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King of the Hill (1993)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
“When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.”
Drama, History · 1h 43m
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
Cast
Jesse Bradford
Aaron Kurlander
Jeroen Krabbé
Mr. Kurlander
Lisa Eichhorn
Mrs. Kurlander
Karen Allen
Miss Mathey
Spalding Gray
Mr. Mungo
Elizabeth McGovern
Lydia
C
Cameron Boyd
Sullivan
Adrien Brody
Lester
Joe Chrest
Ben
John McConnell
Patrolman Burns
Amber Benson
Ella McShane
Kristin Griffith
Mrs. McShane
Crew
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Screenplay
- Steven Soderbergh
- Novel
- A. E. Hotchner
- Director of Photography
- Elliot Davis
- Original Music Composer
- Cliff Martinez
- Editor
- Steven Soderbergh
- Producer
- Barbara Maltby, Ron Yerxa, Albert Berger
Details
- Release date
- 1993-08-20
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Gramercy Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises, Bona Fide Productions
- Budget
- $8,000,000
- Box office
- $1,214,231