Barton Fink (1991)

08/01/1991 (GB) • 1h 57m

Comedy, Drama, Thriller

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.

Top Billed Cast

John Turturro

Barton Fink

John Goodman

Charlie Meadows

Judy Davis

Audrey Taylor

Michael Lerner

Jack Lipnick

John Mahoney

W.P. Mayhew

Tony Shalhoub

Ben Geisler

Jon Polito

Lou Breeze

David Warrilow

Garland Stanford


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$9,000,000.00

Revenue

$6,153,939.00

Keywords

hotel

screenplay

mass murder

movie business

screenwriter

neighbor

los angeles, california

neo-noir

1940s

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