Barton Fink
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Director: Joel Coen
Writer: Ethan Coen
Studio: Circle Films
Release Date: 08/1991
Countries: UK, USA
Runtime: 116 min
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 2 nominations

Description: Idealistic playwright Barton Fink (John Turturro) believes writing should reveal the hopes, dreams and tragedies of the common man. When Hollywood taps him to write a movie, Fink develops severe writer's block and soon falls victim to a strange sequence of events. Unable to combine his deep-seated ethics with Tinseltown's frivolity, the disillusioned and desperate Fink winds up involved in a murder investigation in this Oscar-nominated dramedy.

Actors

John Goodman Charlie Meadows
Barry Sonnenfeld
John Turturro Barton Fink
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Richard Portnow Detective Mastrionotti
Steve Buscemi Chet
Tony Shalhoub Ben Geisler
Christopher Murney Detective Deutsch
David Warrilow Garland Stanford
Frances McDormand
Harry Bugin Pete
I.M. Hobson Derek
John Mahoney W.P. Mayhew
Jon Polito Lou Breeze
Judy Davis Audrey Taylor
Lance Davis Richard St. Claire
Meagen Fay Poppy Carnahan (as Megan Faye)
Michael Lerner Jack Lipnick