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Barton Fink is a 1991 American period black comedy psychological thriller film written, produced, edited and directed by the Coen brothers. Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City playwright who is hired to write scripts for a film studio in Hollywood , and John Goodman as Charlie Meadows, the insurance ...
- $9 million
- Carter Burwell
- Ethan Coen
Aug 21, 1991 · Barton Fink: Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen. With John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner. A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
- (127K)
- Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- 1991-08-21
Summaries. A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood. In the wake of his early but undeniable theatrical success in Broadway, the idealistic author of the proletariat and self-pitying 1940s New York playwright, Barton Fink, finds himself lured to dazzling ...
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90% Tomatometer 67 Reviews 89% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings Set in 1941, an intellectual New York playwright Barton Fink (John Turturro) accepts an offer to write movie scripts in L.A. He...
- (2.6K)
- Joel Coen
- R
- John Turturro
Aug 21, 2021 · TV & Movies. ‘Barton Fink’ at 30: Why the Coen Brothers’ Movie Is a Masterpiece. How the Coen brothers took a jab at Old Hollywood to get out of a potential writers' block and produced one of...
- David Fear
Aug 21, 1991 · Barton Fink. NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen. Comedy, Drama, Thriller. R. 1h 56m. By Vincent Canby. Aug. 21, 1991. The New York Times Archives. See the article in its...
Sep 11, 2014 · Barton Fink (played by John Turturro and loosely but conspicuously based on playwright Clifford Odets) is the toast of the New York theater world for his latest play about the proletariat and...
