“Big Lebowski” stars John Turturro, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi pose for photo by GC resident Victoria Canore On Tuesday August 16 the cast of the BIG LEBOWSKI held a reunion to the delight of thousands of their movie fan

Garden City resident and photographer, Victoria Canore was on hand at the Red carpet at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, the location of the big event to document the return of the BIG LEBOWSKI stars. Victoria, a NYC credentialed photographer and radio correspondent for IN FOCUS, a talk, news, sports and entertainment program on WVOX 1460AM has been fortunate to photograph some of the most interesting people, including President Bill Clinton, Governors David Paterson and Andrew Cuomo, NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg, former mayors David Dinkins and Ed Koch and a host of other elected officials, entertainers, and sports figures from the New York Mets and the New York Jets and most recently the crew of astronauts from the Atlantis, the last NASA shuttle flight.

On Tuesday night Ms. Canore was able to capture the cast in full, including John Turturro, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi.

The fans were treated to an hour-long Q&A with the stars sitting in cushioned loves seats. The former cast romped around the stage in good fun offering some of their personal reactions to their experiences related to making the movie as well as the fan reactions a decade later. The film hit the movie theaters in 1998 and has become has created a cult following.

Following the movie hundreds of the Big Lebowski movie fans went bowling just like the characters did in the film. Many of the movie fans attending the special program came dressed in bowling outfits similar to the ones worn by the stars in the 1998 film.