Barton Fink

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American film black comedy film film psychological thriller film

Barton Fink is a 1991 darkly comic psychological thriller film by the Coen brothers about a New York playwright struggling with writer’s block in 1940s Hollywood.

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Barton Fink canonical 15

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
black comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
psychological thriller film ⓘ
awardReceived Best Actor Award at Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival) ⓘ
surface form: Best Director Award at Cannes Film Festival

Palme d’Or ⓘ
surface form: Palme d'Or
character Audrey Taylor ⓘ
Barton Fink self-link ⓘ
Ben Geisler ⓘ
Charlie Meadows ⓘ
Jack Lipnick ⓘ
cinematographyBy Roger Deakins ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ethan Coen ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Ethan Coen ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ
hasTheme Hollywood studio system ⓘ
creative struggle ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
writer's block ⓘ
mainCharacter Barton Fink self-link ⓘ
musicBy Carter Burwell ⓘ
narrativeLocation Hollywood ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
premiereEvent 1991 Cannes Film Festival (out of competition) ⓘ
surface form: 1991 Cannes Film Festival
producer Ben Barenholtz ⓘ
Ethan Coen ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ
productionCompany Circle Films ⓘ
Working Title Films ⓘ
publicationDate 1991 ⓘ
runtime 116 minutes ⓘ
setInYear 1941 ⓘ
stars John Goodman ⓘ
John Mahoney ⓘ
John Turturro ⓘ
Judy Davis ⓘ
Michael Lerner ⓘ
Steve Buscemi ⓘ
Tony Shalhoub ⓘ
timePeriod 1940s ⓘ
writer Ethan Coen ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ

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John Goodman → notableWork → Barton Fink ⓘ
Ethan Coen → notableWork → Barton Fink ⓘ
Joel Coen → notableWork → Barton Fink ⓘ
Eric Fellner → notableWork → Barton Fink ⓘ
John Turturro → notableWork → Barton Fink ⓘ
John Turturro → playedCharacter → Barton Fink ⓘ
John Turturro → awardReceivedFor → Barton Fink ⓘ
Michael Lerner → notableWork → Barton Fink ⓘ
Michael Lerner → actedIn → Barton Fink ⓘ
Roderick Jaynes → creditedAsEditorOn → Barton Fink ⓘ
Peter McRobbie → notableWork → Barton Fink ⓘ
Coen brothers → notableWork → Barton Fink ⓘ
Barton Fink → mainCharacter → Barton Fink self-link ⓘ
Barton Fink → character → Barton Fink self-link ⓘ
John → notableWork → Barton Fink ⓘ
subject surface form: John Goodman