The Dude Abides

The Big Lebowski
(C) NBC Universal,
one of my most favorite moments from the movie

[@brandonmercier5575]

It's good knowing he's out there. The dude.. Takin her easy for all us sinners

[@chrispappaterra2982]

I know I take comfort in that. Helps me sleep...

[@BeattapeFactory]

Me too

[@srinidhiacharla1766]

Well... the dude abides, man

[@malvolio01]

It’s takin’ ‘er easy. What? You ain’t never been to Texas er nothin’? Damn Yankee.

[@brandonmercier5575]

@@malvolio01 well that’s like your opinion man

[@mdflorida1233]

The Dude is the only person who talks of himself in the third person without it being creepy or annoying. In fact, it's endearing.

[@JimiMagnificent]

If he talked about himself in the 1st person, I'd be creeped out and annoyed.

[@joejohn.]

Remus was first. Remus read the Volstead Act.

[@ZebbMassiv]

I do it often and when questioned, I show them my Dudist Priest ordination card

[@jacobalvord3480]

"Two oat sodas Gary!" This is how I'm about to order beers for the rest of my life.

[@sirdouglas.2870]

You better still be doing this

[@theequalizer2007]

​@@sirdouglas.2870I'm sure he is.

[@valjean76]

Sam Elliott is a national treasure.

[@JPJones03223]

You got that right!

[@jeremymenning56]

Lebowski, Road House, Tombstone.... All not the same film without his ... whatever it is... quan is probably the closest word.

[@Excalibur2112]

He has one of the best voices in Cinema... Maybe 2nd only to Morgan Freeman.

[@TheOldtimer01]

Fuck yeah

[@MystmaxkinnTV]

He will always be the other Ron for me.

[@blaycetherapper]

All one take. That guy in the back had to make two perfect strikes while these legendary actors performed that amazing dialogue

[@brickbane5872]

check again, first one was a spare

[@jonathanalpart7812]

@@brickbane5872 strikes and gutters

[@LuciusVorenusOfficial]

@@jonathanalpart7812 Ups and downs

[@johnny5fingers0966]

Over the line!

[@orlagh277]

in an interview with the cast, they said that the guy in the back is a master bowler and was the one that taught the actors how to bowl properly.

[@hensontauro]

There's something magical about this scene that makes me smile every time I watch it.

[@ricardocalmza]

THE DUDE ABIDES

[@brunesi]

Yes its symbolic language talks about life, purpose, afterlife, hope, congruence. It touches every heart still open.

[@shawnd4415]

One continuous shot all the way thru the end including the strike rolled. The entire movie was filmed like theatre. Brilliant and hilarious.

[@j2times2006]

Yeah I hear you. Dont know why but it does.

[@jessepowell1891]

The whole film has me feeling warm inside.

[@jeremygunther9403]

“You know, strikes and gutters, ups and downs” brilliant.

[@ASH3R3S]

I'm gonna start saying that now

[@mishastone]

All the Dude ever wanted was his rug back.

[@zoommair]

Well, it did put the whole room together

[@moethebartender8837]

It’s “ it really tied the room together.”

[@santiagomartirena1281]

"and this guy peed on it"

[@moethebartender8837]

“Donnie, please”....(lights a smoke)

[@jmar5785]

Misha Stone there’s a lot of strands there. In old duders head.

[@TS50ER]

This closing monologue really ties the movie together, am I wrong?

[@uarhodesian]

Fucking A!

[@geico1975]

Yeah, but, HA!

[@shawnd4415]

All The Dude ever wanted was his rug back.

[@scooterparsons5349]

Kinda sounds like you're out of your element

[@henkfanflep1267]

Has the whole world gone CRAZY?

[@juliaryan4266]

He has the coolest voice.

[@kathconserv]

Julia Ryan he sure does.

[@sandamtod]

I've seen this movie countless times and I just noticed the Dude is wearing a black arm band for Donnie. Notice something new every time I watch it.

[@radiopadilla]

Jeff Bridges should have won best actor for this movie.

[@PaulGLarsson]

And John Goodman should've won best supporting

[@PaulGLarsson]

1 AlaskanAssassin Amen

[@awesome420ication]

It's one of my favourite performances. I think it's one of the greatest performances. This movie is just not oscar bait.

[@manco828]

He should have won 'Best Actor' for Fearless(1993).

[@ronbentley794]

Jeff Bridges has done a lot of good work in the last 10-12 yrs. I am very impressed - loved the movie. John Goodman, I have always loved his movies. John is a very good actor , O brother, where art thou ! John goodman stole the show - lol !

