The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'

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# See themtumbling down #

# Pledging their loveto the ground #

A way out westthere was this fella,

fella I wantto tell you about,

fella by the nameof Jeff Lebowski,

at least thatwas the handle

That his loving parentsgave him.

But he never hadmuch use for it himself.

This Lebowski,he called himself The Dude.

Now Dude, that's a nameno one would self-apply

where I come from.

But then, there wasa lot about The Dude

that didn't make a wholelot of sense to me,

and a lot aboutwhere he lived, likewise.

But then again,

maybe that's why I found theplace so dern interesting.

They call Los AngelesThe City of Angels.

I didn't find itto be that exactly.

But I'll allow thereare some nice folks there.

'Course I can'tsay I seen London,

And I neverbeen to France,

And I ain't never seen noqueen in her damned undies

as the fella says.

But I'll tell you what,

after seeing Los Angeles

And this a-here storyI'm about to unfold,

Well, I guessI seen somethin'

every bit as stupefyin'

as you'd see in anyof those other places,

and in English, too.

So I can diewith a smile on my face

without feeling likethe good Lord gypped me.

Now this here storyI'm about to unfold

took place backin the early nineties,

just about the time ofour conflict with Saddam

and the Iraqis.

I only mention it 'causesometimes there's a man,

I won't say a hero,

'Cause what's a hero?

But sometimesthere's a man,

and I'm talkingabout The Dude here,

sometimes there's a man,

he's the manfor his time and place.

He fits right in there,

and that's The Dude,

in Los Angeles.

And even ifhe's a lazy man,

and The Dude wasmost certainly that,

quite possibly the laziestin Los Angeles county,

which would place himhigh in the running

for laziest worldwide.

But sometimesthere's a man,

sometimes...There's a man.

Wow, lost my trainof thought here.

I done introducedhim enough.

All fora collective action.

This will not stand.

This will not stand,

this aggressionagainst Kuwait.

# Here on the rangeI belong #

# Drifting alongwith the tumbling #

# Tumbleweed #

Where's the money,Lebowski?

I want that money,Lebowski.

Bunny says you'regood for it.

Where's the money,Lebowski?

Where's the fuckingmoney, shithead?!

It's down there somewhere.let me take another look.

Don't f*** with us!

Your wife owes moneyto Jackie Treehorn,

That means you ownmoney to Jackie Treehorn.

Ever thus todeadbeats, Lebowski.

No, no, don't do that

Not on the rug, man.

See?

See what happens,Lebowski?

You see what happens?

Nobody calls meLebowski.

You got the wrong guy.I'm The Dude, man.

Your name'sLebowski, Lebowski.

Your wife is Bunny.

My my wife..my wife Bunny?

Do you see a weddingring on my finger?

Does this place looklike I'm f***ing married?

The toilet seat's up,man.

What the fuckis this?

Obviously,you're not a golfer.

Woo?

Isn't this guy supposedto be a millionaire?

Yeah, what do you think?

He looks likea f***ing loser.

Hey, at leastI'm housebroken.

F***ing time wasted.

Thanks a lot,a**hole.

# The man in me will do #

# Nearly any task #

# And as for compensation #

# There's a littlehe would ask #

# Take a woman like you #

# To get through #

# To the man in me #

# The storm cloudsare raging #

# All around my door #

# I think to myself #

# I might nottake it anymore #

# Take a womanlike your kind #

# To find the man in me #

# But, oh #

# What a wonderful feeling #

# Just to knowthat you are near #

# That setsmy heart a-reelin' #

# From my toes #

# Up to my ears #

# The man in mewill hide sometimes #

# To keep from being seen #

# But that's just because #

# He doesn't want toturn into some machine #

# Take a woman like you #

# To get through #

# To the man in me #

I'm throwingrocks tonight.

Mark it, Dude.

This was a valued rug.

This was a...

Yeah, man, it reallytied the room together.

So this wasa valued

What tied the roomtogether, Dude?

My rug.

Were you listening toThe Dude's story, Donny?

What?

Were you listeningto The Dude's story?

I was bowling.

So you have no frameof reference here, Donny.

You're like a child

who wanders inin the middle of a movie

Walter, what'sthe point, man?

There's no reason--here's my point, Dude

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

Yeah, Walter,what's your point?

Walter, whatis the point--

Look, we all knowwho is at fault here.

What the f*** areyou talking about?

No, whatthe f*** are you--

We're talking about uncheckedaggression here, Dude.

What the f*** ishe talking about?

My rug.

Forget it, Donny.you're out of your element.

Walter, the chinamanwho peed on my rug,

I can't gogive him a bill.

So what the fuckare you talking about?

What the fuckare you talking about?

The chinaman is notthe issue here, Dude.

I'm talking about drawinga line in the sand, Dude.

Across this line,you do not--

Also, Dude, chinaman is notthe preferred nomenclature.

Asian-american,please.

Walter, this isn't a guywho built the railroads here,

this is a guy

What the fuckare you talking

Walter,he peed on my rug.

He peed onThe Dude's rug.

Donny, you'reout of your element.

Dude, the chinamanis not the issue here.

So, ... who..

Jeff Lebowski.

The otherJeffrey Lebowski,

the millionaire.

That's fuckinginteresting, man.

That's fuckinginteresting.

Plus, he hasthe wealth, obviously,

and the resources,

so thatthere's no reason

there's nofucking reason

why his wifeshould go out

and owe moneyall over town,

and then they come

and they pee onyour f***ing rug!

Am I wrong? No.

Am I wrong?

Ok, then.

That rug really tiedthe room together,

Did it not?

F***in' a!

And this guypeed on it.

Donny, please.

You know, thisis the f***ing guy

I could find thisfucking Lebowski guy.

His name is Lebowski?

That's your name, Dude.

This is the guy

who should compensate mefor the f***ing rug.

His wife goes out

and owes moneyall over town,

and they pee on my rug?

They pee onyour f***ing rug.

They pee onmy f***ing rug.

That's right, Dude.

They peed onyour f***ing rug.

This is the study.

As you can see,the various commendations...

"Jeffrey Lebowski."

Honorary degrees,etcetera.

very impressive.

Oh, please feel freeto inspect them.

Oh, no, I'mnot really that

Oh, please, please.

That is the key tothe city of Pasadena,

Which Mr. Lebowskireceived 2 years ago

In recognition ofhis various civic ...

Oh, that'sthe Los Angeles

Chamber of CommerceBusiness Achiever Award,

which is given

oh, not necessarilygiven every year.

Hey, is this, is this him with Nancy?

Yes, indeed,that is Mr. Lebowski

with the first lady, yes.it was taken when

That's, Lebowskion the left there?

Yeah, of course.Mr. Lebowski on the left

so he's a cripple

Uh, you know,a handicapped guy?

Mr. Lebowskiis disabled, yes.

Uh, this picturewas taken

when Mrs. Reagan wasfirst lady of the nation,

Yes, yes.Not of California.

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