"The Big Lebowski" actually takes place

I'm sure we all know the plot. A former member of the Seattle Seven and a Vietnam veteran attempt to find the kidnapped wife of a millionaire. It turns out she's not kidnapped, and it ends with a man dying and a techno band injured (possibly dead) outside of a bowling alley. The millionaire in question, Jeff Lebowski, was famous enough to meet with President Reagan. What if this movie actually happened?
 
Given how the nihlists attacked them outside the bowling alley, I think "the Dude" and his crew would avoid being charged with anything on the grounds of self-defense.

Since Walter (that was his name, right?) died soon after the fight, the nihlists might be charged with murder since the man died as a result of their hooliganish actions.
 
Given how the nihlists attacked them outside the bowling alley, I think "the Dude" and his crew would avoid being charged with anything on the grounds of self-defense.

Since Walter (that was his name, right?) died soon after the fight, the nihlists might be charged with murder since the man died as a result of their hooliganish actions.

Walter lived it was Donny who died, but it was a heart attack brought on by fear, so they could only get a manslaughter charge.
 
Under Ohio Law, if a person dies as a proximate result of the commission of a felony, then the criminal is charged with murder. Of course, this only counts if what they did qualifies as felonious assault. I don't have my pocket Criminal Code book handy or I'd look it up.
 
Under Ohio Law, if a person dies as a proximate result of the commission of a felony, then the criminal is charged with murder. Of course, this only counts if what they did qualifies as felonious assault. I don't have my pocket Criminal Code book handy or I'd look it up.

This all transpires in Venice, California so that law might not apply.
 
Hey, Goodman's character is based on director John Milnius (writer of 'Apocalypse Now', director of the excellent films Dillinger and The Wind and the Lion--and the much less good Red Dawn.)

What if big John is an actual bowling buddy of a Dude-like character, and they get up to the adventure in real life?

This would be the most extreme example of a creative personality becoming involved in a too-strange-for-fiction scenario I can think of. For the time being...
 
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