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Professor Lebowski abides

December 30, 2009 - 12:09 pm

By Jay A. Fernandez

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For those as gleefully obsessed with all things “Big Lebowski” as I am, Dwight Garner has a piece in the New York Times today about the new edition of the Dude-centric essay collection, “The Year’s Work in Lebowski Studies.”

It’s amusing to consider yet another permutation of the Coen Bros.’ 1998 noir-screwball comedy mashup, which has taken on an acid-tinged cult life of its own over the last decade. But there’s always something more to learn about the Dude’s worldview and how it can help us navigate the fractious frustrations of modern life. So I plan to pick up the new book.

I’m just gonna go find a cash machine.

The Coen Bros. start search for young girl with ‘True Grit’

December 18, 2009 - 7:17 pm

By Jay A. Fernandez

The Coen Bros. and Paramount have launched their search for the young female lead in their remake of “True Grit.”

Here’s the link, which announces the casting search for a girl between the ages of 12 and 17 to play the 14-year-old Mattie Ross. Aspirants can apply by self taping or by attending an open call in Arkansas, Mississippi or Oklahoma in the coming weeks.

The “tough as nails” character tags along with two marshals — to be played by Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon — in the hunt for the man who killed her father — to be played by Josh Brolin.

Included on the casting site is a three-page scene from the script, which the Coen brothers adapted from the Charles Portis novel.

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