The Big Lebowski (1998) - Complete Script and Storyboards - PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

The Big Lebowski (1998) Movie script and Storyboards (Copy)

Complete screenplay including 119 pages and 29 pages of Storyboards
Draft June 1996 written by Joel & Ethan Coen
Storyboard created by artist J. Todd Anderson

"This aggression will not stand, man."

The Big Lebowski is a 1998 crime comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. He is assaulted as a result of mistaken identity, then learns that a millionaire also named Jeffrey Lebowski (David Huddleston) was the intended victim. The millionaire Lebowski's trophy wife is kidnapped, and millionaire Lebowski commissions The Dude to deliver the ransom to secure her release; the plan goes awry when the Dude's friend Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) schemes to keep the ransom money for the Dude and himself.

The storyboards for The Big Lebowski (1998) are significant because they reveal how the Coen brothers meticulously planned the film’s visual storytelling despite its seemingly loose, improvisational style. While the movie is celebrated for its quirky dialogue and offbeat humor, the storyboards ensured precise framing, pacing, and continuity—especially for complex sequences like the bowling scenes, dream sequences, and key comedic set pieces.

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