Far out, man: 10th Anniversary Big Lebowski DVD comes in a BOWLING BALL!
Gizmodo took the words right out of my mouth, “a goddamn Bowling Ball“! On September 9th you can pick up this spare for only $24. Why so cheap? They aren’t trying to sucker you into buying the Blu-Ray which would probably run closer to $45.
My day job (that bleeds well into most evenings) is designing DVD packaging. Everytime I have a crazy idea like this the client doesn’t have the budget or its a bit too far out for the art directors/marketing at the studios. But someone at Universal must have quite the pair *ahem* because this is a fucking great package!
Quite honestly, (and Gizmodo points this out) there was a very well designed 10th Anniversary Package released not long ago, sneaky. (In the business, we call that an “Amaray”) They really like to gouge the hardcore fans, don’t they?
Speaking of the hardcore Dudes and Maudes, be on the watch for Lebaowski fests coming to your areas @ Lebowskifest.com. The next two lucky cities to abide are San Fran and New York. Lucky dogs! You’d think there would be an annual one here in L.A… WHERE THE MOVIE WAS ACTUALLY FILMED! We have In & Out afterall (but so does SF)! Apologies to my co-author but the CHICAGO Lebowski Fest was last March. But what a lovely poster!
We believe in nothing.
Tags: 10th Anniversary, Coen Brothers, DVD Packaging, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Lebowski Fest, The Big Lebowski, The Dude, Universal
August 26th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Ahem, we had actually made plans to go, seeing as my roommate is a HUGE Lebowski fan, and has been Maude Lebowski for Halloween more than once, but alas, our plans were foiled by a no-fun-having houseguest. We won’t make that mistake again.