Barton Fink
There's only one thing stranger than what's going on inside his head... What's going on outside.
ComedyDramaThrillerhotelscreenplaymass murdermovie businessscreenwriterneighborlos angeles, californianeo-noir1940s
A darkly surreal descent into artistic corruption and psychological unraveling, where a playwright's idealism collides with Hollywood's moral emptiness.
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Essence
Ensemble
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
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