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Barton Fink is a 1991 American black comedy 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, and John Goodman as Charlie Meadows, the insurance salesman who lives next door at the run-down Hotel Earle.
The Coen brothers have been nominated for thirteen Academy Awards together, and individually for one award each, winning Best Original Screenplay for Fargo and Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for No Country for Old Men. The duo also won the Palme d'Or for Barton Fink and were nominated for Fargo.
Joel and Ethan Coen's 1990 film Barton Fink contains a number of indirect visual and historical references to Odets's personal appearance, background and career. [64] [65] A minor character in the 1982 film Diner speaks only lines from Odets's screenplay for Sweet Smell of Success.
Barton Fink's examination of a writer's artistry in 1940s Hollywood draws inspiration directly from real creators like William Faulkner and Clifford Odets. The post BARTON FINK and the Real-Life ...
After watching Baby Boom one night, they returned to New York City and wrote Barton Fink (in three weeks) before resuming the Miller's Crossing screenplay. The budget was reported by film industry magazines as around $14 million, but the Coens have said that the film cost "substantially less" than that. [1]
They have been nominated for 13 Academy Awards together, plus one individual nomination for each, sharing Best Original Screenplay for Fargo, and Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for No Country for Old Men. They won the Palme d'Or for Barton Fink at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
Michael Lerner, who appeared in “Elf,” “Godzilla” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” and earned an Oscar nomination for 1991’s “Barton Fink,” has died.
Best Screenplay: David Cronenberg - Naked Lunch; Runner-up: Calder Willingham - Rambling Rose; Best Supporting Actor: Samuel L. Jackson - Jungle Fever; Runners-up: Steven Hill - Billy Bathgate and John Goodman - Barton Fink; Best Supporting Actress: Judy Davis - Naked Lunch and Barton Fink