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- Title
- The Big Lebowski
- AKA
- Il grande Lebowski (Italy)
- Year of Film
- 1998
- Director
- Joel Coen
- Starring
- Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tara Reid, Peter Stormare, Flea, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Jack Kehler, John Turturro, David Thewlis, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara
- Origin of Film
- USA | UK
- Genre(s) of Film
- Comedy
- Type of Poster
- B2
- Style of Poster
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- Origin of Poster
- Japan
- Year of Poster
- 1998
- Designer
- Unknown
- Artist
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- Size (inches)
- 20 6/16" x 28 14/16"
- SS or DS
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- NSS #
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- Tagline
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Unique artwork on this poster for the Japanese release of the much-loved Coen Brothers classic, The Big Lebowski (opens in a new tab). To say the film has become something of a cultural phenomenon since its release 13 years ago would be an understatement. There’s the annual Lebowski-Fest (opens in a new tab), which started in 2002 in Louisville, Kentucky and has since been held in several other cities. Jeff Bridges iconic ‘The Dude’ character is even the focus behind a form of religion called Dudeism (opens in a new tab).
I have a hard time choosing between this and Fargo (opens in a new tab) as my favourite Coen Brothers film, although Raising Arizona (opens in a new tab) and Barton Fink (opens in a new tab)are also strong contenders.
The image on this poster is a shot from the brilliant dream sequence (opens in a new tab), after The Dude has his drink spiked by Jackie Treehorn. It’s clear that the designer was experimenting with 3D text effects in Photoshop (v4.0, as it would have been at the time).
I recently spotted this rather excellent GIF.
