The Dude is interrogated by the 'Big' Lebowski and his assistant Brandt regarding a botched ransom drop-off. Despite the high stakes of a kidnapping, the Dude attempts to use his own convoluted logic to explain the situation and ask for his fee, only to be met with a gruesome piece of evidence.
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!
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