Barton Fink
1991 · Movie · 1h 57m · R
ComedyDramaThriller
"There's only one thing stranger than what's going on inside his head... What's going on outside."
Overview
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
69/100
Key crew
- Ethan CoenScreenplay
- Joel CoenDirector
- Joel CoenScreenplay
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Ethan CoenDirector
Cast
- John TurturroBarton Fink
- John GoodmanCharlie Meadows
- Judy DavisAudrey Taylor
- Michael LernerJack Lipnick
- John MahoneyW.P. Mayhew
- Tony ShalhoubBen Geisler
- Jon PolitoLou Breeze
- Steve BuscemiChet
- David WarrilowGarland Stanford
- Richard PortnowDetective Mastrionotti
- Christopher MurneyDetective Deutsch
- I.M. HobsonDerek
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Themes
hotelscreenplaymass murdermovie businessscreenwriterneighborlos angeles, californianeo-noir1940s