“There's only one thing stranger than what's going on inside his head... What's going on outside.”
Barton Fink
7.5
1,894 votes·1991
·1h 57m
·MovieComedyDramaThriller
Overview
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
Revenue vs Budget0.7x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Significant financial loss
Keywords
hotelscreenplaymass murdermovie businessscreenwriterneighborlos angeles, californianeo-noir1940s
Cast
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
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