The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. It is assumed that no one who is diligently avoiding spoilers will be visiting this page in the first place.
Sex-you mean coitus. Lay off the Dude's special lady friend.Violence-there were no shots fired but they do kill his FAQing car.Profanity-What the FAQ are you talking about. The Dude doesn't cuss.
The Big Lebowski is based on a screenplay written by co-directors and brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen.
There isn't any evidence within the movie which would suggest that he was imaginary other than the viewer's own interpretation/speculation.
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