Barton Fink (1991)
In 1941, New York intellectual playwright Barton Fink comes to Hollywood to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. Staying in the eerie Hotel Earle, Barton develops severe writer's block. His neighbor, jovial insurance salesman Charlie Meadows, tries to help, but Barton continues to struggle as a bizarre sequence of events distracts him even further from his task. (imdb)
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Suspense/Thriller
Directed By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Written By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Judy Davis, Tony Shalhoub, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, John Mahoney, John Goodman, Michael Lerner, Jon Polito, Christopher Murney, Richard Portnow, David Warrilow, I.M. Hobson
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