Barton Fink

Name: Barton Fink
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1991-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.454

About Barton Fink

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

Barton Fink (1991) is a comedy thriller film directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. Its themes are movie business, neighbor, mass murder, and screenwriter.

John Turturro stars as Barton Fink, John Goodman as Charlie Meadows, Judy Davis as Audrey Taylor, and Michael Lerner as Jack Lipnick. Released in August 1991, it runs 117 minutes.

The screenplay is by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit, True Romance, and Drive make useful companions to Barton Fink, all filed under 1940s and neo-noir. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 1,968 votes and it carries a R rating.