Barton Fink
There's only one thing stranger than what's going on inside his head... What's going on outside.
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
- Director
- Joel Coen
- Worldwide
- $6M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Costume Design
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Production Design
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Cannes Film Festival
1 win
- WinnerPalme d'Or
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Barton Fink returned 0.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $9M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $6M
- Release date
- Aug 1, 1991
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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