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Where was The Big Lebowski filmed?

1998 film, directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.

  • Los Angeles

The story is set in Los Angeles, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Los Angeles
Filmed in
Los Angeles

About The Big Lebowski

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Released
1998
Directors
Joel CoenEthan Coen
Cast
Julianne MooreSteve BuscemiJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJohn TurturroDavid HuddlestonPhilip Seymour HoffmanBen GazzaraTara ReidSam Elliott
Genre
ComedyCrimeFilm Noir

The story

In 1991, slacker and bowler Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski shops for cream at Ralph's supermarket, against the backdrop of the Gulf War on television.

That night, another group of thugs ambushes the Dude, taking his replacement rug on behalf of Lebowski's daughter, Maude.

The nihilists intimidate the Dude by breaking into his apartment, attacking him with an angry marmot, and threatening to cut off his johnson.

Famous lines from The Big Lebowski

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • My rug.The Dude
  • I was bowling.Donny
  • This was a valued, uh..Walter Sobchak
  • Yeah, Walter, what's your point?Donny
  • What tied the room together, Dude?Donny

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