King of the Hill

When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.

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Drama
History

Overview

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: August 20, 1993
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Gramercy Pictures,Bona Fide Productions,Wildwood Enterprises
Cast: Jesse Bradford,Jeroen Krabbé,Lisa Eichhorn,Karen Allen,Spalding Gray,Elizabeth McGovern,Cameron Boyd,Adrien Brody,Joe Chrest,John McConnelland 28 more
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: A. E. Hotchner,Steven Soderbergh
Producer: Barbara Maltby,Albert Berger,John Hardy,Ron Yerxa
Cinematography: Elliot Davis
Music: Cliff Martinez
Budget: $8,000,000
Revenue: $1,214,231
IMDb: tt0107322