The Dude is shoved in and awkwardly takes a seat facing the
rear. The door is slammed behind him.
LEBOWSKI
Start talking and talk fast you lousy
bum!
BRANDT
We've been frantically trying to
reach you, Dude.
LEBOWSKI
Where's my goddamn money, you bum?!
DUDE
Well we--I don't--
LEBOWSKI
They did not receive the money, you
nitwit! They did not receive the
goddamn money. HER LIFE WAS IN YOUR
HANDS!
BRANDT
This is our concern, Dude.
DUDE
No, man, nothing is fucked here--
LEBOWSKI
NOTHING IS FUCKED! THE GODDAMN PLANE
HAS CRASHED INTO THE MOUNTAIN!
The Dude takes a hurried sip from his drink.
DUDE
C'mon man, who're you gonna believe?
Those guys are--we dropped off the
damn money--
LEBOWSKI
WE?!
DUDE
I--the royal we, you know, the
editorial--I dropped off the money,
exactly as per--Look, I've got certain
information, certain things have
come to light, and uh, has it ever
occurred to you, man, that given the
nature of all this new shit, that,
uh, instead of running around blaming
me, that this whole thing might just
be, not, you know, not just such a
simple, but uh--you know?
LEBOWSKI
What in God's holy name are you
blathering about?
DUDE
I'll tell you what I'm blathering
about! I got information--new shit
has come to light and--shit, man!
She kidnapped herself!
Lebowski stares at him, dumbstruck. The Dude is encouraged.
DUDE
Well sure, look at it! Young trophy
wife, I mean, in the parlance of our
times, owes money all over town,
including to known pornographers--
and that's cool, that's cool-- but
I'm saying, she needs money, man, and of
course they're gonna say they didn't
get it 'cause she wants more, man,
she's gotta feed the monkey, I mean--
hasn't that ever occurred to you...?
Man?
LEBOWSKI
(quietly)
No. No Mr. Lebowski, that had not
occurred to me.
BRANDT
That had not occurred to us, Dude.
DUDE
Well, okay, you're not privy to all
the new shit, so uh, you know, but
that's what you pay me for. Speaking
of which, would it be possible for
me to get my twenty grand in cash?
I gotta check this with my accountant
of course, but my concern is that,
you know, it could bump me into a
higher tax--
LEBOWSKI
Brandt, give him the envelope.
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