FLICKS / FILM AND VIDEO FILE : A Second Chance : Ojai’s festival of overlooked 1991 movies will screen all two of them; Big Sky Ranch open house is due.

On Sunday the Ojai Film Society folks will kick off what they have dubbed their “Festival of Slightly Overlooked American Movies From 1991.”

(Maybe they overlooked some films--the festival is only two movies long.)

The first movie is the Joel and Ethan Coen production “Barton Fink,” starring John Turturro in the title role, John Goodman, Judy Davis and Michael Lerner.

The story centers on a playwright, writing for the working class, who is thrown into the Hollywood system.

Lerner wasn’t overlooked for his performance, earning an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor.

Nor was the film overlooked in France, where it earned the best film award at the Cannes Festival.

The Coens also shared the Cannes award for best director, and Turturro won for best actor.

“Barton Fink,” however, didn’t have a very long theater life.

And it even got some nominations by film critics as the worst film of the year.

Show time at the Ojai Playhouse is 4:30 p.m. The theater is at 145 E. Ojai Ave. Admission is $6.

Part 2 of the “Overlooked” miniseries will be “Rambling Rose,” to be shown May 10 at the Playhouse.

The Simi Valley YMCA will hold its sixth annual open house at Big Sky Movie Ranch Saturday and Sunday.

This event is the only opportunity the public gets each year to roam around the ranch.

Since the 1960s the ranch has been a filming location for many movies and television shows including “Little House on the Prairie,” “Coming to America,” “Father Murphy,” “The Thorn Birds,” “The Gambler,” “The Beastmaster” and the horror film “Pumpkinhead.”

Both days will feature music and skits with a Wild West theme.

Tickets, available at the gate, are $5 (general) and $3 (children under 12 and adults over 55).

To get to the ranch, take Simi Valley Freeway to the Tapo Canyon Road exit and head north to the hills. Follow the Big Sky Ranch signs from there.