[@saitaro]

This is one of the best pictures of God in cinematography.

[@NGDemonSlayer12]

I want a mustache like that, the kind that when you talk you can't see your lips move.

[@lydialilybellevalley2297]

@Youre Gonna Need a Bigger Boat What didn t work good/wel ??

[@aptonymic3014]

apparently it was great for editing, dubbing and continuity

[@Simon0]

It takes four hundred years to grow one like that.

[@StamfordBridge]

You always say that but will you take care of it? Clean up after it and take it for walks every day?

[@numberone51976]

You can't see your lips move when you talk, anyway.

[@edmoody18]

“Westward the wagons, across the sands of time” such an underrated quote

[@oldpossum]

0:01: "Two oat sodas, Gary". Each time discover new gems!

[@ramshacklerozza]

I’m probably looking too deeply into this. But the dude obviously avoids everyday problems and takes it easy, even when the barman brings up Donnie’s passing. He talks about it very briefly and purposefully turns his attention towards Sam Elliott. Even when someone dies, he’s still taking it easy

[@TheMusicLauncher]

No you actually don't. Look up Fargo S3 E8 to find out more

[@kevinwillems8720]

You're not looking too deeply. I analyzed this movie for the unit on Taoism for my Eastern Humanities.

[@TheMusicLauncher]

Can you share your analyze​@@kevinwillems8720

[@jilloplo]

Dead Flowers is a perfect song choice for this scene. Just the feel of the song.

[@kresimircosic9035]

I started listening to good country after this movie.

[@michaelcuff5780]

Yea the one stones song everybody forgets about.

[@AnvilPro100]

"The Dude abides" Why does no one ever talk about THAT when people bring up best movie quotes ever

[@TheKillerDonuts]

Oh yeah, well, you know. Sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes, uh, you know.

[@calisongbird]

TheKillerDonuts 😂😂😂😂

[@mithrandir965]

I am the walrus!!

[@michaelbrickley2443]

Sometimes you’re the fly and sometimes you’re the windshield

[@kevanwhittaker8379]

i saw another vid of this scene with subtitles, and they wrote 'bear' not bar....?? the bear eats you... makes more sense, but doesn't sound much like bear... kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZKlc6uJgb94n8U

[@DrunkenCoward1]

*The Dude turns around to see the Lord, blessed be his name, Holiest of Holiest, sit adjacent to him.* The Dude: "Hey, man!"

[@Gamebox27]

The Dude is the Dude

[@brunesi]

Good one. Very Buddhist of the dude, one could say.

[@numberone51976]

@@Gamebox27 Dude dude dude, Dude is the Dude

[@markwilliams7712]

I think the holy one would feel comfortable with that greeting.

[@danielbautista9062]

The Dude is my anxiety pill. I suffer from Anxiety and depression. The Dude is our saviour man! The Dude abides.

[@jimmybrungus2552]

When he says “catch ya later on down the trail” as he runs his finger along the brim of his hat and winks is probably my favorite part of this scene.

[@OfficialJoeyC]

For those who haven't read the book, "The dude and the zen master" its written by Jeff Bridges (the dude) and Bernie Glassman (Zen Master), highly recommended. It really ties the room together, dude.

[@Hitsujikai]

I could listen to Sam ramble for days. And keep the Dude alive people. He’s a part of everyone. Man. The dude always abides

[@blueaquatiger]

19 nihilists gave this a thumbs down even though they shouldn't have cared one way or the other.

[@Despair505]

They couldn't have done it. They cut off they're thumbs in hope of ransom.

[@Vlatka211]

***** its to keep the balance in the Universe..

[@mr.wright5121]

It's up to 29 in 2016. This aggression will not stand, man.

[@emmanuelgoldstein9806]

meh as a nihilist I loled not that it means anything...

[@SoleNero21]

blue aquatiger *show me what you got..Nihilists* *fucking dipshit with a nine toed woman*

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Secret to happiness - have half a dozen beers while watching Raising Arizona and this movie back to back...

[@FantasticExplorers]

"say friend, do you have any more of that good sarsaparilla?" 😂😂😭 Such beauty to behold

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

Can’t believe how popular and great this movie became. I never would’ve thought that first time I saw it so long ago. Then after second third time I couldn’t stop watching it.

[@brunesi]

I happened to watch this on an actual movie theater when released, didn't get much of it, but many dialogues stuck with me for life. Amazing.

