Cutting Room Floor

It may come as a surprise to those that have seen The Big Lebowski that The Dude, Walter and Donny are never shown bowling. I think the film works perfectly well as it is. Still, when I located footage this weekend of The Dude and Walter bowling after scattering Donny's ashes I was touched to see them join together in the healing powers of rolling. This cut scene is bookended in the script between Walter's post eulogy bear hug scene with The Dude and the bar scene with The Stranger.

WALTER: Awww, fuck it Dude. Let's go bowling.

Cut to the lanes. The Dude and Walter Bowling. We watch each of them glide across the floor, release, follow through--gracefully. We have never seen them bowl before. They are quite good. Each wears a black armband on his bowling shirt.

Cut to bar area. The Dude walks up to the bar.