| Release Date: | Aug 1991 |
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| Genres: | Comedy / Drama |
| Awards: | Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 2 nominations |
| 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 (as Megan Faye)), Lance Davis (Richard St. Claire), Harry Bugin (Pete) |
In 1941, New York intellectual playwright Barton Fink comes to Hollywood to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. Staying in the eerie Hotel Earle, Barton develops severe writer's block. His neighbor, jovial insurance salesman Charlie Meadows, tries to help, but Barton continues to struggle as a bizarre sequence of events distracts him even further from his task.