[@SureshIyerr]

first time i slept off..lotsa ins and outs following the story....then it became a ritual to watch it for a few minutes every day to keep the mind limber . the dude abides.

[@mikedelvalle931]

If I catch this movie on TV, doesn't matter what part, I watch til it's over.

[@Lazzie_the_Psilocybe_Deity]

I swear I cried the first time heard this monologue...

[@Morbid.Angel710]

Sam Elliot really knows how to keep you locked in right man?

[@waragainstmyself1159]

I think that was God, or some angel kinda peaking in on the Dude, seeing how hes doing. Kinda sad and beautiful when you really think about it.

[@GordiansKnotHere]

Although everyone in the film was great, Jeff Bridges is an American Treasure. Watching him in so many films throughout my life (over 5 decades), I feel like he is a member of my very small family. Thanks for always being there Jeff!

[@IMaximusDMI]

Sometimes there's a man. Sometimes. There's a man.

[@DrAngelMachine]

IMaximusDMI And I'm talkin' about the dude here...

[@0mnicide]

Well sheeeeeeeiiitt

[@wildheart3899]

I lost my train of thought here...

[@afrizaldaniswaraali8980]

@@wildheart3899 Took so long to think, 2 years later i was...

[@mdflorida1233]

Such a great ending. An amazing movie, wrapped up with optimism and the charm of Sam Elliot.

[@markstevens1729]

Watch the movie for the third time or so and you’ll see that during most of the movie, the Dude is pissed off, annoyed, anything but abiding. It’s one of the Coen twists that make these movies so watchable.

[@saif7rb71]

The song just makes the scene even better

[@JustinAKADude]

Just got a portrait of The Dude tattooed on the outside of my leg for my 40th birthday. Just a reminder to live more dude-like.

[@danielburleyart]

he has a beautiful voice - the voice of an angel

[@stefansalvatierra4913]

One with a shotgun...

[@map3384]

An angel of and for men.

[@firstnamenlastname]

Had to come back because in this morning’s sermon my Preacher read some verses where it says “abide faith, hope, and love” and with his accent I couldn’t get “Faith Abides” out of my mind 🤣

[@forenergy]

Townes doing dead flowers. Great closing track

[@lawrencelewis2592]

I'm sure that everyone here knows the story of how the Coens made Sam do this scene over and over simply because they loved Sam's monologue and just wanted to hear it again and again. What a great film! I highly recommend that you all watch "The Big Sleep" with Bogart and Bacall. Hell, you all know that.

[@sophrapsune]

The Dude abides.❤

[@maxeypad]

Life goes on......such a fantastic film.

[@Cam-SB]

The Dude Abides. Best line EVER!

[@saulchapnick1566]

One of the greatest cinematic soliloquies.

[@OSDCrusher]

"Look at me, I'm rambling again"

[@AmericanAwesome2]

"Generations come and generations go, but the earth abides forever." - Ecclesiastes 1:4

[@michaeladams5332]

Loved this picture

[@bangoskank493]

Sometimes there’s a man... and he’s the man for his time and place. And that’s the Dude, in Los Angalus.

[@BlueFlame17]

I'd like to think the Dude did get paid once all this was over. I mean Maude, despite her eccentric nature did seem to really like him. And in the end, she did technically promise him 100k. I mean after everything he did for her and everything that did in fact happen, I like to think she liked him enough to keep that part of her word. But that's just like.... my opinion, man.

[@nomadicpyro8444]

and the dude would just slowly use that 100 grand just let it sit in the bank barely using any of it... except for a new rug ofcourse, that old one really tied the room together man!

[@map3384]

I think Maude knew in her heart there needed to be another dude. Isn’t that the most honorable thing a woman can do is give her man a son to keep the legacy alive.

[@danopo]

The Big Lebowski paid him $20k to make the handoff, so at least he got that.

[@pandamator]

I mean he was an heir to the inventor of the Rubik’s cube

[@dailybradshaw2]

Blue Flame, Your comment is written in the same pentameter that Sam uses here in the ending narration. I would sound good along with the Dude abides, I'm going to insert it during my Sam Elliot voice over Demo, If you Don't mind. Credit is all yours..

[@soufianaboulfaouz2740]

2019 and still loving it. Who’s here?

[@BoStern]

I'm onboard with that :)

[@nameredacted1176]

Been personally abiding since 98...

[@yuuhasunuma]

been too stressed by school lately i need to re-watch this again

[@tommyls4357]

"Well, you know, strikes and gutters, ups and downs" - pretty much sums up life.

