Barton Fink / 20th Century Fox ; Circle Films presents a Ted and Jim Pedas, Bill Durkin, Ben Barenholtz production ; directed by Joel Coen ; produced by Ethan Coen ; written by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen ; director of photography, Roger Deakins.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. Wide screen (1.85:1). Extras: Interviews; 8 deleted scenes; original theatrical trailer. 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).
Summary:
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 and then...nothing. Although his chatty insurance salesman neighbor 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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