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of those change-your-life movies February 26, 2006
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"The Big Lebowski" is just perfect. Everything about this movie is a laugh riot, even the bits of dialogue that aren't punchlines. The cast is perfect, the writing is perfect... this movie has both Julianne Moore and Flea in it, what other movies can you say that about? Well, there was the Gus Van Sant "Psycho" remake, but that doesn't count. I found this movie by accident and I haven't let go of it since. I may not be a stoner but I will say I've found more happiness since I embraced my inner Dude.

Every time I go back to "Lebowski" I come away with something new that wasn't there before. Like the realization, this time around, that Jeff Bridges is not seen to throw a single bowling ball in the entire movie. And that Steve Buscemi's character rolls a strike every time we see him... except for the very final scene, for reasons that become clear a few moments later.

The rest of the cast is just superb. Remember Philip Seymour Hoffman as an unctuous PR man? I'd forgotten about that. Jon Polito (late of "Homicide") shows up as a P.I. in a familiar-looking purple VW bug. Even Aimee Mann is in one scene, speaking German. Oh, and Tara Reid, before her career completely and utterly collapsed. Top supporting honors go to Sam Elliott, who according to the DVD documentary wasn't even sure what he was doing in the movie, but his opening narration gets funnier every time out ("And in English, too!").

Another great thing is the dialogue. You'd think the whole movie was done by improv, the way the dialogue is so natural. Every character has their own particular jargon, and just like in real life, people keep repeating phrases they've heard elsewhere.
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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The Coens And 'California Crazy'! July 29, 2003
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In what has to be the most brilliantly disjointed and anarchic look at the alienation, apathetic stupor, and pedestrian self-absorption of the pathetic Southern California lifestyle ever filmed, the two Coen brothers (`Fargo') produced and directed this near `cult' film to explore the plethora of cultural cop-outs parading as lifestyles in this zany yet affectionate look at a totally burned out and yet eminently likeable basket case by the name of Jeff Lebowski, who is played masterfully by Jeff Bridges, in yet another of his consistently underestimated character portrayals. Lebowski prefers to go by his street name of "Dude", and seems to be the ultimate California case of a one-time fairly intelligent `n'er-do-well' now perpetually down on his luck and reduced to only occasional flashes of clarity and full functioning after way too many years of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and then some more drugs tossed in on the side.

The Coens' penchant for offbeat characters is having a field day here, with everyone in the cast allowed to vent in a kind of wacko 'Disneyland on the strip' approach to making the endless days of gorgeous LA sunshine pass, as our protagonist finds trouble in the promised land. Particularly memorable here is John Goodman weighing in as the paranoid and unpredictably violent Walter Sobchak, the `Dude's' best friend and perpetual bowling partner....

Dude seems to approach crisis management as an exercise in spin control, and tries, sometimes quite ingeniously, to talk his way out of the staccato violence that punctuates his days with increasingly urgent frequency. But as the mystery deepens and Lebowski is sucked farther into the quicksand of coincidences, mistaken identities, and sheer madness that lurks just beneath the cover of these friendly skies, we are introduced to the powers and the principalities that are driving the madcap antics and the increasing shrill intensities of everyone but the Dude. The plot often seems disjointed, yet in a macabre way that seems to shout that not only is truth sometimes stranger than fiction, it is sometimes absolutely insane. Yet it eventually resolves itself into a semi-rational resemblance to plausible reality, or at least almost. And one walks way from the outstanding ensemble cast's performance thinking that something magic and allegorical has happened here, and it is perhaps exactly the insanity of the proceeding activity that is the point. They are indeed, every last one of them, just California crazy! This is a wild roller coaster of a film experience, but one absolutely worth the taking. Buckle up, kids, you're in for a bumpy ride! Enjoy! Read more ›

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5.0 out of 5 stars ABIDE NOW!
One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. I originally saw it when we were both a bit younger, but it still holds up. Read more
Published 6 hours ago by Terry L. De Pew
5.0 out of 5 stars And poud of them all, we are!
This is one of the greatest movies ever made! I encourage all to live by the Dude's teachings, especially if you are out of your element Donny!
Published 5 days ago by Not that interested
5.0 out of 5 stars The dude
Do I really need to explain why The Big Lebowski is so great? No, I really do not. 5 stars.
Published 8 days ago by Brett Windrow
5.0 out of 5 stars Classically funny
this really should be a movie classic. Jeff Bridges is so funny in this movie. can watch it anytime I want to!
Published 8 days ago by Menow
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Product
Great Movie! like the collectors custom case/sleeve.
The dude abides. You out of your element Donny. The rug really pulled the room together.
Published 11 days ago by Mike Allen Mann
5.0 out of 5 stars A once-a-year delight...
I've been re-watching The Big Lebowski for years. There's something fundamentally twisted and Zen about it: classic Coen bros. & the best of Bridges.
Published 16 days ago by mia coolpa
5.0 out of 5 stars Lebowski
" I just stopped in to see what condition my condition was in." I want my ashes buried in a Folger's Coffee can.
Published 16 days ago by Walter R. Brock
5.0 out of 5 stars A new fave!
Before viewing this film, I'd have denied being a Coen Brothers fan. This film changed my view. I learned about it after reading, "The Dude and The Zen Master" which... Read more
Published 17 days ago by Go figure
3.0 out of 5 stars Never really got going
Not bad but I never really felt the flow of the plot. Ending was also indecisive. Having said that, the acting was generally good with some funny scenes.
Published 19 days ago by K. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Funny Movie.......!!
Ive watched it over and over since it came out. This is a must have for your video collection. If you don't own it all I can say is , This Aggression Will Not Stand, Man!.
Published 21 days ago by scoops812
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Big Lebowski on Blu-ray? When?
Big Lebowski is available in many cute packages. Before they release one rolled up in a P stained rug; how about a Blu-Ray version.
Aug 27, 2008 by A Customer |  See all 84 posts
The Big Lebowski = The Big Sleep
You nailed it shweethot! As this flic unfolded I also was struck by the underlying layout of plotting with the disfunctional family that bore an unmistakable resemblance to that in the "Big Sleep". One of the reviewers did make reference to Raymond Chandler without pursuing that thread.
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Scratched DVDs?
Just got the limited edition and disc 2 is fine. But disc 1 has quite a few scatches on it and I have to say that the cardbord slots are really crappy.
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Is the Dude Zonker?
I think the dude is a Mick foley character Dude Love minus all the women and stuff I defenitly see that similarities
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Which version has the "Forever Young Film Preservation" intro?
The Big Lebowski: 10th Anniversary Edition
on disc one in extras.
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