King of the Hill

6.8 / 10

(165 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama,

History

Duration:

103 minutes

Year:

1993

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

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Company:

Gramercy Pictures,

Wildwood Enterprises,

Bona Fide Productions

Budget:

$8,000,000

Revenue:

$1,214,231

Cast:
Jesse Bradford

Aaron Kurlander

Jeroen Krabbé

Mr. Kurlander

Lisa Eichhorn

Mrs. Kurlander

Karen Allen

Miss Mathey

Spalding Gray

Mr. Mungo

Crew:
Steven Soderbergh

Editor

Elliot Davis

Director of Photography

Steven Soderbergh

Director

A. E. Hotchner

Novel

Steven Soderbergh

Screenplay