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Overview
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Release Date:
21 August 1991 (USA)
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Tagline:
Between Heaven and Hell There's Always Hollywood! more
Plot:
In 1941, New York intellectual playwright Barton Fink comes to Hollywood to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture...
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Writer's Block
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 13 wins
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2 nominations
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(39 articles)
Halfway House: Oh Suzanne-ah
(From FilmExperience. 3 November 2009, 9:00 AM, PST)
A Serious Man Review
(From Collider.com. 15 October 2009, 8:57 PM, PDT)
(From FilmExperience. 3 November 2009, 9:00 AM, PST)
A Serious Man Review
(From Collider.com. 15 October 2009, 8:57 PM, PDT)
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Memorable, disturbing, and very Coen-esque!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Turturro | ... | Barton Fink |
 | John Goodman | ... | Charlie Meadows |
 | Judy Davis | ... | Audrey Taylor |
 | Michael Lerner | ... | Jack Lipnick |
 | John Mahoney | ... | W.P. Mayhew |
 | Tony Shalhoub | ... | Ben Geisler |
 | Jon Polito | ... | Lou Breeze |
 | Steve Buscemi | ... | Chet |
 | David Warrilow | ... | Garland Stanford |
 | Richard Portnow | ... | Detective Mastrionotti |
| Christopher Murney | ... | Detective Deutsch |
| I.M. Hobson | ... | Derek |
 | Meagen Fay | ... | Poppy Carnahan (as Megan Faye) |
 | Lance Davis | ... | Richard St. Claire |
| Harry Bugin | ... | Pete |
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Rated R for language and some scenes of violence.
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116 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
France:U |
Brazil:16 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-14 |
Germany:16 (bw) |
Norway:15 |
Peru:14 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:15 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R (certificate #31095) |
Iceland:12
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The nickname of the suspected killer in the film is "Madman Mundt". In Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s there was a flamboyant car dealer, known for his outrageous (for the time) TV commercials, named "Madman Muntz".
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Goofs:
Continuity: The corpses of Detective Mastrionotti and Detective Deutsch disappear from the hallway when Barton walks out of his room after talking with Charlie.
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Quotes:
Mastrionotti:
Fink. That's a Jewish name, isn't it?
Barton: Yeah.
Mastrionotti: Yeah, I didn't think this dump was restricted.
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Barton: Yeah.
Mastrionotti: Yeah, I didn't think this dump was restricted.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus (#6.21)" (1993)
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I'm still not entirely sure what to think of this film. One thing is sure, it won't be easy to forget. This movie is clearly the product of a writer who has struggled with their muse, and equally one who has a healthy mistrust of Hollywood - the sausage grinder. Although Hollywood has been critiqued in film before in similar ways, memorable scenes, clever dialogue, quality acting, and a surreal plot and setting, add together to make this an unusual and different film. Maybe another viewing might add a different dimension. This is by no means 'light entertainment' and it leaves plenty of questions unanswered. But on the whole, an intelligent movie, if something of an enigma. My vote 7/10