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Barton Fink
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Barton Fink is a 1991 neo-noir comedy drama film directed, written, and produced by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. The English-language movie stars John Turturro, John Goodman, Michael Lerner, and Judy Davis. Roger Deakins served as the director of photography, while Carter Burwell composed the score. Nancy Haigh was the production designer. The film was produced by Working Title Films and distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix.
Set in Los Angeles and filmed in Long Beach and Malibu, the movie has a runtime of 116 minutes. It originated in the United States and the United Kingdom. The film received the Palme d'Or and was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Best Costume Design, and Best Production Design. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.6 based on 135,790 votes and a TMDb vote average of 7.463 from 1,875 votes.
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Film · TMDB
7.5A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Cast
- John Turturro as Barton Fink
- John Goodman as Charlie Meadows
- Judy Davis as Audrey Taylor
- Michael Lerner as Jack Lipnick
- John Mahoney as W.P. Mayhew
- Tony Shalhoub as Ben Geisler
Themes
- hotel
- screenplay
- mass murder
- movie business
- screenwriter
- neighbor
- los angeles, california
- neo-noir
- 1940s
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Joel Coen
- Written by
- Ethan Coen Joel Coen
- Produced by
- Ethan Coen
- Starring
- John Turturro John Goodman Judy Davis Michael Lerner John Mahoney Jon Polito
- Cinematography
- Roger Deakins
- Edited by
- Roderick Jaynes
- Music by
- Carter Burwell
- Production company
- Circle Films
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox (United States and Canada) Manifesto Film Sales (International)
- Release dates
- May 18, 1991 ( 1991-05-18 ) ( Cannes ) August 21, 1991 ( 1991-08-21 )
- Running time
- 116 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $9 million
- Box office
- $6.2 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Barton Fink is a 1991 American black comedy 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 salesman who lives next door at the run-down Hotel Earle.
The Coens wrote the screenplay for Barton Fink in three weeks while experiencing writer's block during the writing of Miller's Crossing. They began filming soon after Miller's Crossing was finished. The film is influenced by works of several earlier directors, particularly Roman Polanski's Repulsion (1965) and The Tenant (1976).
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