Barton Fink is a 1991 American period black comedy psychological thriller film written, produced, edited and directed by the Coen brothers. Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City playwright who is hired to write scripts for a film studio in Hollywood. Prominent themes of Barton Fink include the writing process; slavery and conditions of labor in creative industries; superficial distinctions between high culture and low culture. In a rare sweep, it won the Palme d’Or as well as awards for Best Director and Best Actor. Although the film was a box office bomb, it received positive reviews and was nominated for three Academy Awards.
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Barton Fink is a 1991 American period black comedy psychological thriller film written, produced, edited and directed by the Coen brothers. Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City playwright who is hired to write scripts for a film studio in Hollywood. Prominent themes of Barton Fink include the writing process; slavery and conditions of labor in creative industries; superficial distinctions between high culture and low culture. The diverse elements of the film have led it to defy efforts at genre classification, with the work being variously referred to as a film noir, a horror film, a Künstlerroman, and a buddy film. In a rare sweep, it won the Palme d’Or as well as awards for Best Director and Best Actor. Although the film was a box office bomb, only grossing USD 6 million against its USD 9 million budget, it received positive reviews and was nominated for three Academy Awards. The film is influenced by works of several earlier directors, particularly Roman Polanski’s Repulsion and The Tenant. The film had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1991. The Coens wrote the screenplay for Barton Finks in three weeks while experiencing difficulty during the writing of Miller’s Crossing. They began filming the former soon after Miller’s crossing was finished. The movie was released in theaters worldwide on November 14, 1991. It is now considered one of the most successful films of the 1990s.
The co-stars of the movie, including John Travolta and John Goodman, have gone on to have successful careers in film and television. The director of The Grand Budapest Hotel, the film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, and the film version of The Godfather, among others, has been released in the UK and the U.S. in 2012. The UK version was released on November 25, 2012. It has been described as a “cult classic” and has been called a “must-see film” by some critics. The U.K. version has been criticised for its lack of subtlety and its use of religious overtones. It was released as a direct sequel to The Godparents, which was released a few months later. The US version has not been released yet and is expected to be released later this year. It will be released on September 25, 2013. The British version will be out on September 28, 2013, and will be available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Blu-Ray on September 29, 2013 and digitally on September 30, 2013 for the first time ever. The American version will also be released the following day on September 27, 2013; the UK release date will be September 28. The United States release the film on September 31, 2013 (the day after the US release of The Lord of the Rings: The Dark Knight Rises). The US release date is September 30th, 2014 (the American release date for The Lord and the Knight of the Rises is September 29th, 2013).
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