The Big Lebowski Page #3

WALTER:

Were you listening to the Dude's

story?

DONNY:

I was bowling--

WALTER:

So you have no frame of reference,

Donny. You're like a child who

wanders in in the middle of a movie

and wants to know--

DUDE:

What's your point, Walter?

WALTER:

There's no f***ing reason--here's my

point, Dude--there's no f***ing reason--

DONNY:

Yeah Walter, what's your point?

WALTER:

Huh?

DUDE:

What's the point of--we all know who

was at fault, so what the f*** are

you talking about?

WALTER:

Huh? No! What the f*** are you

talking--I'm not--we're talking about

unchecked aggression here--

DONNY:

What the f*** is he talking about?

DUDE:

My rug.

WALTER:

Forget it, Donny. You're out of

your element.

DUDE:

This Chinaman who peed on my rug, I

can't go give him a bill so what the

f*** are you talking about?

WALTER:

What the f*** are you talking about?!

This Chinaman is not the issue! I'm

talking about drawing a line in the

sand, Dude. Across this line you do

not, uh--and also, Dude, Chinaman is

not the preferred, uh. . . Asian-

American. Please.

DUDE:

Walter, this is not a guy who built

the rail- roads, here, this is a guy

who peed on my--

WALTER:

What the f*** are you--

DUDE:

Walter, he peed on my rug--

DONNY:

He peed on the Dude's rug--

WALTER:

YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT! This

Chinaman is not the issue, Dude.

DUDE:

So who--

WALTER:

Jeff Lebowski. Come on. This other

Jeffrey Lebowski. The millionaire.

He's gonna be easier to find anyway

than these two, uh. these two . . .

And he has the wealth, uh, the

resources obviously, and there is no

reason, no F***ING reason, why his

wife should go out and owe money and

they pee on your rug. Am I wrong?

DUDE:

No, but--

WALTER:

Am I wrong!

DUDE:

Yeah, but--

WALTER:

Okay. That, uh.

He elaborately clears his throat.

That rap really tied the room together, did it not?

DUDE:

F***in' A.

DONNY:

And this guy peed on it.

WALTER:

Donny! Please!

DUDE:

Yeah, I could find this Lebowski guy--

DONNY:

His name is Lebowski? That's your

name, Dude!

DUDE:

Yeah, this is the guy, this guy should

compensate me for the f***ing rug.

I mean his wife goes out and owes

money and they pee on my rug.

WALTER:

Thaaat's right Dude; they pee on

your f***ing Rug.

CLOSE ON A PLAQUE

We pull back from the name JEFFREY LEBOWSKI engraved in silver

to reveal that the plaque, from Variety Clubs International,

honors Lebowski as ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR.

Reflected in the plaque we see the Dude entering the room

with a YOUNG MAN. We hear the two men talk:

YOUNG MAN:

And this is the study. You can see

the various commendations, honorary

degrees, et cetera.

DUDE:

Yes, uh, very impressive.

YOUNG MAN:

Please, feel free to inspect them.

DUDE:

I'm not really, uh.

YOUNG MAN:

Please! Please!

DUDE:

Uh-huh.

We are panning the walls, looking at various citations and

certificates unrelated to the ones being discussed offscreen:

YOUNG MAN:

That's the key to the city of

Pasadena, which Mr. Lebowski was

given two years ago in recognition

of his various civic, uh.

DUDE:

Uh-huh.

YOUNG MAN:

That's a Los Angeles Chamber of

Commerce Business Achiever award,

which is given--not necessarily given

every year! Given only when there's

a worthy, somebody especially--

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