Photos from the Beat
Rain on the River Don't Bother Me Much
Despite a steady stream of rain, hard-core fans bundled in ponchos and under beach umbrellas on the banks of the Ohio River Saturday night, quietly watching two films most have likely seen dozens of times - The Big Lebowski and another Coen Borthers film Raising Arizona.
T-shirt sales were brisk, and many were snatching Lebowski Fest hoodies to help fend off the cold as well as this year’s limited edition Lebowskifest T-shirt, which each year features a different quotable line from the film. While last year’ shirt announced ‘I Can Get You a Toe,’ this year’s was more assuring, stating ‘At least I’m Housebroken.’
School buses 
shuttled fans to and from the hotel and the screening, stopping in front of the Dude-mobile, an avocado green Plymouth Fury outfitted with a bowling-trophy hood ornament, copious Lebowski-inspired stickers, and a ‘Dude’ license plate.
Will Russell popped the trunk to prove that the replica of the film’s signature automobile is authentic inside and out -- inside are two bowling pins, a bowling ball, and a naugahyde bag filled with dirty laundry, representing ‘the ringer.’
