A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 18 wins & 29 nominations total
Meagen Fay
- Poppy Carnahan
- (as Megan Faye)
- Directors
- Joel Coen
- Ethan Coen(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe first film to win all three major awards (Palme D'or, Best Director, and Best Actor) at the Cannes Film Festival. Also, it was unanimously chosen for the Palme D'or.
- GoofsBriefly visible at the top of the screen when Detective Mastrionotti introduces himself to Barton (visible in Kino Video's Blu-ray Disc which is in the 1.66:1 aspect ratio, may not be visible in other versions).
- Quotes
Charlie Meadows: Look upon me! I'll show you the life of the mind!
- Crazy creditsThe 20th Century Fox logo appears over silence; the "fanfare" is not played.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Clock (2010)
- SoundtracksFor Sentimental Reasons
by Edward Heyman, Al Sherman and Abner Silver
Licenced with Permission the Successors of Marlo Music Corporation (ASCAP)
Featured review
It feels like the Coens were struggling with as much writer's block as Barton Fink himself.
Some individual scenes in 'Barton Fink (1991)' are great, emphasising the Coen's philosophy that the scene takes precedent over the story, and there's a chunk just after the halfway point where things really pick up steam and a proper 'plot' seems to be getting underway - until the film just ends without any real satisfying resolution, that is. For most of the run-time, though, this off-kilter 'comedy'-drama lacks drive and instead meanders around through ponderously aloof satirical sequences in which the protagonist pretentiously proposes that his writing must come from a source of pain and how that's more important than critical acclaim or audience acceptance. It's frustrating that there seems to be some hints of a sub-layer to the narrative, indications that perhaps something supernatural is going on beneath the surface or that we're going to get a big 'reveal' in the third act that makes sense of some of the stranger moments (or at least cements the necessity of their inclusion), but though there is a 'twist' of sorts that slips a slice of sinister into the otherwise lukewarm narrative, these hints and this plot point peel away to surmount to nothing and, as such, seem like hollow inclusions only added to infuse a false sense of depth to a hopelessly shallow narrative. This seemingly indicates that the Coens themselves fell victim to the writer's block that consistently aisles their bespectacled creation. 6/10
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Бартон Фінк
- Filming locations
- The Wiltern - 3790 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA(Hotel Earle - lobby)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,153,939
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $268,561
- Aug 25, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $6,153,939
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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