| Uniform Title |
Barton Fink (Motion picture : 1991) |
| Title |
Barton Fink. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2021. |
| ©1991. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (117 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID4257. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. |
| Credits |
Directed by Joel Coen ; written by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. |
| Performers |
John Turturro, John Goodman. |
| Summary |
Set in 1941, an intellectual New York playwright Barton Fink (John Turturro) accepts an offer to write movie scripts in L.A. He finds himself with writer's block when required to do a B-movie script. His neighbor tries to help, but he continues to struggle as a bizarre sequence of events distracts him. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Audio 2.0, Region 4, NTSC, 16:9 widescreen, 1.85:1. |
| Language note |
English. |
| Awards note |
Cannes Film Festival, 1991: Palme d'or; Best Actor (John Turturro); Best Director (Joel Coen) |
| Subjects |
Writer's block -- Drama |
| Dramatists -- Drama |
| Wrestling -- Drama |
| Motion picture authorship -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Dark comedy films |
| Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Coen, Joel director, screenwriter. |
| Coen, Ethan screenwriter. |
| Turturro, John, 1957- actor. |
| Goodman, John, 1952- actor. |
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