Maps of Movies
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Where The Big Lebowski says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The bowling alley is real, the Malibu beach house is in the Beverly Hills hills, and the Dude's home is nowhere in the sources
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Scenes and places
The rug that tied the room together (1991)
Two enforcers break into the Dude's home and rough him up over a debt that is not his. One of them ruins his rug before they realise they have the wrong man.
Set in The Dude's home, Los Angeles — The bungalow where two thugs mistake the Dude for another Lebowski.
A Los Angeles home that the sources opened do not locate.
Bowling with Walter and Donny (1991)
Between frames, the Dude vents about the stranger who ruined his rug. Walter pushes him to go and get compensation from the man with the same name.
Set in The bowling alley — The league alley where the Dude, Walter and Donny spend their evenings. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A bowling alley in East Hollywood, long a Los Angeles landmark.
Filmed at Hollywood Star Lanes, Los Angeles — All the bowling scenes were filmed here over about three weeks. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Big Lebowski's mansion (1991)
The Dude asks the rich Lebowski to pay for the rug and is turned away. He then talks the assistant into letting him take a rug from the house.
Set in Lebowski's mansion — The wealthy Lebowski's mansion, where the Dude asks for compensation.
A grand Beverly Hills estate used for many films.
Filmed at Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills — The French Wikipedia article names Greystone for the mansion interiors; English, German and Italian articles do not mention it. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Corvette and the crowbar (1991)
The Dude and Walter track down a teenager who may have the missing money. Walter loses his temper and wrecks a car that turns out to belong to a neighbour.
Set in Larry Sellers's neighborhood — The street where Walter smashes the wrong car.
A suburban street; the French Wikipedia article names Culver City only, with no exact spot.
Jackie Treehorn's beach house (1991)
Treehorn's men take the Dude to the porn kingpin, who wants to know where Bunny is. The Dude ends up drifting through the night.
Set in Jackie Treehorn's beach house, Malibu — Treehorn's house by the sea, where the Dude is questioned about Bunny.
A John Lautner house from 1963 in the Beverly Hills hills.
Filmed at Sheats-Goldstein Residence, Beverly Hills — Used as Treehorn's Malibu house, but filmed in the Beverly Hills hills, not on the coast. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The cliff over the Pacific (1991)
Walter and the Dude stand on a cliff above the Pacific carrying a coffee can. Walter's speech goes off course and the Dude finally loses his temper.
Set in A cliff above the Pacific — Walter and the Dude on a cliff overlooking the ocean.
A Pacific cliff; the French Wikipedia article names only the Malibu and Santa Barbara coast.
Characters
- The Dude — A Los Angeles slacker and bowler named Jeffrey Lebowski, pulled into a kidnapping plot over a rug.
- Walter Sobchak — The Dude's bowling partner, a Vietnam veteran with PTSD who treats every problem as a fight.