Saturday, March 8, 2008

HE FIXES THE CABLE? Ten years ago this week, The Big Lebowski was released in theaters, grossing all of $17,451,873 during its domestic run. [Check out this contemporaneous CNN review, which seemed to miss the point.]

I highly recommend (but that's just, like, your opinion, man) that all fans purchase the recent book I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You by the Lebowski Fest organizers, which interviews almost all the key participants, both in terms of the actors and the real-life people who inspired the Coens in writing the script -- including the three people upon whom Walter Sobchak is based, and the real-life son of Hollywood, Jaik Freeman, whose homework was found in a recovered stolen car, and what have you.

I took Lucy to a bowling birthday party last weekend, and I can't tell you how often I was tempted to say "Mark it zero" when seeing the five-year-olds' feet crossing the line. Come on, Donny, let's go get us a lane.

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