New York 1941 Socially conscious script writer Barton Fink (John Turturro) has been a big hit on Broadway Now Tinsel Town is taking notice Hired by Hollywood to write a wrestling picture Barton quits the city smog for movie stardom LA has got the Barton Fink feeling Barton Fink has got writer&s block Enlisting the help of able assistant Audrey (Judy Davis) & amiable neighbour Charlie Meadows (John Goodman) Fink finds the real-life inspiration he seeks comes from the most sinister of sources From master movie makers the Coen Brothers (Blood Simple No Country For Old Men) comes the unanimously acclaimed Barton Fink The biting offbeat story of Hollywood heartache faceless movie moguls & headless corpses