Barton Fink

Barton Fink

Barton Fink is a 1991 American film written, directed, produced, and edited by the Cohem 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, the insurance salesman who lives next door at the run-down Hotel Earle.

Joel David Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957) known informally as the Coen brothers, are Academy Award winning American film directors, screenwriters, and pruducers.

John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American actor, writer and director. He has appeared in over sixty films, and has worked frequently with the Coen Brothers, Adam Sandler and Spike Lee.

John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and comedian.Goodman has frequently collaborated with the Coen Brothers.