The Big Lebowski is a movie directed by Joel Coen in 1998 and inspired by the book The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, first published in 1939. The movie features Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Book by Raymond Chandler
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Storyline
An odd comedy involving White Russians, bowling, a severed toe, and a guy named The Dude. Jeff ‘The Dude’ Lebowski isn’t interested in drama and isn’t even interested in working. But when his rug is damaged in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, he is forced to set out on a hunt with his bowling mates.
Movie vs Book
Year
1998
Minutes
117
Movie Rate
8.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Big Lebowski
Director: Joel Coen
Country: USA
Year: 1998
Length: 1h57m
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Year
1939
Pages
231
Book Rate
7.96
S: Goodreads
Book
The Big Sleep
Author: Raymond Chandler
Country: USA
First published in: 1939
Length: 231 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Philip Marlowe
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Howard Hawks
TV Series by Raymond Chandler
Movie by Michael Winner
TV Series by Peter Hunt, Robert Iscove
Movie by Václav Marhoul
Movie by Rob Bowman
Movie by Neil Jordan
User polls & recommendations
“No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.”
KATHERINE PATERSON (Writer)
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