The Big Lebowski is a 1998 Cohen brothers film starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi,
David Huddleston, and John Turturro.
The film was written, produced, and directed by Joel & Ethan Cohen.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1998 and opened to wide release in North America in March of that year.
It has developed a cult following in subsequent years and annual festivals are held each year to celebrate the film.
The Library of Congress added the film to the National Film Registry in 2014 in order to preserve it as it was deemed to be of "cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance."
Rating: R for pervasive strong language, drug content, sexuality, and brief violence.
Length: 1 hour 57 minutes.
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Category
Severity
Time
Description
Sentence Before
0:00:46-0:01:57
An extended mild flyover view is seen.
The Universal logo is seen.
0:04:06-0:04:39
Mild combat occurs.
♫ Here on the range where I belong. Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds. ♫
0:04:11-0:04:39
A person is held underwater repeatedly.
♫ Here on the range where I belong. Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds. ♫
0:21:49-0:22:17
A mild elevated view is seen.
Dude: "Oh. Oh, all right. Ok." Marty: "Just slip the rent under my door."
0:27:09-0:27:15
A mild elevated view is seen.
Walter: "No, he's a sex offender with a record. He did six months in Chino for exposing himself to an eight-year-old."
0:30:05-0:30:50
Elevated views are seen.
Jesus: "You said it, man. Nobody f***s with the Jesus." Walter: "Eight-year-olds, Dude." ...
0:31:15-0:31:50
A mild ascending views are seen.
♫ "Take a woman like your kind to find the man in me." ♫
0:36:30-0:36:32
A mild elevated view is seen.
Walker: "Here's the bridge." Dude: "Hey, Walter! Hey, Walter!" Waiter: "Here goes the ringer!"
0:37:36-0:38:20
A mild descending view is seen.
Walker: "Ah, f*** it, Dude. Let's go bowling."
0:52:58-0:53:07
A severed appendage is seen and interacted with.
Lebowski: "And with Brandt as my witness, I will tell you this, any further harm visited upon Bunny will be visited tenfold upon your head."
0:55:52-0:56:10
Mild torture is seen.
Dude: "This is a private residence, man...Ah, nice marmot."
1:09:21-1:09:28
A mild descending view is seen.
Walter: "Some burgers, some beers, a few laughs. Our f***ing troubles are over, Dude."
1:22:25-1:23:23
Two elevated views are seen.
♫ I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in... ♫
1:39:27-1:39:31
A mild elevated view is seen briefly.
Dude: "Walter, put him down, man!" Walter: "Yeah, I'll put him down, Dude."
1:43:50-1:44:28
Blood and a severed body part are seen in slow-motion.
Dude: "Take it easy, man...take the four dollars...I'm going to hit you with the f**king ball, man."
1:44:27-1:44:40
An ascending view is seen.
Walter: "Call the medics, Dude. I'd go myself, but I'm pumping blood, might pass out."
