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7.5A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Released: 1991-08-01117 minDir: Joel CoenComedy, Drama, Thriller
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
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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).