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King of the Hill
“When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.”
6.8 / 10• 1993• 1h 43m•PG-13• English
DramaHistory
Storyline
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 & Crew
Jesse Bradford
Aaron Kurlander
Lead
Jeroen Krabbé
Mr. Kurlander
Lisa Eichhorn
Mrs. Kurlander
Karen Allen
Miss Mathey
Spalding Gray
Mr. Mungo
Elizabeth McGovern
Lydia
CB
Cameron Boyd
Sullivan
Adrien Brody
Lester
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Steven Soderbergh's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. King of the Hill is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
