In the early 1940’s Barton Fink has become a renowned playwright who broadens his horizons by traveling to Hollywood to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. Barton is staying in the eerie Hotel Earle, its humid, hot and in the early stages of falling apart. Barton is supposed to be spending his days writing but the hotel has to many distractions including his bizarre neighbor Charlie Meadows, an insurance salesman. With an extreme case of writes block Barton struggles to even write one page due to the strange events happening all around him.
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Actors: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney, Jon Polito, Steve Buscemi
Year: 1991
Length: 117 Minutes
Classification: M15+ Coarse language & Violence
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