![King of the Hill](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vmV21mWwclW2A3lmlBejn8TyIu2.jpg)
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.
Title | King of the Hill |
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Year | 1993 |
Genre | Drama, History |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Gramercy Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises, Bona Fide Productions |
Cast | Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth McGovern |
Crew | Steven Soderbergh (Director), Steven Soderbergh (Editor), Elliot Davis (Director of Photography), A. E. Hotchner (Novel), Steven Soderbergh (Screenplay), John Lydon (Driver) |
Keyword | hotel, great depression, canary, based on memoir or autobiography, tuberculosis, traveling salesman, marbles, elevator operator, bellboy, lock child, living alone, st. louis, against the odds, epileptic seizure, understanding, children home alone |
Release | Aug 20, 1993 |
Runtime | 103 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.80 / 10 by 148 users |
Popularity | 15 |
Budget | 8,000,000 |
Revenue | 1,214,231 |
Language | English |