Barton Fink overview
Overall Rating
Total Ratings: 2
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Synopsis:
The title character, played by John Turturro, is a Broadway playwright, based on Clifford Odets, lured to Hollywood with the promise of untold riches by a boorish studio chieftain (played by Michael Lerner as a combination of Louis B. Mayer and Harry Cohn). Despising the film capital and everything it stands for, Barton Fink comes down with an acute case of writer's block. He is looked after by a secretary (Judy Davis) who has been acting as a ghost writer for an alcoholic screenwriter (John Mahoney, playing a character based on William Faulkner).
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Movie Details:
- Director: Joel Coen
- Studio: Circle Films, 20th Century Fox
- Year: 1991
- Run Time: 116 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Set in: Hollywood, CA
- MPAA Rating: R (for language and some scenes of violence)
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Comedy Drama
- Filmed in: Color
