Bowling in The Big Lebowski

Bowling is first used in the film The Big Lebowski in the opening credit sequence. Bowling, it is revealed, is a favorite past time of the main character Jeffery “The Dude” Lebowski  (Jeff Bridges) and his friends Walter Sobchak  (John Goodman) and Theodore Donald “Donny” Kerabatsos (Steve Buscemi). The characters Walter and Donny are both introduced while bowling. Bowling is used to break up major points in the film. For example, after The Dude’s house is first broken into and his rug is soiled, the film then cuts to the bowling alley where The Dude and his friends are bowling. At other times in The Big Lebowski when events become very stressful for The Dude, Walter simply says “Fuck it, let’s go bowling,” and the film then cuts back to the bowling alley.