The Big Sleep Is regarded as one of the greatest movies of all time based on a Novel of the same name. 60 years after its publication a "remake" was made. The Big Lebowski is a story that adapts the story in its own unique and interesting way. It's almost like watching it in a parallel universe. The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by American-British writer Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles. The story is noted for its complexity, with characters double-crossing one another and secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; the final pages of the book refer to a rumination about "sleeping the big sleep". In 1999, the book was voted 96th of Le Monde's "100 Books of the  ...