Film

Barton Fink

1991 · 1h 57m · Comedy · Drama · Thriller

There's only one thing stranger than what's going on inside his head... What's going on outside.

IMDb

7.6

Rotten Tomatoes

90%

Metacritic

69

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

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

Steve Buscemi

Chet

David Warrilow

Garland Stanford

Richard Portnow

Detective Mastrionotti

Christopher Murney

Detective Deutsch

I.M. Hobson

Derek

Meagen Fay

Poppy Carnahan

Lance Davis

Richard St. Claire

Harry Bugin

Pete

Anthony Gordon

Maitre D'

• Joel CoenEditor · Director · Screenplay
• Ethan CoenScreenplay · Editor · Producer · Director
• Jim PedasExecutive Producer
• Ted PedasExecutive Producer
• Bill DurkinExecutive Producer
• Ben BarenholtzExecutive Producer
• Roger DeakinsDirector of Photography
• Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
• Donna IsaacsonCasting
• John S. LyonsCasting

Official Trailer

Release date

August 1, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Budget

$9,000,000

Revenue

$6,153,939

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Thriller

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