# Don't f\*\*k with the Jesus: Turturro plans Lebowski spinoff **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848 "2016-12-04T18:53:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/41 "2016-12-07T16:50:58Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The film had a brief flashback clip of Jesus going door-to-door to notify his neighbors. Nothing to indicate that this was a Walter fantasy scene… See post 19. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/42 "2016-12-15T19:24:02Z")
Here’s a short interview with Turturro on how he developed the character: [Playing Jesus in the Big Lebowski - John Turturro - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0W2crjd4bc) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/43 "2017-08-01T18:58:15Z")
Bumped. I’m sure you’ll all want this for your garden: [http://www.militaryissue.com/Over-The-Line-Garden-Gnome/productinfo/M602110/](http://www.militaryissue.com/Over-The-Line-Garden-Gnome/productinfo/M602110/) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/44 "2018-03-09T16:33:04Z")
Bumped. The Coen Bros. masterpiece turned 20 on March 6! So _The Washington Post_ went back to movie critics who hated it when it first came out: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/03/06/the-big-lebowski-is-20-we-reached-out-to-the-critics-who-panned-it-to-see-what-they-think-now/?utm\_term=.559252ece4af](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/03/06/the-big-lebowski-is-20-we-reached-out-to-the-critics-who-panned-it-to-see-what-they-think-now/?utm_term=.559252ece4af) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/45 "2020-03-17T18:59:56Z")
Bumped again. Well, the movie’s now out and the reviews aren’t great. I’ll probably still see it, though, \*TBL \*fan than I am. > **[The Jesus Rolls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jesus_Rolls)** > > The Jesus Rolls is a 2020 American crime comedy film written by, directed by, and starring John Turturro. It doubles as a remake of the 1974 French film Going Places by Bertrand Blier, and as a spin-off to the 1998 cult film The Big Lebowski by the Coen brothers. Turturro reprises his Lebowski role of Jesus Quintana. > It was filmed in 2016 and premiered at the Rome Film Festival on October 16, 2019. It was released on February 28, 2020, by Screen Media Films. It was a box office bomb and received... [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/btp_Yd-MRoI/maxresdefault.jpg "THE JESUS ROLLS Trailer (2020)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btp_Yd-MRoI) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/46 "2020-03-17T19:50:46Z")
Once I saw the reviews start coming at Rotten Tomatoes, I knew it was going to be bad. Currently at 23%. Was in 4 theaters in the US for one week. A purely nominal release. $18,169 gross. Bad even for such a limited release. 4.3/10 at IMDb [Dean Wormer] _The Jesus Rolls_ … has no CinemaScore. [/Dean Wormer] It’s on my “when I get around to it” list. Which means probably never. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/47 "2020-03-17T21:24:24Z")
The Mrs. and I watched it on cable this week past, and both enjoyed it. It’s quirky as hell, and not in a particularly Coenesque way, but it didn’t matter to us. Two messages came through in the film: Don’t fuck with the Jesus, and the Jesus rolls, so for us it was good enough. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/48 "2020-03-21T20:55:24Z")
This has the potential to be the worst sequel since that one for _Bad Santa_. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/49 "2020-03-21T22:50:41Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > This has the potential to be the worst sequel since that one for _Bad Santa_. Have you seen it? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/50 "2020-03-22T00:13:13Z")
I’m not a huge fan of French cinema, but for whatever reason I’ve seen the original film on at least three occasions. It’s morally reprehensible, to be sure, but in a cheerfully existential French sort of way (not to mention peak Depardieu). I can’t imagine how it could ever work in any other language or culture, let alone in 2020. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/51 "2020-03-22T02:40:13Z")
I can not think of a movie premise, based on a movie that I love, that I would be less interested in seeing than this. It’s Pat would be Oscar nominee in comparison. Sorry for those who saw it and liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/52 "2020-03-22T03:12:22Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I’ve seen it and I don’t think much of it as a film. One of my last favorite Coen Brothers films, for sure (prolly just ahead of _The Hudsucker Proxy_, in fact, and I loathe that film). But it does have a few good lines and 1 awesome scene, and like every Coen Brothers film, it does have fantastic performances. Mr. Turturro’s, altho in a small supporting role, is memorably and hilariously over-the-top. There is a lot going on. For film buffs, fans of noir and The Big Sleep it’s deep. If you don’t care for it that’s cool, but even in the seeming silly parts the Coen Brothers are creating clever powerful cinema. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/53 "2020-03-22T13:41:38Z")
To those rendering their opinions on the movie without having seen it, I offer up a quote attributed to Herbert Spencer: > [@](#): > > There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep one in everlasting ignorance — that principle is contempt prior to investigation. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/54 "2020-03-23T01:04:52Z")
There is a school of thought that says one must see every single movie that comes out. Fuck that! Who has the time? What normal people do is find one or two reviewers with similar taste to one’s own. Which is why I was so fond of Ebert, our tastes matched. I’ll not be seeing this movie, and no amount of bullying can make me. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/55 "2020-03-23T02:31:51Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I’m not a huge fan of French cinema, but for whatever reason I’ve seen the original film on at least three occasions. It’s morally reprehensible, to be sure, but in a cheerfully existential French sort of way (not to mention peak Depardieu). I can’t imagine how it could ever work in any other language or culture, let alone in 2020. I think you might be discussing a different film. I’ve got it down on our to-be-watched list. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/56 "2020-03-23T06:07:09Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I think you might be discussing a different film. \*The Jesus Rolls \*is a remake of [Les Valseuses (Going Places)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072353/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2), 1974, starring Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere and Miou-Miou - which is the film I was discussing. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848/57 "2020-03-24T04:27:36Z")
So many films I like were directed by actors, whether it’s Paul Newman, Ronit Elkabetz, Jean-Louis Trintignant, or Nadine Labaki. They’re trained to find ways to convey truths and are better at working together with other actors, so I understand why their projects are always strongly discouraged. If writers and actors get a bigger say in crafting films, that could be dangerous. The Bertrand Blier original is still my favourite of these two, but I appreciated the balls…errr…irreverence of Turturro and am grateful for him not taking his audience for idiots like the films critics have to hype. I hope Turturro gets to make more films, certainly finding talent won’t be any impediment. And thanks for reminding me about this project, it was a long time coming, haha. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-f-k-with-the-jesus-turturro-plans-lebowski-spinoff/773848.md?page=2)