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Barton Fink

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Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Cast: John Turturro, John Goodman, Michael Lerner

Barton Fink is a New York playwright who reluctantly relocates to Hollywood to write screenplays. Ordered to write a low budget screenplay about wrestling, Fink manages to type one sentence before hitting writer's block. Although his chatty insurance salesman neighbour Charlie helps out by teaching Fink about wrestling, the clock ticks, the temperature rises, and Fink's life spins more and more out of control.

Genre: Drama

Year: 1991

Running time: 116 minutes

Territory: International

Studio: Universal

Format: DCP

Language options: Dialogue - EN | Subtitle - NL

Barton Fink is a New York playwright who reluctantly relocates to Hollywood to write screenplays. Ordered to write a low budget screenplay about wrestling, Fink manages to type one sentence before hitting writer's block. Although his chatty insurance salesman neighbour Charlie helps out by teaching Fink about wrestling, the clock ticks, the temperature rises, and Fink's life spins more and more out of control.




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