[@travismcnasty4239]

The blessing of a weird old cowboy to the laziest man alive. A weird blessing that I received. A millennial slacker who impressed a Montana rancher by getting $300 from poker. The rancher was pissed, but he did envy my lazy lifestyle and good luck at the cards. I hope he found his retirement. And I hope to play another round of dealer's choice with him in the hereafter.

[@TheFinalNerd]

There can't be a second one. We know what happens to The Dude after his great struggle with the Nihilists -- he abides.

[@MrClace0332]

The Dude abides.

[@outonthetownco]

"the dooood abides." ~ Sam Elliott 𝘖𝘣𝘪 𝘋𝘢𝘯 ©2019

[@ennaciri7983]

I have watched this scene dozens of times and not one time did I ever feel bored. Hats off to the actors, director and scriptwriter. The Big Lebowski is by far one of the best comedy movies I have ever watched.

[@SFStylo]

A cinematic masterpiece in so many ways.

[@jazzyjay_]

The Dude and Sam Elliot. Epicness of epic screen time.

[@boneheaded9751]

Probably the most profound scene in the movie. For he who doesn't shoot at all, doesn't miss the target before him. The root of the word "sin" is "to miss". It was originally an archery term.

[@itssteakhouse4582]

The three Great male voices of cinema, (not in any particular order.) James Earl Jones. Morgan Freeman. Sam Elliott. Honorable mention to Harrison Ford. (I love his smooth talking voice.)

[@javierarmendarizgomez8761]

Everything about this film makes me so happy

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

Yep, one of the greatest of all films that express the feeling of a generation. Or a couple of generations. =D

[@Kimmy1787]

Sam Elliott is just the right touch to such an epic movie .

[@ginafriend1690]

Two of the finest!!

[@pogiboy3571]

my favorite scene...... classic!

[@chrisstanley8053]

Best movie ever.

[@jakep1979]

This was the best random conversation in cinema history!

[@theaterdreamer]

“Shut the fuck up, Donny!” Ah, that felt good to say. One more time….man.

[@BoStern]

😄

[@GHZoner]

Sam Elliot instantly makes any film more "watchable".

[@281m.wasiqwasim3]

Saw him in this for the first time, and he was so memorable I remembered him instantly when I saw him again on justified

[@NothingMaster]

The only one who could possibly look this tricky Universe square in the eyes and say ‘so what’ has to be The Dude.

[@yardboy5567]

Some of my favorite movies I've only watched once or twice, but you've watched it three times! You get it, you just don't want to admit it.

[@mccann456198]

yardboy at Donnie’s funeral there is two people walking that trail the editors missed or said “fuck it”. Lol “the bums will always lose!”

[@henrycooper4511]

Sweetest and best ending

[@NotificationOfLife]

two of my favorite actors in one scene

[@joshuakieley7308]

So's my bro the dude man! God bless him.

[@petergriffin7908]

Wraps err all up.

[@allenharper2928]

I do. I do take comfort in knowing The Dude abides.

[@jcarnes718]

One of my favorite movies

[@SMSmith]

The dude minds.

[@54GARYBOY]

Gotta love both those guys!

What a masterpiece.

[@tmcge3325]

Bowling Alleys of Southern California! 80's and 90's

[@adamjones4480]

one of the best movie scenes ever written

[@DuUude714]

I IS ABIDING

[@whitechocolate5200]

I love this movie sm

[@survivorman2009]

This movie came out 20 years ago today!

[@emergencyspotter8829]

survivorman2009 I’m here with ya man!

[@RSidd]

This scene is what brings peace in my life.

[@cbskwkdnslwhanznamdm2849]

What a masterpiece

[@laurencequinn7060]

My favourite film of all time

[@larrydavis185]

I do enjoy seeing this upon occasion .... and glad the Dude Abides.

[@thefatman69dude]

a perfect ending to a perfect film.

[@rick777888]

That’s a single scene, the camera never turns away, kinda impressive. Wonder how difficult is was, to get all the lines perfect for the entire 2:18.

[@waingro5834]

rick777888 and the pro rolling a perfect strike

[@PerFranck]

such a chill movie

[@jimmihshs]

beautiful

[@ilducedimas]

This movie has the best intro and outro.

[@Trumben]

When Mr Elliott sats "the dude abides"... So much bass!

[@FesteringInfection666]

Best movie ending ever!

[@LizziesLukas]

Sam Elliot didn't have much screen time in this film... but that's what makes his role in this movie memorable... he is just normal, every day, smooth-talking cowboy