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www.bbc.co.uk - : As for the plot, it's about as skewed as The Dude's mind. A case of mistaken identity leads a couple of thugs to The Dude's Venice Beach home where they relieve themselves on his prized carpet. Seeking compensation from their intended victim, The Dude's namesake and antithesis, he becomes entangled in a complex kidnapping drama involving sinister German nihilists (Peter Stormare among them), the Art World (of which Julianne Moore is the affected representative), and the porn industry. more...
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www.eonline.com - : Midway between Raising Arizona and Fargo lies The Big Lebowski, the Coen brothers' latest road to nowhere--and it is a trip. Visually stunning, with wild dream sequences, the movie's beautiful-loser characters hang around a bowling alley and drift into a convoluted plot involving a roving band of Techopop/Nihilists, a kidnapped trophy wife and her wheelchair-bound husband (the title character). Bridges plays an unrelated, smaller Lebowski, known as The Dude. He's the perfect soft-boiled detective--a fat slob sucking down white Russians, stumbling through several double-crosses. Unfortunately, The Dude isn't the only one who's wasted. more...
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