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Barton Fink

1991116 minutesG
3.6
Arcplot Score
📝 Unconventional
Unverified
⭐ 8.0IMDb
🍅 95%Rotten Tomatoes
Ⓜ️ 95/100Metacritic
🎬 7.7TMDb
📊 12.1Popularity
🏆Won 2 Oscars. 33 wins & 32 nominations total
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Directed by: Coen Brothers
Having lived a life in selfishness, young Prince Adam is cursed by a mysterious enchantress to having the appearance of a monstrous beast. His only hope is to learn to love a young woman and earn her love in return in order to redeem himself. Ten years later, his chance shows itself when a young maiden named Belle (Paige O'Hara) offers to take her ill father Maurice's (Rex Everhart's) place as his prisoner. With help from the castle's enchanted staff, Belle learns to appreciate her captor and immediately falls in love with him. Back in the village however, unscrupulous hunter Gaston (Richard White) has his own plans for Belle.

Box Office

Budget:$25.0M
Revenue:$425.0M
Profit:$400.0M

Arcplot Score Breakdown

Beat Timing Precision5.9/10
Emotional Arc Impact3/10
Thematic Consistency2/10
Overall Score3.6/10

Beat Sheet

15 plot points

Barton Fink Arcplot
1
Opening Image
1 min
2
Theme Stated
5 min
3
Set-Up
15 min
4
Catalyst
25 min
5
Debate
35 min
6
Break Into Two
45 min
7
B Story
55 min
8
Fun and Games
65 min
9
Midpoint
75 min
10
Bad Guys Close In
85 min
11
All Is Lost
95 min
12
Dark Night of the Soul
105 min
13
Break Into Three
110 min
14
Finale
115 min
15
Final Image
116 min

Emotional Arc

+100-10

Plot Points

#1

Opening Image

1 min

Barton Fink, a playwright, arrives in Hollywood. Bright lights but alienating. Big city vs. art idealism.

#2

Theme Stated

5 min

Struggle between art and commerce; the cost of creativity.

#3

Set-Up

15 min

Barton meets his new neighbors and studio executives. Eager yet naïve.

#4

Catalyst

25 min

Barton assigned to write a wrestling picture. Artistic conflict begins.

#5

Debate

35 min

Can Barton stay true to himself or succumb to studio demands?

#6

Break Into Two

45 min

He commits to writing the script under pressure. First taste of Hollywood chaos.

#7

B Story

55 min

Relationship with neighbor Charlie grows complicated.

#8

Fun and Games

65 min

Barton struggles with writer's block, strange happenings in hotel. Surreal moments.

#9

Midpoint

75 min

Violence and madness escalate. Art and life collide. Stakes heightened.

#10

Bad Guys Close In

85 min

Hotel becomes more sinister. Barton loses control.

#11

All Is Lost

95 min

Confrontation with evil. Barton faces existential and physical threat.

#12

Dark Night of the Soul

105 min

Barton reflects on art, morality, and survival.

#13

Break Into Three

110 min

Decision to confront the chaos; attempt to resolve conflict.

#14

Finale

115 min

Barton reconciles his artistic vision with reality.

#15

Final Image

116 min

Barton stands alone in hotel room, changed by Hollywood experience.