Barton Fink

Aug 1, 1991

1h 57m

★ 7.5

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Working Title Films

Circle Films

Barton Fink Trailers

Cast

Barton Fink

John Turturro

Charlie Meadows

John Goodman

Audrey Taylor

Judy Davis

Jack Lipnick

Michael Lerner

W.P. Mayhew

John Mahoney

Ben Geisler

Tony Shalhoub

Lou Breeze

Jon Polito

Chet

Steve Buscemi

Garland Stanford

David Warrilow

Detective Mastrionotti

Richard Portnow

Detective Deutsch

Christopher Murney

Derek

I.M. Hobson

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