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A Balasaur Score of 77 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%, Metacritic 69/100. Scores higher than 92% of the 1,428 1990s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic69/100
1,947 audience votes
Key crew
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Joel CoenDirector
- Joel CoenScreenplay
- Ethan CoenScreenplay
- 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
Stills
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Themes
hotelscreenplaymass murdermovie businessscreenwriterneighborlos angeles, californianeo-noir1940s
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