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WATCH: The Dude (The Real One) Abides Online In Jeff Feuerzeig Documentary

WATCH: The Dude (The Real One) Abides Online In Jeff Feuerzeig Documentary

"Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place," the molasses-and-whiskey voice of Sam Elliott says of The Dude in the Coen Brothers' 1998 cult classic, The Big Lebowski.  And thanks to filmmaker Jeff Feuerzeig, the time and place for the actual Dude who inspired the Dude will span a good 40 years at least. more »

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Jason Reitman and The Big Lebowski at LACMA: Seth Rogen’s Dude Abides

LACMA Live-Read: The Big Lebowski

To close out his popular live-reading program at LACMA Thursday night Jason Reitman selected a film that seemed to tie the series and the room together: The Coen brothers’ 1998 noir-comedy opus The Big Lebowski. In the hot seat filling Jeff Bridges’ slippers as The Dude sat Seth Rogen, whose own slacker charm proved oddly suitable, with folks like Hank Azaria (as Donny), Rainn Wilson (as Walter) and Christina Hendricks (as Maude) alongside him re-enacting one of the most quotable films of the past two decades. The cherry on top? Playing the role of The Stranger originated by Sam Elliott and written explicitly for an actor like Sam Elliott, perhaps… was none other than Sam Elliott.
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Jason Reitman and The Big Lebowski at LACMA: Seth Rogen’s Dude Abides

LACMA Live-Read: The Big Lebowski

To close out his popular live-reading program at LACMA Thursday night Jason Reitman selected a film that seemed to tie the series and the room together: The Coen brothers’ 1998 noir-comedy opus The Big Lebowski. In the hot seat filling Jeff Bridges’ slippers as The Dude sat Seth Rogen, whose own slacker charm proved oddly suitable, with folks like Hank Azaria (as Donny), Rainn Wilson (as Walter) and Christina Hendricks (as Maude) alongside him re-enacting one of the most quotable films of the past two decades. The cherry on top? Playing the role of The Stranger originated by Sam Elliott and written explicitly for an actor like Sam Elliott, perhaps… was none other than Sam Elliott.
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