‘The Big Lebowski’ Returning to Theaters for 25th Anniversary

25 years later, The Dude continues to abide.

It’s arduous to consider it’s been 25 years since The Huge Lebowski arrived in theaters and have become one of many comedy hallmarks of ’90s cinema. Written and directed by the Coen brothers, it options one of many all-time nice performances by Jeff Bridges as Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski, who will get combined up in a really sophisticated thriller plot.

The film was not an instantaneous smash; in actual fact, when it first opened in theaters on March 6, 1998, it was form of seen as a little bit of disappointment, coming off of the Coens’ Oscar-winning 1996 film Fargo. On the time, the response was principally “Wait, the Coen brothers went from making this ultra-dark crime story and now they made this quirky comedy?” Inside a couple of years, although, the movie’s off-kilter humor and quotable dialogue had made it as soon as of the Coens’ most beloved works, inspiring movie festivals, bowling competitions, and 1,000,000 stoners’ Halloween costumes. The film additionally stars John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tara Reid, Ben Gazzara, and John Turturro as eccentric bowler Jesus Quintana — who, a few years later, acquired his personal spinoff film, The Jesus Rolls, which was … not superb.

All of it occurred 25 years in the past — and in honor of this momentous anniversary (man), The Huge Lebowski is headed again to theaters for a number of Fathom Occasions screenings. The screenings will function “unique commentary from function movie historian and critic Leonard Maltin who will present insights into the movies, sharing his one-of-a-kind experience with followers.”

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Prepared for a blast from the previous? Right here’s the movie’s unique trailer:

The twenty fifth anniversary Huge Lebowski screenings will likely be Sunday, April 16 at 4PM and 7PM native time and Wednesday, April 20, at 7PM native time. You will get extra data and tickets on the Fathom web site.