The millionaire Lebowski's trophy wife is kidnapped, and he commissions The Dude to deliver the ransom to secure her release the plan goes awry when the Dude's friend Walter Sobchak ( John Goodman) schemes to keep the ransom money. He is assaulted as a result of mistaken identity, then learns that a millionaire also named Jeffrey Lebowski ( David Huddleston) was the intended victim. It stars Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. The Big Lebowski ( / l ə ˈ b aʊ s k i/) is a 1998 black comedy crime film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.
