
Film
King of the Hill
1993 · 1h 43m · Drama · History
When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.
- IMDb
- 7.3
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 91%
- Metacritic
- 86
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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.
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Cast

Jesse Bradford
Aaron Kurlander

Jeroen Krabbé
Mr. Kurlander

Lisa Eichhorn
Mrs. Kurlander

Karen Allen
Miss Mathey

Spalding Gray
Mr. Mungo

Elizabeth McGovern
Lydia
Cameron Boyd
Sullivan

Adrien Brody
Lester

Joe Chrest
Ben

John McConnell
Patrolman Burns

Amber Benson
Ella McShane

Kristin Griffith
Mrs. McShane

Chris Samples
Billy Thompson
Peggy Freisen
Mrs. Thompson

Katherine Heigl
Christina Sebastian

John Durbin
Mr. Sandoz
Crew
- Steven SoderberghEditor · Director · Screenplay
- A. E. HotchnerNovel
- Barbara MaltbyProducer
- Albert BergerProducer
- Ron YerxaProducer
- John HardyExecutive Producer
- Elliot DavisDirector of Photography
- Cliff MartinezOriginal Music Composer
- Deborah AquilaCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 20, 1993
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $8,000,000
- Revenue
- $1,214,231
- Genres
- Drama, History
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