Joel and Ethan Coen‘s The Big Lebowski celebrated its 20 year anniversary (3.6.98) this past year, and it seems like everyone’s celebrating this landmark release. A film which most people will admit demands repeat viewings and rewards them to greater degrees every repeated time. It's an American comedy classic, which has even spawned The annual Lebowski Fest, where fans dress up as characters from the movie, oddly enough started in Louisville, Kentucky, back in 2002 and now an annual event at almost every major English-speaking city in the world.
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Paul Greengrass’ "The Uprising," starring Andrew Garfield, opened to $3.2M from 2,068 theaters this weekend. Yikes. The budget hasn’t been disclosed, but is said to be in the $20-$30M range.